Using NetFlow Auditor to Assist in Identifying Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks and Other Network Behavior Anomalies
White Papers A game-changing Network Auditing technology called NetFlow Auditor has the potential to enhance the security, reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness of the digital infrastructure which can be used to assist in identifying a DDoS flood or a...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
MSDN Webcast: Identifying Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) Bugs With the LUA Buglight Tool (Level 200)
White Papers Identifying specific causes for these "LUA bugs" has traditionally been very difficult, and applying the fixes often exposes other unnecessary risks. Applications that unnecessarily require administrative privileges are among the biggest obstacles...
[December 15, 2006, 0:00]
Semantics, Metadata and Identifying Master Data
White Papers One of the most challenging aspects of a Master Data Management (MDM) is defining what constitutes "Master data. Master data may be found across the application environment, but it's up to the business analyst or data steward to determine which...
[September 11, 2009, 2:00]
MSDN Architecture Webcast: Identifying Application Performance Problems With SQL Server and Shadowfax (Level 400)
White Papers Over the last three years, Microsoft and VERITAS have collected and analyzed the most frequent performance related problems with Microsoft SQL Server from hundreds of customers. The presenter of this webcast will articulate these performance...
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
Identifying paid shills?
Talkback Wow - it used to be that we could tell who was on Microsoft's PR payroll by the numerical usernames - how on earth are we going to do it now. Either that, or Microsoft (TM) PR aren't paying enough, or the chips have short circuited!
[July 30, 2007, 15:55]
Identifying Windows XP and Server 2003 Common Criteria Certified Requirements for the NIST Special Publication 800-53 Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems
White Papers The NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 has special significance in that the security controls contained in the recommended baselines form the basis for those controls that will become mandatory in a Federal Information Processing Standard.
[December 22, 2006, 0:00]
TechNet Webcast: Network Forensics: Identifying Attack Signatures (Level 200)
White Papers Listening in on network traffic (network forensics) can reveal whether an application and data communications are secure, and point out possible reconnaissance processes preceding an attack. Learning the signatures of the breach traffic is also the...
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
ISP gets deadline for identifying alleged file trader
News A US district court on Thursday ruled for a second time that Verizon Communications must give up the identity of an anonymous Internet subscriber accused of swapping music files online. The case has been closely watched by entertainment industry...
[April 25, 2003, 7:48]
Identifying and Solving Vulnerability Management Weak Spots
White Papers Organizations have focused the majority of their vulnerability management processes on Microsoft. But other areas within an IT environment have significant security weaknesses, and organizations must work to shore up these weak spots as part of...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
Identifying IPv6 Network Problems in the Dual-Stack World
White Papers One of the major hurdles limiting IPv6 adoption is the existence of poorly managed experimental IPv6 sites that negatively affect the perceived quality of the IPv6 Internet. To assist network operators in improving IPv6 networks, this paper...
[October 16, 2004, 5:27]
Dynamic, Risk-Based Assessment of Customers and Transactions: Identifying, Investigating and Reporting Suspicious Patterns of Behavior With SAS Anti-Money Laundering
White Papers The events of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks have increased regulatory emphasis on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) in order to stem the flow of illicit financial activity. Many institutions initially made modest technology investments in order...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Identifying Best Practices in Information Technology Project Management
White Papers This paper documents Project Management Best Practices specific to the Information Technology sector. The paper is the culmination of research efforts [between January & April 2003] performed by diverse industry practitioners as part of their...
[December 13, 2005, 0:01]
Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying and Controlling Automated Clients
White Papers Anti-Automation defenses are critical in today's web application security landscape. Breach Security's product line is uniquely positioned to help organizations address these automated types of attacks.
[October 6, 2009, 0:00]
SAS Money Laundering Detection: A Dynamic, Risk-Based Solution for Identifying, Investigating and Reporting Suspicious Patterns of Behavior
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of SAS Money Laundering Detection, a solution built specifically to help small and mid-sized businesses protect themselves against money laundering. You will learn about unique challenges that smaller...
[December 1, 2005, 22:00]
Staying a step ahead of the hackers: the importance of identifying critical Web application vulnerabilities
White Papers Managers work to better manage the risks associated with their business infrastructure. Web application security plays a significant role in achieveing this goal. This white paper deals with issues surrounding web application security
[September 28, 2009, 16:50]
Identifying Common Reliability/Stability Problems Caused by File Fragmentation
White Papers Sure, disk fragmentation affects system performancebut do you know why and how? As the author of Diskeeper®, the Number One Automatic Defragmenter, Diskeeper Corporation has spent countless hours researching the causes and consequences of disk...
[April 24, 2008, 13:41]
Identifying Knowledge Brokers That Yield Software Engineering Knowledge in OSS Projects
White Papers Much research on open source software development concentrates on developer lists and other software repositories to investigate what motivates professional software developers to participate in open source software projects.
[November 29, 2008, 23:00]
Identifying Image Spam Based on Header and File Properties Using C4.5 Decision Trees and Support Vector Machine Learning
White Papers Image spam poses a great threat to email communications due to high volumes, bigger bandwidth requirements, and higher processing requirements for filtering. This paper presents a feature extraction and classification framework that operates on...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
Identifying Issues in Customer Relationship Management at Merck-Medco
White Papers This paper reports the results of a study designed in close collaboration with Merck-Medco to identify key barriers to the success of their customer relationship management. To identify the key factors, the authors first used focus groups of...
[January 11, 2007, 0:00]
So how do they do it today?
Talkback Are we saying that the current system of identifying airport workers is flawed? I would suspect that the current system, if it even has a core database is localised, only has the details relevant to identifying the individual and only allows access...
[February 21, 2008, 11:24]



