Security Trends Today

Episode 03 - The Growing Importance of Threat Management

pssecurity@alcatel-lucent.com — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:10:23 +0000

Security breaches are a major source of service degradation and revenue loss. Threats are constantly evolving as intruders become more sophisticated in their attacks and criminal activity increases. And, to complicate matters even further, regulatory mandates like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act require companies to demonstrate that they have taken all the steps necessary to implement effective countermeasures. As a result, security operation has become a highly demanding task that requires real-time surveillance, continuously updated solutions, and highly skilled experts.

During this podcast, Frederic Martinez discusses how to combat the increasing threats to your company’s network.

Episode 02 - Pandemic Planning

pssecurity@alcatel-lucent.com — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:52:45 +0000

Presented by Dr. Jim Kennedy

There are many different thoughts about the potential pandemic in the corporate boardrooms all across the globe. In general, the world community is hopeful that the flu pandemic, currently related to the H5A1 “Bird Flu” virus, does not occur. However, many medical professionals and scientists indicate that it is just a matter of time before such a pandemic will occur.
During this podcast, Dr. Kennedy suggests ways that businesses can prepare for a potential pandemic

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Episode 01 - Managing Vulnerabilities

pssecurity@alcatel-lucent.com — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:22:42 +0000

Presented by Dr. Keith White

This episode features Dr. Keith White discussing the emerging threat environment, with respect to network and application vulnerabilities.

Looking at the vulnerability life cycle - In the past, a product was shipped, a vulnerability is subsequently discovered, and at some point after that, exploit code is potentially released, a patch or software repair is officially released and is deployed and the risk is mitigated. Exploit creation is getting faster and faster – primarily due to the ease of access to advanced exploit development tools available to hackers on the internet.

During this podcast, White explores some new ways to approach vulnerability management using the latest automated services and how they can be used to manage and remediate vulnerabilities in large and complex networks.