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Protecting Your Organization from Harm Requires Layers of Defense

Having a dead bolt lock on your front door at home is good, but is it enough to keep intruders out? Because intruders may not be deterred by a single lock, a well-protected home has sturdy doors, deadbolt locks on every door, a loud dog, security locks or bars on the windows and a home security system with motion sensors that will alert the police should the alarm sound off.

Protecting your organization's computer network against intruders requires many layers of defense – just like your home. The more layers you implement, the more likely a thief will move on to a less-protected environment.

Three Layering Techniques

Methods of defensive layering in information security:

  • Layering different technologies in the same area of the IT infrastructure
  • Layering similar technologies across different vantage points within the infrastructure
  • Layering a highly capable and trained human organization on top of all of the security technologies in a 24/7/365 scheme

News Roundup

SecureWorks Wins SC Magazine's "Best Intrusion Prevention" Award

SecureWorks announced that its Intrusion Prevention Service received the "Best Intrusion Prevention" award at SC Magazine's U.S. Awards.
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Banking Beyond the Branches: How to Keep Your In-Store Branches Safe

With many of the banks opening up branches in grocery stores and super centers, it is equally important to protect them from network intruders.
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Do you have a users group, conference or meeting where you need an expert to speak on IT security? SecureWorks can provide you with the expertise to educate your audience in the ever-evolving field of technology and IT security.
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SecureWorks Attack Chart

This attack chart represents the trend of network attacks SecureWorks has seen in the
month of February for all its clients.

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