Studies

Antivirus

	Anti-Virus behavior-blocking tools Suppliers: The Radicati Group Price: $40.00 As viruses become more widespread and sophisticated, every year their destructive attacks cost companies billions of dollars in damaged data and lost productivity time. This issue of the Messaging Technology Report takes a look at the emergence of behavior-blocking tools, which are a new approach to traditional signature-based anti-virus solutions. More information from publisher
	Revisiting Antivirus Defenses Suppliers: Forrester Research, Inc. Price: US$99.00 Recent events on the virus front highlight the importance of standard antivirus practices like blocking dangerous file types and reminding users to be wary of attachments. They also argue for greater attention to certain issues like Zip files, patch management, and policy enforcement. More information from publisher
	Signature-Based Virus Detection at the Desktop Is Dying Suppliers: Gartner, Inc. Price: US $ 95.00 Traditional desktop virus detection and management methods have become increasingly outdated. We examine alternative approaches for effective malicious-code management for the enterprise. More information from publisher

Spam

	Why Am I Getting All This Spam? Suppliers: CDT (Center for Democracy and Technology) Price: free of charge Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial e-mails (UCE), known popularly as "spam." Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch e-mail addresses. This has led many Internet users to wonder: How did these people get my e-mail address? In the summer of 2002, CDT embarked on a project to attempt to determine the source of spam. To do so, we set up hundreds of different e-mail addresses, used them for a single purpose, and then waited six months to see what kind of mail those addresses were receiving. It should come as no surprise to most e-mail users that many of the addresses CDT created for this study attracted spam, but it is very interesting to see the different ways that e-mail addresses attracted spam -- and the different volumes -- depending on where the e-mail addresses were used. The results offer Internet users insights about what online behavior results in the most spam. The results also debunk some of the myths about spam. More information from publisher
	Spam Blocking: What Matters Suppliers: META Group Price: see Website Organizational concerns over spam continue to escalate. For the time being, organizations must put aside vendor viability concerns and buy a tool or service that effectively blocks spam without returning large volumes of false positives. More strategic investments can be made in 2005, after the market matures. More information from publisher
	The Future of Spam Suppliers: META Group Price: see Website The spam situation is rapidly deteriorating. The percentage of inbound SMTP traffic classified as spam can be as high as 40% for some organizations. With no end in sight to rising spam volume, we believe companies must be as aggressive in combating spam as they are in combating mail-borne viruses. More information from publisher
	The IT cost of SPAM Suppliers: The Radicati Group Price: $40.00 Any company today knows that the growing amount of spam has a detrimental effect on corporate security and user productivity. There have been some attempts to quantify the cost of spam, however these studies have focused mainly on the “soft costs” of spam (i.e. how much time users spend reading, deleting, reporting it, etc.). While soft costs do exist, they are fairly subjective, and represent only a fraction of the real loss. This Messaging Technology Report shows what are the real “hard” IT costs of dealing with unwanted messages in organizations, and shows how these costs can spiral if nothing is done to curtail the volume of spam. More information from publisher
	Recommended Antispam Vendors Suppliers: Forrester Research, Inc. Price: US$299.00 While many antispam solutions have proved inadequate to the task of managing the rising tide of spam, the market is maturing. Good solutions are available, including software, appliances, and services. More information from publisher

Security strategies

	Suppliers: Ernst &Young ’s Price: see Website The results of Ernst &Young ’s 2003 Global Information Security Survey were gleaned from the assistance of more than 1,400 organizations whose executives completed the questionnaire over a two-month period early in 2003.This was the sixth year in which we conducted the survey - to take a snapshot of information security and explore it implications for a broad spectrum of busine s and industry. More information from publisher
	Top 10 Information Security Issues Suppliers: META Group Price: see Website FOCAL POINT With so many security issues facing IT organizations, it is sometimes possible to lose sight of the big picture on how security should actually be addressed. To gain a holistic perspective of security implications, one informal approach planners can use with key decision makers is to characterize the security discussion in a "top 10" mode, examining the most significant security issues currently facing enterprises and formulating a plan and an approach for addressing them. More information from publisher
	Check Point Software Technologies FireWall-1 NG Suppliers: Gartner, Inc. Price: US $ 95.00 FireWall-1 from Check Point uses stateful inspection technology to integrate security services across the Internet, intranet and extranet. FireWall-1 includes VPN, access control and content scanning. More information from publisher
	Security Demands Drive Shift to Vulnerability Management Suppliers: Gartner, Inc. Price: US $ 95.00 Enterprises that practice sound vulnerability management, rather than only intrusion detection, will experience fewer cyberattacks and suffer less damage from them. More information from publisher
	Security Infrastructure Will Focus on Intrusion Prevention Suppliers: Gartner, Inc. Price: US $ 95.00 Malicious-code attacks at the application, network and data levels will drive new security infrastructure approaches in 2004: deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention and personal firewalls deployed across the enterprise. More information from publisher
	Predicts 2004: Security and Privacy Suppliers: Gartner, Inc Price: see Website Damaging malicious-code attacks, the maturing of intrusion prevention technologies and other factors will drive IT security organizations to take a more aggressive approach to IT security in 2004. More information from publisher

Security hardware

	Firewalls and VPN solutions: is the market burning out? Suppliers: Datamonitor Price: 2.695,00$ This report examines the relationship between VPN and firewall solutions, vertical uptake and the broader implications for the security market. The report provides market forecasts and effective go-to-market strategies for vendors and their channel partners. More information from publisher
	Frost & Sullivan’s Analysis Of The European Medium-to-Large UPS Market Suppliers: Frost & Sullivan Price: 5.550 Euro This Frost & Sullivan research analyzes current drivers, restraints, and challenges in the world UPS markets. The analysis of various sectors such as the single-phase, three-phase, standby, line-interactive, and online UPS systems provides a basis for formulating future growth strategies. More information from publisher