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Fact Sheets

Our fact sheets cover a wide variety of topics that provide information, discuss technology options, and provide recommendations.

Products that have aged, been superceded, or are no longer used are available in the Archived Security Guides section.

Fact Sheets Last Reviewed File Size Revised
New Smartphones and the Risk Picture Apr 2012 315KB Apr 2012
Security Tips for Personally-Managed Apple iPhones and iPads Jan 2012 513KB Jan 2012
Protect Against Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks Nov 2011 373KB Nov 2011
Enforcing No Internet or E-mail from Privileged Accounts June 2011 852KB June 2011
Hardening Authentication Factsheet Sep 2011 872KB Sep 2011
Host Protection Technology Study Jan 2011 9969KB Apr 2011
Best Practices for Securing a Home Network Apr 2011 492KB Apr 2011
Unified Communications (UC) Technical Primer Jan 2011 481KB Jan 2011
Securing IBM Lotus Sametime Jan 2011 337KB Jan 2011
Cisco Unified Presence Server (CUPS) Fact Sheet Nov 2010 555KB Nov 2010
Application Whitelisting Trifold Aug 2010 751KB Aug 2010
Encrypting Files with SecureZip Aug 2010 470KB Jan 2011
Social Networking Sites Dec 2009 256KB Dec 2009
Exchanging Files with PGP Dec 2009 294KB Dec 2009
Windows Fine-Grained Password Policies May 2009 61KB May 2009
Mitigation Monday #2: Defense Against Drive-By Downloads Aug 09 107KB Jun 09
Encrypting Files with WinZip® Jul 09 624KB Jul 09
Securing Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks Mar 09 3.32MB Mar 09
Securing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Control Systems (CS) Mar 09 107KB Feb 09
Service Oriented Architecture Security Vulnerabilities - Web Services Mar 09 213KB Nov 08
Hardening Tips for the Default Installation of Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" Mar 09 304KB Sep 08
Minimize the Effectiveness of SQL Injection Attacks Jun 09 128KB May 08
802.11 Wireless LAN Intrusion Detection Systems Mar 09 160KB May 08
Mitigation Monday: Defense Against Malicious E-mail Attachments, Rel. 1 Mar 09 364KB May 08
Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Mar 09 748KB Mar 08
Disabling USB Storage Drives Mar 09 816KB Mar 08
The Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) and File Block Functionality with Office 2003 Mar 09 65 KB Feb 08
A Deployment Guide for the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) and File Block Functionality with Office 2003 ** (zip file) Mar 09 225 KB Feb 08
Internet Protocol version 6 Factsheet Mar 09 82KB Jan 08
Port Security on Cisco Access Switches Factsheet Mar 09 82KB Jan 08
Bluetooth Security Mar 09 856KB Dec 07
Hardening Tips for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Mar 09 239KB Nov 07
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) Mar 09 170KB Oct 07
How to Securely Configure Microsoft Windows Vista BitLocker Mar 09 1,049KB Aug 07
Configuring a PC to Remotely Administer a Cisco Router Using the Router Console Mar 09 233KB May 07
Configuring a Cisco Router for Remote Administration Using the Router Console Mar 09 245KB May 07
So Your Boss Bought you a New Laptop...How do you identify and disable wireless capabilities Mar 09 883KB May 07
Biometrics Security Considerations Mar 09 282KB Apr 07
Secure Instant Messaging Mar 09 224KB Feb 07
Mail Client Security Cheat Sheet Mar 09 153KB Feb 07
Security Guidance for Using Mail Clients Mar 09 247KB Feb 07
Enterprise Firewall Types Mar 09 108KB Aug 06
Desktop or Enterprise Firewall? Mar 09 72KB Aug 06
Enterprise Firewalls in Encrypted Environments Mar 09 64KB Aug 06

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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: May 3,, 2012| Last Reviewed: May 3, 2012

  
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