by NSS Labs | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog
The purpose of a cloud access security broker (CASB) is to provide all users—regardless of location, device, or application—a secure connection to a cloud service provider. Current CASB products vary in capability, strength, emphasis, and deployment mode. As market...
by Jayendra Pathak | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog
NSS’ Cyber Advanced Warning System (CAWS) performs daily scans of the top 100,000 domains, as ranked by Alexa (Amazon’s analytics service), to search for potential compromises and to determine whether these domains are hosting/serving drive-by downloads. CAWS is the...
by Jayendra Pathak | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog
Considerable time and effort has been spent in researching and weaponizing vulnerabilities for client applications, server operating systems, and server applications. To date, much less research has been done on network-based appliances. This is likely because it is...
by NSS Labs | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
API mode works out of band and is best suited for scrubbing the cloud of malware, protecting data, and monitoring the activity of specific SaaS accounts. In this mode, a SaaS sever is scanned through a powerful set of APIs that can take a user-centric approach and a...
by Jason Pappalexis | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
Choosing a security product is challenging no matter the technology or industry vertical. Many factors come into play, including price, security effectiveness, performance, management, workflow, deployment architecture, and interoperability. It can easily take months...
by Tim Otto | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
As the fastest-growing segment of network infrastructure, wireless networking is quickly replacing wired connections in the enterprise. NSS Labs conducted an independent study in an effort to evaluate the wireless deployments, policies, and concerns of Fortune 1000...
by Jason Pappalexis | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
Organizations understand the value of keeping an in-house malware research team “plugged in” and ready to analyze files at any time, and this emphasizes the value of the breach detection system (BDS).A brushed steel, open lock with a background of code Breach...
by NSS Labs | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog
With software as a service (SaaS) becoming an increasingly popular method of delivering software, more and more organizations are moving their IT and productivity applications to the cloud—and those organizations that have not moved their apps are dealing with shadow...
by NSS Labs | Aug 2, 2016 | Press
Security Effectiveness ranged from 86.5% to 100%. AUSTIN, Texas – August 2, 2016 – CyberRatings.org., the world’s leading cyber security product research, testing, and advisory company, today released the results from its Breach Detection Systems (BDS) group...
by Andrew Braunberg | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog
NSS Labs published its first breach detection product group test results in 2013. Since then, the market has matured rapidly and grown accordingly. We estimate that the breach detection system (BDS) market surpassed $1B last year. The deployment of BDS is now...
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