Few can argue that web applications present a significant threat of attacks for State Government Organizations.
In fact Gartner research indicates that 75% of today’s attacks occur at the application level and 80% of organizations will experience an application security incident by 2010.
• Cost of the data breach at TJX soars to $256M, Boston Globe—August 2007
• Monster says data loss involved 1.3 million names, Reuters—August 2007
• Credit Card Information Stolen from State of Indiana’s website, InfoWeek—January 2007
Are you confident this won’t happen to you?
For IT Security Professionals, web application security presents significant challenges, especially when you consider that only 10% of security spending is targeted where such significant risk exits. To stay ahead of hackers and protect sensitive data, security teams need to understand how vulnerabilities in applications are first exposed and then exploited by cyber-criminals.
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Join Us for a Free Educational Session on Hacking Exposure
This FREE interactive Session is designed to teach attendees first-hand the fundamentals of hacking – how to find web application vulnerabilities through a combination of manual and automated approaches, and what to do when a vulnerability has been identified.
In this session, you will learn about:
• The importance of web application security – today's most significant online threat
• The three most common web application attacks – how they occur, and what can be done to prevent them
• Manual versus automated approaches for scanning and identifying web application vulnerabilities
• How IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition, an automated vulnerability scanner, can help you automate more of what you are doing manually today
• Best practices for fixing vulnerabilities once they have been identified
Online Accessibility – 508 Compliance –
Ensure easy access to your web properties for all of your customers and prospects, while complying with 508 accessibility regulations.
Today, accessible websites are not only a sound business strategy, but are critical from both a public relations and regulatory compliance perspective. Accessible websites not only include those with disabilities such as color blindness, limited functionality, and when using assistive technologies such as screen readers, but also include non-native speakers, novice computer users, and aging populations. These groups are not only protected by government regulations, but represent a sizable set of potential customers. An added benefit is that accessible websites also work better with mobile internet devices - ever more common today - especially among working professionals, high school, and college students.
IBM Rational Policy Tester is a powerful automated Web Accessibility Compliance scanning solution that simplifies and dramatically decreases the time it takes to audit your websites based on regulatory requirements, your policies, and industry best practices. Policy Tester looks at your Web content itself and evaluates it against a set of standards – either your policies or existing settings – to determine if your sites adhere to accessibility regulations such as:
• Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act
• WCAG 1.0
• W3C
IBM Rational Policy Tester enables you to:
• Avoid lost business when customers can’t access your web sites
• Reduce risk of litigation for online accessibility incidents
• Maintain the image and reputation of your brand
Policy Tester is an enterprise-class web-based solution with a zero client footprint. It accomplishes its mission by crawling your web sites and identifying, prioritizing, and assisting with the remediation of any Accessibility Compliance issues it detects. You receive immediate feedback on your websites’ Accessibility Compliance.
Online Privacy Compliance –
The Importance of Understanding Your Risk and Effectively Remediating Vulnerabilities
Today, it is more important than ever for you to safeguard your customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) such as addresses, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and billing information, not only to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance, but to retain your clients’ trust and confidence, the strong reputation of your brand, and ultimately to achieve cost savings.
IBM Rational Policy Tester is a powerful automated Web Privacy Compliance scanning solution that simplifies and dramatically decreases the time it takes to audit your websites based on regulatory requirements, your policies, and industry best practices. Policy Tester looks at your Web content itself and evaluates it against a set of standards – either your policies or existing settings – to determine if your sites adhere to privacy regulations such as:
• HIPPA
• COPPA
• Safe Harbor
IBM Rational Policy Tester enables you to:
• Avoid lost business when customers find out that their data is not collected securely
• Reduce risk of litigation for Online Privacy incidents
• Maintain the image and reputation of your brand
Policy Tester is an enterprise-class Web-based solution with a zero client footprint. It accomplishes its mission by crawling your web sites and identifying, prioritizing, and assisting with the remediation of any Privacy Compliance issues it detects. You receive immediate feedback on your websites’ Privacy Compliance.