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Why You Should Not Play the 'Numbers Game' With Anti-Spyware Vendors

Some anti-spyware providers are boasting they can eliminate almost 100,000 spyware traces, signatures, fingerprints or definitions. At first mention, it sounds impressive, right?

But there is one big problem with that big number: What are the anti-spyware vendors counting as a threat? For example, if you sent your army out to disarm the rebels, when they reported back their success capturing the rebels’ weapons, you would want to know whether they were counting guns or bullets, and rocket launchers or rockets, right? It’s the same with spyware.

If you are evaluating anti-spyware solutions, don’t be tempted to ask, “How many spyware threats do you remove," or, " how large is your definitions database?” Instead, ask more qualitative rather than quantitative questions. This whitepaper lists all the “qualitative” questions to ask — and includes guidelines to what the answers should be.

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Incorporating Spyware Protection into Enterprise Security Strategies

According to recent data from IT analyst firm IDC, security is now the #1 concern topping the list of corporate IT challenges. More than 75 percent of respondents to the study rated security as an "extremely" or "very significant" concern, rating it higher even than cost control.  Clearly, security has become a critical asset in the performance and success of businesses.

In this whitepaper, “Incorporating Spyware Protection into Enterprise Security Strategies,” discover how spyware poses a serious threat to large organizations and their employees. This whitepaper discusses the impact, risks, the costs and how to approach the spyware problem.

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Enhancing Enterprise Security and Productivity Through Optimized
Spyware Protection

IT and network managers are now dealing with the enterprise implications of desktop spyware – huge losses of corporate bandwidth, employee desktops choking on slow processor and browser performance, and endless calls to the help center about computers that “don’t work,” or “take forever to download.” This translates into lost time and diminished productivity throughout the organization.

This whitepaper, “Enhancing Enterprise Security and Productivity Through Optimized Spyware Protection,” explores the details of overcoming spyware with InterMute’s SpySubtract Enterprise Edition. The paper illustrates system component and describes functions and benefits to enterprise organizations.

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