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Intrusion Defense: Lessons learned from medieval times. Is your Castle Protected?

Overview During medieval times layered security was necessary to protect the castle and its inhabitants -- such as the use of wooden walls before stone. As then, a layered security approach to your organization's data is also necessary. A well-designed layered security strategy that identifies the value of business processes, and implements appropriate strategies to protect your organization's data, is a good security practice and may also help meet regulation requirements.

Download this white paper to learn more about layered security strategies, and how they can help your organization.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Perimeter eSecurity	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2007	Downloads	11
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Network Security, Security Tools, Intrusion Detection Systems, Best Practices

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