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Authenticating Websites

Published By: Ovum Plc
June 2009
R464-1323
Online Download   $250.00
Global Site License   $625.00
Description

Malware incursions into enterprises now largely come from infected websites - often legitimate ones. Appeals to users to browse cautiously are ineffective. The release of IE 8 has highlighted the issue. We examine the available options for protection.
Table of Contents
The Ovum view
In a nutshell
Recommendations for enterprise users
Deploy tools that incorporate automatic blocking
Defence in depth is still good practice
Do not rely on user discipline
Recommendations for website owners
Websites need to do more to protect themselves from hacking
Deploy products that provide assurance to users
Recommendations for vendors
The rise of ‘blended attacks’
Malicious websites are big business
Blended attacks use several lines of attack
Web defence
Basic strategies
Defence in depth
Limitations with website authentication
Limitations with checking the content of page
Limitations with attack disruption
Do you know where you are on the Web?
The need for site authentication
The Harvard/Berkeley research project
The industry’s response on website authentication
Website certificates
Extended validation certificates
First Cyber Security
Green Armor: pictorial identity cues
Protection in the browser, ISP, or at the corporate gateway
Content filtering
Browser protection
IE8 enhancements
Disrupting attacks
Part of the network-level protection
A weakness in Microsoft’s approach
Websites must do more to protect themselves from corruption
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PUBLICATION:   Authenticating Websites
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  Global Site License$625.00   
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