EMC Whitepapers and Ebooks

Who Needs Malware? How Adversaries Use Fileless Attacks to Evade Your Security

The arms race between cybersecurity vendors and determined adversaries has never been more heated. As soon as a new security tool is released, threat actors strive to develop a way around it.  One advanced threat technique that is experiencing success is the use of fileless attacks, where no executable file is written to disk.     The 2017 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that 51 percent of cyberattacks are malware-free, so there’s no indication that these attacks will be subsiding anytime soon. Read this white paper to get the important information you need to successfully defend your company against stealthy fileless attacks.   Download this white paper to learn:   • The detailed anatomy of a fileless intrusion, including the initial compromise, gaining command and control, escalating privileges and establishing persistence • How fileless attacks exploit trusted systems —  the types of processes compromised, the specific exploit tactics used to gain a foothold, and more • Why traditional technologies fail to protect against fileless attacks and what you can do to better defend your organization against them

Best Practices in Financial Planning & Analysis: How Finance Can Take the Lead and Transform the Business in Just Five Steps

For those developing the financial budgets and forecasts and planning for future scenarios, dealing with and preparing for constant change is a challenging part of the job. Finance, therefore, must have the agility to quickly react to, analyze, and plan for new scenarios, changing conditions, and new opportunities. But that can only happen if the right financial processes and applications are in place that can evolve, as well. This white paper examines five steps you can take to make sure your finance team is in a position to lead this financial transformation journey.