At a time of growing concern about the security of interconnected devices in homes, a startup aims to provide consumers with a type of network security system traditionally used by businesses. At the ...

Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems. Intrusion detection systems ...

Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system to its fullest potential? If so, you’re not alone. Many security professionals share the feeling that ...

No longer is a managed firewall adequate to protect a customer’s vital network and information assets. A complete security offering requires a multiple-layer approach that includes an intrusion ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Q1 Labs Inc. on Monday will announce that it has lured ...

A robust intrusion prevention system (IPS) is crucial for enhancing cybersecurity. Built to detect and block potential threats actively, an IPS responds before harm can be caused to a system or the ...

Colleges and universities continue to find themselves the targets of large-scale cyberattacks. Some of these come from foreign sources, such as Iranian hackers targeting university professors or ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Shortly after the Louisiana Criminal Justice System deployed the TippingPoint IPS in March of 2005, the security solution averted what could have been a serious security breach. One of the justice ...

Patch management: It's the blight of companies that rely on software to make their businesses hum. And there's probably no greater drain on IT resources than the persistent need to patch ...

First Citizens Bank, a regional bank based in Raleigh, N.C., got hit by the Code Red worm. That's not something you would have read in any news report. First Citizens didn't tell anyone about it, and ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system ...