Here’s a quick network security quiz: When it comes to detecting and stopping IT threats, is it better to position intrusion prevention systems: On the network At particularly important devices on the ...

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 ...

An academic network is one of the most difficult networks to secure and maintain. It must be open and accessible—much more so than networks in corporate, government, or private sectors. The academic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Large enterprises will continue to put an intrusion prevention system in-line behind a firewall, but budget conscious organizations with fewer IT staff members are looking at next-generation firewall ...

In most organizations, the existing security infrastructure consisting of firewall and network intrusion detection systems (IDS) is no longer sufficient. To deliver immediate protection against the ...

It's two years since the IEEE ratified 802.11i, slightly less since the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the WPA2 certification. And still, insecurity over security is hindering wireless LAN ...

Targeted hacker attacks on enterprises have been increasing, and are generally launched by more sophisticated and motivated attackers. Intrusion prevention is gaining importance while intrusion ...

Another set of monitoring and prevention technologies being developed for control-system security is content inspection. Borrowing concepts from e-mail inspection developed for the IT space, ...