Like most new technologies, network intrusion prevention is commonly very misunderstood - leading to an over heralding or vilification. Most of what leads to the confusion is the fact that so many ...

What is the best threat management system for a business network? It's a difficult question to answer because threat management isn't about finding a single solution to every problem; it's about ...

The risk of hacking attacks and network intrusions are facts of life for everyone who ventures online. Your system's firewall and its intrusion detection system both work to protect you against such ...

We have a SonicWall firewall and would like to add intrusion detection to the network. The principal of the company is asking about options that sit between the firewall and network. The SonicWall ...

Typically, that enforcement means you need a firewall, but a firewall by itself is not enough. If IDS technology has proven anything, it is that application layer decoding and inspection is critical ...

The product life-cycle management project I mentioned in my last article has been quiet as the project management team evaluates everyone’s input to the evaluation documentation. I’m taking this ...

Enterprise IT departments deploy intrusion detection systems to gain visibility into potentially malicious activities happening within their technology environments. A longtime corporate cyber ...

Current Perspective: Positive on Symantec’s pending release of a Network IPS appliance because it fills an obvious and increasingly critical hole in the company’s overall threat protection strategy.

In the world of the Linux operating system and open source software, the iptables firewall provides a full featured and stable packet filtering infrastructure. Commercial-grade capabilities such as ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. An intrusion prevention system ...