defense
RSS defenseDistributed Denial of Service Defense Tactics
White Paper This paper details some practical strategies that can be used by system administrators to help protect themselves from distributed denial of service attacks as well as protect themselves from becoming unwitting attack nodes against other companies. [03 Jul 2008]
U.S. Department of Defense: Unprecedented Pre-Clinical Research Acceleration to Find an Anthrax Treatment
White Paper The Anthrax project was launched when a key protein component of anthrax was submitted to the United Devices Global grid powered with the Grid MP platform. The team responsible for this collaborative effort needed to accelerate the process of... [03 Jul 2008]
A White Paper on the Defense Against Ballistic Missiles
White Paper In the past three years, very significant progress has been made on the development of defenses against ballistic missiles. A number of systems have been tested successfully, and it has been established that "hit-to-kill" technology is feasible. [03 Jul 2008]
Accenture Helps Exostar Launch an eMarketplace for the Aerospace and Defense Industry
White Paper Recognizing that Internet-based transactions are the future of A&D procurement, BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon joined forces to form a new, virtual company that would offer unprecedented efficiencies and help constituents... [03 Jul 2008]
SKY Computers to Provide Rugged PowerPC-Based Multicomputers
White Paper SKY is the only high performance multicomputer vendor to provide complete in-house "life-cycle management" for the defense and military community. Life-cycle management in the Xtreme product line provides defense contractors and system integrators... [03 Jul 2008]
On the Rules of Engagement for Information Warfare
White Paper It has become clear that for the enterprise to develop a complete strategy of defense, the full cycle of intelligence met with the rules of engagement must be invoked within the theatre of the Internet. [03 Jul 2008]
A Note on the Role of Deception in Information Protection
White Paper We begin by examining the historical use of deception for information protection in more depth, consider the moral issues associated with the use of deception for protection, and examine techniques for deceptive defense and complexities in their use. [03 Jul 2008]
Advanced Network Fault Detection and Correction Feature for UNIX
White Paper The first line of defense is Compaq's network device drivers, which have built-in recovery mechanisms. Compaq has a twofold solution to ensure high network availability of your Compaq server. These mechanisms allow recovery from many hardware... [03 Jul 2008]
Improving the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems
White Paper Acquisitions of software intensive systems by the Department of Defense (DoD) have often suffered from poor product quality, cost overruns, and schedule slips. In turn, these problems have frequently been linked to the inability of project offices... [03 Jul 2008]
LocalDirector: High Availability through Application-Aware Systems
White Paper TCP handshake monitoring is the first line of defense, providing immediate recognition that an application is down and routing to an available server. LocalDirector provides three mechanisms for ensuring that clients always reach an available... [03 Jul 2008]
RFID in the Supply Chain: The Wal-Mart Factor Part Two - Impact on Near-Term Market Growth
White Paper Given the recent bevy of RFID implementation announcements by Wal-Mart, Metro AG, Tesco, the US Department of Defense and, most recently, Target, VDC has adjusted the market size and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) originally published in "The... [03 Jul 2008]
Security Problems in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
White Paper The TCP/IP protocol suite, which is very widely used today, was developed under the sponsorship of the Department of Defense. Despite that, there are a number of serious security flaws inherent in the protocols, regardless of the correctness of any... [03 Jul 2008]
Streamlining Government Through Strategic Data Storage and Content Delivery
White Paper Access to information has always been crucial to government operations, whether it was for domestic functions, law enforcement, or defense. Now, with new and growing threats to homeland security, the need for rapid access to information has... [03 Jul 2008]
Advanced Network Fault Detection and Correction Feature for NetWare
White Paper The first line of defense is Compaq's network device drivers, which have built-in recovery mechanisms. Compaq has a twofold solution to ensure high network availability of your Compaq server. These mechanisms allow recovery from many hardware... [03 Jul 2008]
Improving Computing Security during the Development of DOD Computerized Weapons Platforms
White Paper Computer-based Department of Defense platforms which are essential to both strategic and tactical military operations are often designed without detailed security requirements and analysis. While the military has had decades for its systems... [03 Jul 2008]
