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IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. The company said that while many different blades are designed... [04 Sep 2008]
Cyber Attacks On The Rise: IBM 2007 Midyear Report
White Paper The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force research and development team discovered, analyzed and recorded new vulnerabilities and the status of varying threats throughout the first six months of this year. [02 Sep 2008]
Preemptively defend against threats to your network, throughout the enterprise
White Paper The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force research and development team reports that the number of vulnerabilities susceptible to traditional and next-generation attacks has increased an average of 23 percent per year since the beginning of 2000. [02 Sep 2008]
Learn the Newest Way to Secure Your Windows® Environment
White Paper Shoring up network resources from both internal and external attacks is a priority of most IT organizations. Learn how to improve the security of your Microsoft® Windows® Environment! Together new offerings from both RSA Security and Microsoft help... [02 Sep 2008]
Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service Protection
White Paper To obtain full protection for DoS attacks, organizations typically need to purchase multiple proxy servers, network security devices, intrusion preventions systems, as well as software packages, updates, and expanded licenses as an organization... [02 Sep 2008]
Gartner Report: Understanding the Nine Protection Styles of Host-Based Intrusion Prevention
White Paper Traditional antivirus and personal firewall solutions are no longer sufficient to protect endpoint systems against targeted application-level attacks, and we can't keep our systems patched as quickly as new vulnerabilities are announced. [02 Sep 2008]
An Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Assessment
White Paper The increasingly frequent attacks on Internet-visible systems are attempts to breach information security requirements for protection of data. Systems and networks are subject to electronic attacks. The market for intrusion-detection products... [02 Sep 2008]
Attacks and Countermeasures: A Study of Network Attack Classes and Security Components to Protect Against Them
White Paper Though no security solution can protect completely, there are solutions that, when implemented properly, can reduce the number of successful attacks and effectively deal with attacks that do penetrate or circumvent the security implementation. [02 Sep 2008]
Checkpoint Application Intelligence
White Paper Enterprise firewalls, in order to address the increasing threat from application-driven attacks, must provide comprehensive security on multiple levels. These levels of security should protect against both network and application attacks, while... [02 Sep 2008]
Cisco IOS Firewall Intrusion Detection System
White Paper Intrusion detection systems provide a level of protection beyond the firewall by protecting the network from internal and external security attacks and threats. Cisco IOS Firewall Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a complementary solution to... [02 Sep 2008]
Deep Packets: Application Layer Security Threats
White Paper What is needed is application layer filtering software, such as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, which not only helps protect against rogue packets and network attacks but also checks for more advanced attacks. [02 Sep 2008]
Black Box Network Security
White Paper Because it is not always easy to distinguish between threats to individual users and threats to networks, this paper covers the whole range of threats from simple scams to large-scale, denial-of service attacks. [02 Sep 2008]
Microsoft: Google lags 'years behind' on privacy
News The specialist security group, headed up by ex-US federal prosecutor, Scott Charney, was established in 2002 as a response to heightened security concerns following the 11 September attacks. Cullen heads up the privacy arm of Microsoft's... [01 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs says in a white paper entitled Securing... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. Perspectives also protects against attacks that exploit a recently exposed flaw... [27 Aug 2008]
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