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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
While many IT security professionals regard intrusion-preventions systems to be a natural extension of intrusion-detection systems, an IPS is actually another type of access control mechanism, rather ...
Jacquelyn Bengfort is a freelance writer living in the American Midwest. Higher education remains a tempting target for hackers. “Universities have some fairly unique features that tend to increase ...
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 ...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Wi-Fi network usage is at an all-time high, and cybersecurity threats have never been greater to mobile- and IoT-dependent work environments. In ...
Intrusion detection systems have one problem, and it's inherent in their names. They've tended to merely detect security threats--not prevent them. But things are starting to shift, with many vendors ...
Portsmouth, NH " May 27, 2009 " NitroSecurity, Inc., a long-time innovator of intrusion prevention solutions, has introduced new core technology into its popular NitroGuard Intrusion Prevention ...
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 ...