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 ...

Intrusion detection is the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents, which are violations or imminent threats of ...

Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems. Intrusion detection systems ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McAfee, one of the world’s leading cybersecurity companies, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has named the company a Leader in the “Gartner Magic Quadrant for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To help Healthcare IT News readers put up a stronger defense, we created this guide to Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems software with details on the leaders in the field ...

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 ...

Bill Dougherty, vice president of IT and security, Omada Health Chronic disease management firm Omada Health, whose clients include large employers and health insurers, has been changing its approach ...

Network Associates Inc. today announced new versions of its two intrusion-prevention system (IPS) products, IntruShield and Entercept, that it said will make it easier to protect corporate networks ...

With all the security talk in the air at last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, it seemed fitting to return to our ongoing discussion of wireless intrusion detection/prevention systems. As you ...