Everyone should employ an intrusion detection system (IDS) to monitor their network and flag any suspicious activity or automatically shut down potentially malicious traffic. We look at five of the ...

NetScreen Technologies is upgrading its intrusion-detection software so it also gathers and parses data about network traffic to reduce false intrusion alarms and pin down sources of network attacks.

Check Point, which has a lot to do with VPNs, is buying Sourcefire, which has almost nothing to do with VPNs, but does make intrusion-detection software based on Snort open source code. This is part ...

Putting in technical safeguards to spot network intruders or detect denial-of-service attacks at e-commerce servers is a prudent idea. But if your staff doesn’t have the time or skills to install and ...

EDR software has emerged as one of the preeminent tools in the CISO’s arsenal. Here’s what to look for and what to avoid when choosing EDR software. Reveal(x) 360 monitors Microsoft 365 activity for ...

Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced plans to introduce two new products as well as enhancements to its Safe security product suite, including a small-office firewall, upgrades to its ...

Cisco Systems is wheeling out a smorgasbord of hardware and software security upgrades to boost performance of VPNs and add more security features such as intrusion detection. In addition, the company ...

The biggest trends in Internet security will be showcased this week at the annual RSA Data Security conference, put on by the leading vendor of encryption technology. With more than 50 security firms ...