Network intrusion detection systems analyze local network traffic to spot widely known computer attack commands. In addition, they recognize varying degrees of anomalous behaviors on the network.

Conventional wisdom once had it that intrusion prevention systems (IPS) would eliminate the need for intrusion detection systems (IDS). But with threats getting worse by the day and IT pros ...

Staying alert to unauthorised computer network activity similarly requires identification of behaviour that is out of the ordinary. The best way is to monitor the behaviour of network users.

Though the school isn't sure how the information was accessed, Harvard is notifying around 10,000 students in its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that their personal data may have been ...