Application Security: Why Network Firewalls And Intrusion Prevention Systems Aren't Enough
White Papers Network firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) are integral parts of an enterprise security strategy, but they can't adequately protect the inherently vulnerable web application that companies now rely on to extend their businesses to...
[August 20, 2007, 0:00]
Understand How Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Use Attack Signatures
White Papers This sample chapter, taken from Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals, examines signature types, signature triggers, and signature actions. This sample chapter, taken from Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals, discusses signature characteristics...
[May 16, 2006, 0:00]
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
White Papers The goal of this paper is to offer insightful views of new terminology in the context of evolving application level threats and the long list of both legacy and new security products that are re-shaping quickly around the terminology.
[November 21, 2003, 23:00]
TollyEdge White Paper Series: Benchmarking Strategies For Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems
White Papers Wireless networks bring new opportunities and new challenges to enterprise networks. Wireless LANs (WLANs) introduce new levels of flexibility into enterprise networks, but they also carry a price tag for the cost associated with keeping...
[May 15, 2008, 0:00]
An Independent Report By ICSA Labs On The Performance Of ISS' VoIP-enabled Intrusion Prevention Devices
White Papers This technical product evaluation is focused on the ISS VoIP-enabled Intrusion Prevention devices. These are built to supply traditional and VoIP specific Network Intrusion Prevention services. This paper gives you all the technical information you...
[March 8, 2007, 23:00]
Efficient Security At Lower Cost: Axa Assistance Secures Its 20 Worldwide Branches With Proventia Intrusion Prevention Appliances
White Papers The Solution was Proventia Intrusion Prevention Appliances G Series, which satisfied all the prescribed requirements. Axa Assistance, whose main objective was to protect its 20 worldwide branches in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
[December 18, 2004, 23:00]
Free Consumer Intrusion-prevention System Launched
Talkback What about the millions of older operating systems still in use by home users, that is where the threat lies, not the big corporations that can afford to update their systems as they usually have robust protection in place already.
[June 22, 2004, 11:36]
Defining The Rules Of Preemptive Protection: The ISS Intrusion Prevention System
White Papers The rules of preemptive protection are clear. An effective IPS solution relies on a solid foundation of performance, protection and research. Organizations evaluating IPS should look beyond point products or even so-called best-of-breed vendors...
[January 24, 2006, 23:00]
White Paper On Intrusion Detection And Intrusion Prevention
White Papers Enterprise networked systems are inevitably exposed to the increasing threats posed by hackers as well as malicious users internal to a network. The consequences are compromised confidentiality and integrity of business systems, and diminished...
[July 13, 2007, 0:00]
Free Consumer Intrusion-prevention System Launched
News Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) work by monitoring PC and network activity. Prevx has launched what it claims is the first intrusion prevention system for consumers. Traditional AV and firewall systems are beginning to show their age when...
[June 18, 2004, 17:25]
Integrating Load Testing With Development Analysis: Reduce The Mean Time To Repair A Performance Problem
White Papers As the complexity and scope of network threats grow, forward-thinking companies are increasingly complementing traditional Intrusion-Detection Systems (IDS) with Intrusion-Prevention Systems (IPS). To be most effective, intrusion prevention must...
[November 29, 2006, 23:00]
TippingPoint To Push Into Euro Security Market
News American IT security firm TippingPoint is gearing up to begin selling its range of network intrusion prevention systems in Europe. TippingPoint's intrusion prevention systems, sold under the UnityOne brand, analyse network traffic looking for...
[October 23, 2003, 14:05]
Intrusion Prevention Security Tipped To Boom In Europe
News Sales of intrusion prevention systems in Europe continue to lag behind the US, but vendors expect them to catch up. Intrusion prevention systems conduct deep-packet inspection of the traffic moving across a company's network.
[October 11, 2004, 12:45]
Surveillance Or Dead Lock?
News IDSs are really more similar to protocol analysers or smart sniffers than they are to intrusion prevention systems (IPSs). Intrusion prevention is an outgrowth of intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention products offer different functionality...
[August 20, 2002, 20:19]
Host And Network Intrusion Prevention: Competitors Or Partners?
White Papers Intrusion Prevention Systems are designed to protect information systems from unauthorized access, damage or disruption. This paper addresses the need for Intrusion Prevention Systems, explores the two most popular IPS architectures and provides...
[December 8, 2004, 23:00]
Intruders: Is Detection Or Protection The Answer?
News The question remains what should replace them, and whether the newly fashionable "intrusion prevention systems" are more than just a change of buzzword. But intrusion prevention -- where systems are designed to respond automatically to prevent an...
[April 15, 2003, 10:37]
Best Practices In Intrusion Prevention
White Papers That's where intrusion prevention systems come into play, and they're not just for large organizations anymore. In this ZDNet audiocast, we'll discuss the advantages of intrusion prevention systems and how organizations can determine which system...
[January 24, 2005, 23:00]
Network Associates Gets Proactive With Viruses
News Proactive antivirus systems, known as intrusion-prevention systems (IPS), are systems that detect and stop unknown security attacks before they cause havoc. IPS is not a new technology -- various IPS systems have been released in recent years, such...
[June 7, 2004, 16:10]
Oracle Database 10g Release 2: Integrating With Decru DataFort And NetApp Storage Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 And FCP
White Papers Technologies like firewalls and intrusion prevention systems seek to secure enterprise assets by protecting the perimeter of the network, but these approaches leave data at the storage core dangerously open to both internal and external attacks.
[September 11, 2007, 0:00]
Gartner Report: Understanding The Nine Protection Styles Of Host-Based Intrusion Prevention
White Papers This report by Neil MacDonald takes a look at the technologies available today for intrusion prevention. The time for a more complete approach to host-based intrusion prevention is here. Traditional antivirus and personal firewall solutions are no...
[July 20, 2005, 0:00]

