Standalone network-protection products, such as intrusion-detection systems and firewalls, flag any unusual network behaviour as a security 'event'. If a worker accidentally types in the wrong web address, that registers as an event, and an outside...
Security firm Symantec offered a more conservative number, based on its intrusion detection network. Intrusion detection systems have spotted PCs the worm compromised on the networks of most major consumer Internet providers, including America...
However, the working group decided not to analyze the logs of network devices, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, which could have given further evidence of any network attacks that coincided with the outage.
A slightly shocked and dismayed spokesman for Netegrity, who had been handed the thankless task of distancing the company salesman from any blame, said: "You tend to think that people attending an event of that kind would not do something like...
ICSA Labs, a research and testing outfit, also participates. Kaspersky Labs and Trend Micro will do the same, company representatives said. A desktop antivirus product may display a different name for a fast-spreading worm than the scanner at the...
We've all seen it happen - a company buys an expensive intrusion detection system or application firewall and puts it in a corner where it emits a quiet, comforting hum. Nevertheless, applying analytics to IT logs can provide useful insights, says...