Make sure you are using SSL (secure socket layer) and VPN authenticated sessions that protect the administrator password when doing this. Attacks come from hackers driving around in dense WLAN areas, such as the City of London, with home-made code...
But UK encryption specialist nCipher has now warned companies that the short key used in an SSL session could leave networks prone to hack attacks.nCipher said in a paper entitled The Risk of Short RSA keys for Secure Communications using SSL: "If...
In early 2003, it acquired Okena, a small maker of intrusion prevention software for desktops, in a deal valued at $154m. We've been highlighting prevention in several recent announcements. Many intrusion prevention solutions have suffered from a...
For example, it uses the information for fraud detection and prevention and to combat denial of service attacks which can temporarily cripple or shut down servers. The company said: "Logs anonymisation does not guarantee that the government will...
Additional tools that will help networks in case of any attack are intrusion detection and prevention systems, which scan for rogue incoming packets, and straightforward antivirus software which can help prevent any known threats from disrupting...
Gartner advises organisations to configure content management and data loss prevention tools to monitor and block the release of sensitive content over HTTP and peer-to-peer network traffic and also configure the web gateway to block any services...
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