FLIP: Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices Via Snort-Inline Hardware Implementation

Balancing Security Against Productivity

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What makes for great security? Is it about keeping the bad guys out or letting the good guys in? About defending attacks or preventing them? When IDG Research Services queried...

• Publisher:
• Novell

Novell Zenworks Endpoint Security Management: Total Control from a Single Console

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Still super gluing your USB ports shut? Unauthorized access to networks, lost or stolen laptops and other mobile hardware, and theft of proprietary information or intellectual property accounted for more...

• Publisher:
• Novell

Secure Desktop On-Demand Webcast

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The desktop or endpoint is one of the most vulnerable parts of your environment. Threats are everywhere. You have users who love to experiment with device settings (only to wonder...

• Publisher:
• Novell

• Tags:
• desktop,
• endpoint,
• measure,
• device

White Paper: Fw Monitor - A Troubleshooting Tool

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fw monitor is a useful packet capture tool provided by Check Point as a part of VPN-1/FireWall-1. It allows a network troubleshooter to capture packets as they pass through the...

• Publisher:
• Nokia

• Tags:
• security tools,
• firewall,
• vpn,
• tool

Improving IT Compliance: Guidance for Midsize Organizations

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The results are in on the compliance efforts of companies boasting annual revenues of $50 to $999 million, and there's definitely room for improvement, especially at the middle and top...

• Publisher:
• Symantec

• Tags:
• security tools,
• compliance,
• deficiencies,
• controls

FLIP: Forward Looking Intrusion Protection for Mobile Devices Via Snort-Inline Hardware Implementation

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This paper presents a unique design and proof-of-concept implementation of a hardware-based intrusion protection system module that provides deep packet inspection server-like security in detecting and preventing application layer attacks...

• Publisher:
• United States Military Academy

• Tags:
• security tools

First Trojan for handhelds now in the wild

Last month, researchers identified the first Windows CE virus, which researchers said was mostly a "proof-of-concept" bug, or one designed to demonstrate its own feasibility. We were certain that a viable malicious program for PDAs would appear...

• Channel:
• Malware

Denial-of-service flaw found in BlackBerry phones

The first 'real' virus, Cabir, was developed as a proof-of-concept for malware on mobiles but despite reports of the worm making it into the wild, the virus never managed large scale infection. A flaw that could cause denial-of-service attacks on...

• Channel:
• Mobile & Wireless

Firewall sales to skyrocket, say analysts

Such a product would bring together many functions, such as virus protection, intrusion detection, virtual private networking (VPN), firewalls and content filtering. Security device maker NetScreen Technologies and network hardware maker Cisco both...

• Channel:
• Security Strategy

Cisco battles Juniper with worms

But Stiennon said these new products do little to help Cisco address the larger problem of preventing security threats from getting on networks in the first place. In early 2003, it acquired Okena, a small maker of intrusion prevention software for...

• Channel:
• Security Strategy

Locking down financial security

They attempt to thwart phishers by preventing the use of harvested account details alone for fake transactions. Even fewer used an intrusion prevention system. The concept of least-privilege should only allow employees to do what their role...

• Channel:
• Digital Defences
• Tags:
• security,
• phishing,
• authentication,
• banking

Microsoft to launch Windows OS for digital TV

Microsoft is ready to launch the next version of the Windows operating system, which it claims will power digital television sets. Microsoft has sided with AT&T in a $5bn deal, furthering its bid to become one of the leading contenders in the...

• Channel:
• Desktops