Patching is supposed to secure your organization from the latest batch of malicious code. But try telling that to the state of Alaska’s IT department. Staffers were working diligently to stay ...

Our Technology Update this week takes a look at one of the last lines of defense in the war against viruses, worms and other attacks brought to us by the ne’er-do-wells of the networked world: ...

A robust intrusion prevention system (IPS) is crucial for enhancing cybersecurity. Built to detect and block potential threats actively, an IPS responds before harm can be caused to a system or the ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems. Intrusion detection systems ...

Network Associates Inc.'s host-based intrusion-prevention system could get some additional muscle to prevent distributed denial-of-service attacks. The company's Entercept tool protects applications, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — LANDesk Software Inc., the desktop management specialist acquired last year by Avocent Corp., has added Host-based Intrusion Prevention System tools to its security suite.

Security company Symantec issued updated versions of a number of software products on Monday under the guise of a new security framework it calls Symantec Intrusion Protection. The Cupertino, ...

In a similar fashion to its quiet acquisition of the VDI desktop broker Propero, VMware has quietly acquired a company called Determina and its host intrusion prevention software - although terms of ...

The growing speed at which malicious hackers can exploit new vulnerabilities is creating a need for intrusion-prevention technologies capable of proactively detecting and blocking attacks even before ...

Arxceo Technology Powers Network Embedded Personal IPS Product for Consumers and Corporations Needing Secure Data Communications HUNTSVILLE, AL, October 31, 2006 — Arxceo Corporation, a provider of ...

First Citizens Bank, a regional bank based in Raleigh, N.C., got hit by the Code Red worm. That's not something you would have read in any news report. First Citizens didn't tell anyone about it, and ...