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 ...

Intrusion detection and prevention software has become a necessary addition to the information security infrastructure of many organizations, so the National Institute of Standards and Technology is ...

Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system to its fullest potential? If so, you’re not alone. Many security professionals share the feeling that ...

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 ...

The network intrusion prevention system isn't like the firewall--it's not a must-have security tool at most big companies. But intrusion prevention system (IPS) vendors are adding features and ...

Jacquelyn Bengfort is a freelance writer living in the American Midwest. Higher education remains a tempting target for hackers. “Universities have some fairly unique features that tend to increase ...

Network managers don’t need a primer on the threats that could befall their networks, from man-in-the-middle threats from rogue APs to the global ransomware epidemic. It’s a bad situation that shows ...

Open-source security company Sourcefire has announced an entry-level Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) it claims will democratize a technology that is still seen as being exclusively for large ...

Panasonic Corporation announced that it has developed automotive intrusion detection and prevention systems as a cyber security countermeasure for autonomous and connected cars. Connected cars are ...

While many IT security professionals regard intrusion-preventions systems to be a natural extension of intrusion-detection systems, an IPS is actually another type of access control mechanism, rather ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system ...