Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a demonstration program that models biological immune systems to identify network intrusion threats. The demo illustrates challenges with ...

In our tests of five leading network intrusion-detection systems and the popular open source Snort, performance was spotty during baseline testing and degraded by as much as 50% on some products when ...

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) aim at detecting attacks against computer systems and networks or, in general, against information systems. Its basic aim is to protect the system against malwares ...

If a firewall is like having a security guard at your office door, checking the credentials of everyone coming and going, then an intrusion-detection system (IDS) is like having a network of sensors ...

Quick Summary Looking to spot network threats before they escalate into costly security incidents? This guide breaks down the top seven Network Intrusion Detection (NID) systems built for enterprise ...

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 ...

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 ...

Host-based IDS software complements the capabilities of other security products such as network-based IDS, decoy-based IDS and firewalls. If the security threats of the past few weeks have taught us ...

The Westminster, Colo.-based distributor, through its Network Security Solutions group, will offer McAfee IntruShield and Entercept to solution providers, executives said. "Data is the most important ...

Network security software company Network Associates continued its Intrusion Prevention buying spree, saying on Friday that it would acquire privately held Entercept Security Technologies for $120 ...