In her recent feature on just how bad the botnet problem across the Internet is right now, Julie Bort likened these zombie computers to termites, saying they burrow in behind the walls of an IT ...

Intrusion detection technology presents a confusing array of acronyms, abstract concepts, and hazy deliverables. This exacerbates the difficult situation for executives who are asked to pay for these ...

False IDS alerts driving you nuts? The best protection against unwanted intrusion may be a layered defense that uses firewalls, IDS, and IPS After the Nachi worm hit last year, Joe Granneman, manager ...

Just a few short years ago, an IDS was a luxury. Before the rise of the Web application and the worm, most networks were adequately defended by a firewall at the perimeter and a virus scanner at the ...

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 ...