NetScreen Technologies is upgrading its intrusion-detection software so it also gathers and parses data about network traffic to reduce false intrusion alarms and pin down sources of network attacks.

Network intrusion detection and pattern matching techniques form a critical pillar in contemporary cybersecurity. These methods enable the identification of malicious activities by scrutinising ...

Check Point, which has a lot to do with VPNs, is buying Sourcefire, which has almost nothing to do with VPNs, but does make intrusion-detection software based on Snort open source code. This is part ...

Putting in technical safeguards to spot network intruders or detect denial-of-service attacks at e-commerce servers is a prudent idea. But if your staff doesn’t have the time or skills to install and ...

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 ...

Novacoast executives say the security application, 4Shadow, is the only one of its kind Apple has accepted to sell through its App Store. "A lot has been written about the consumerization of IT. We ...

Intrusion.com Inc. this week unveiled a line of firewall/virtual private network (VPN) appliances based on Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s VPN-1/Firewall-1 software preconfigured to run with ...

The internet is a scary place, and since building my own OPNsense router where I can see all of the traffic in and out, I've never been more convinced of that. I had already set up OPNsense with the ...

Startup Skycure today makes its debut with what’s described as intrusion-detection and prevention package for mobile devices. The IDS/IPS from Skycure initially supports Apple iOS iPhones and iPads, ...

Or is it just another point solution? No security topic generates more spirited debate than intrusion prevention. Deployed on the edge — and increasingly, deep inside — the network, IPSes (intrusion ...

The McAfee IntruShield 1200 expands the intrusion-prevention product line that Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates acquired in May with its purchase of IntruVert Networks. The device has the ...