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Intrusion prevention News

26 August 2008

Firms flocking to 802.11n

By John Cox, Network World (US)

Controller-based, pervasive wireless LANs are rapidly becoming a standard feature of enterprise networks and nearly a third of all enterprises are migrating to 802.11n, even though the standard is yet to be ratified. Read more...

Intrusion prevention Insight

24 July 2008

Companies rush to launch new 802.11n management tools

By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld (US online)

There's a sea-change in IT managers' approaches to planning for wireless networks as the faster 802.11n networks mean that they're increasingly complex to manage. And that's before taking security into account. Read more...

Intrusion prevention Interviews

23 October 2003

The firewall is dead, long live the firewall

By Bryan Betts

Protecting your network is getting more complex as new attacks appear, which means more boxes are needed to defend against them, says Paul DiBernardi of Secure Computing. Read more...

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Intrusion prevention Whitepapers

17 September 2007

The difference between IPS and IDS

By Tipping Point

A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. This paper explains why that notion is incorrect. Read more...

Intrusion prevention Product Reviews

23 August 2007

AirTight SpectraGuard, wireless LAN security

By David Cartwright, Techworld

  • List price: $11,000
  • Pros: Excellent GUI
    Excellent online help
    Clever way of discovering and categorising APs
    Very clever way of dealing with potential intrusions
  • Cons: Needless insistence on JRE 1.4.2 (but you can just ignore that)
    If you’re feeling malicious, you can “secure” your neighbours’ networks as well Read more...

Intrusion prevention How-Tos

19 January 2007

Use 802.1X to prevent rogue access points

By Devin Akin, Network World

You might think it's easy to use authentication to stop unauthorised APs on your network. It's not quite that simple. Read more...

Intrusion prevention Case Studies

18 March 2008

Protecting the datacentre

By Joanne Cummings, Network World (US)

Mercy Medical Centre?s security wish list is far from atypical. The Baltimore healthcare provider wants to make sure that users access only the services and servers they require and that its datacentre servers remain secure and problem free. Nevertheless, it hasn't yet found quite the right technology combination. Read more...

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