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  • Is your business data safe in the cloud?

    It's scary out there in the cloud. Data thieves, hackers, criminals, they're all out there scouring the Internet around the clock for ways to get into your corporate networks so they can steal data from poorly protected businesses.

  • Intrusion prevention is losing steam in a virtual machine world

    Intrusion-prevention system (IPS) vendors have not found it easy to recast their appliances for use in the virtual-machine (VM) environment. But now McAfee and Sourcefire claim to have overcome some hurdles, at least with VMware's VM.

  • Top 10 Cisco rivals

    Competition is only getting tougher for Cisco as it continues to expand in 30 or so new markets while attempting to maintain growth in its core routing and switching businesses.

  • Is it time to rename routers?

    We all know what a router is and what it is does - don't we? But with the rise of multifunction devices, the definition of router has become more blurred. What does this mean for the specification of devices within a network?

  • Companies rush to launch new 802.11n management tools

    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.

  • Cisco makes a bid for practical WLANs

    Cisco's big WLAN announcement isn't about the radio technology. It's about making it easier to get applications running.

  • Microsoft gets NAC act together

    The world of network access control is being drawn, irresistibly, into Microsoft's orbit now that the Redmond giant's full repertoire of Network Access Protection client, server and policy components are out there in the real world.

  • Insider data leakage

    Insider data leak prevention is coming to the fore as consultancies and ILP product companies try to alert potential customers to ILP threats and products and services to combat it.

  • Is 3Com a safe bet going forward?

    3Com's projected spin-off of TippingPoint has led some to wonder at the potential implications of the move for customers. But will the sell-off bring benefits to users and the two companies?

  • NAC needs a single policy

    The future of network access control pits endpoints against the network.





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CISO guide to next generation threats

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Phishing Detection and Prevention

This paper will detail the technical aspects of typical phishing campaigns, focusing on the tactics, methodology, and unique features of the phishing e-mail and the phishing Web site. It will outline how automated, inline network-based solutions, built on existing intrusion prevention technology, can be leveraged to assist network defenders protect their constituencies from online fraud.
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Securing the network from inside threats

Spectator is a comprehensive non-intrusive solution, addressing a wide variety of threats from a single console. Only minutes after installation, you can define a baseline security policy, inspect every PC in the network, generate detailed exception reports, remotely repair problems, and take a giant step forward to securing your enterprise network and data, from both inside and out.
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The Four Key Qualities of Effective Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP) Solutions

This white paper explains what to look for in HIP products, and introduces the concept of ?Deep HIP? as a means of characterizing effective solutions in this area.
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