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- Stormwatch: Intrusion detection becomes intrusion protection
- Intrusion detection has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. From an administrator running TCPDump and scanning event logs, intrusion detection has grown into both host- and network-based sensors. When dedicated intrusion detection devices were first fielded, however, these sensors only watched and listened for traffic they suspected of being...
- Tags: StormWatch, intrusion detection, security, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, security policy, OKENA StormWatch, network
- Technical articles 2003-08-04
- Lock IT Down: Install Okena's StormWatch to keep hackers out
- Intrusion prevention systems act as deadbolt locks, stopping any attacks that may be targeted at your network. Unlike intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems don’t analyze attacks and effect a response; they just plain stop attacks. One of the most popular intrusion prevention systems comes from Okena. Okena's StormWatch intrusion...
- Tags: information technology, Install Okena StormWatch, intrusion prevention system, Laura Taylor, OKENA, OKENA StormWatch, server
- Technical articles 2003-02-13
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- Host-based Intrusion Prevention Management
- The SecureWorks iSensor provides NIPS security, the OKENA StormWatch product provides HIPS security. Used in tandem, and in conjunction with a properly configured firewall and antivirus software, HIPS and NIPS create complementary layered protection, the most reliable, robust approach to Internet security. StormWatch HIPS consists of agent software residing on...
- Tags: Agent, SecureWorks Inc., SecureWorks iSensor, StormWatch HIPS, Real Estate, Intrusion Prevention, Security, Business Operations
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- A slew of new threats revealed in Cisco products
- A number of Cisco vulnerabilities have recently been made more dangerous by the public release of proof-of-concept code, which can be utilized to exploit these vulnerabilities. Anyone using one of the many vulnerable products needs to take immediate steps to fix the vulnerabilities or confirm that the vulnerabilities have already...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., John McCormick, Cisco IOS, vulnerability
- Technical articles 2004-04-12
- Cisco Security Agent can offer potent protection to vulnerable systems
- A few months ago I was contacted by several different people,all asking me to evaluate Cisco Security Agent CSA. In my conversations withthem, I became interested enough in CSA to put down "evaluate CSA" on my to-dolist.Disaster strikesSoon thereafter my company was attacked by an Internet worm.This worm came in...
- Tags: agent, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Security, Cisco Security Agent, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, worm, virus
- Technical articles 2004-05-21
- Update your Internet use policy to stop download abuse
- Establishing a media download policy could stop the proliferation of MP3 files that are clogging your network. This article looks at the problem and offers ideas for creating a download policy.Users who download and store MP3 collections on company equipment and network not only hog bandwidth but also are exposing...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Dana Norton, network, security, bandwidth, MP3, virus
- Technical articles 2002-04-10
- Cisco to buy security start-up
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- Tags: Protego Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., security, network
- Technical articles 2004-12-21
- Lock IT Down: Intrusion detection is not intrusion prevention
- Know the distinction between intrusion detection and preventionI want to clear up a common misconception. Intrusion detection and intrusion prevention aren't different names for the same market segment—they're different names for two distinct categories of security products.Intrusion prevention is an outgrowth of intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention products offer different...
- Tags: Network security, SECURITY, Laura Taylor, intrusion detection system, intrusion detection, network, intrusion prevention
- Technical articles 2002-08-20
- Cisco, Microsoft in security showdown
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- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2004-09-17
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