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- Hitachi Consulting Secures IP Telephony Network Using TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System
- No one knows better than Hitachi Consulting how vulnerable today's networks are to crippling attacks and malware. When Code Red and Welchia worms invaded Hitachi Consulting's development servers at its headquarters, in Dallas, the Hitachi, Ltd. business unit incurred considerable expense cleaning and restoring the systems. Hitachi Consulting sought a...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Network, IP Telephony, 3Com Corp., IP, TippingPoint Technologies, Hitachi Consulting, Intrusion Prevention, Security, Viruses And Worms
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- 3Com, TippingPoint Free Palm Beach Atlantic University From Crippling Virus Attacks
- Millions of malicious self-replicating packets flooded the campus network. Internet access and e-mail ground to a halt due to all the unwanted traffic. The congestion prevented most students and faculty from retrieving their applications and data. This grim scenario, the nightmare of network administrators worldwide, is precisely what the IT...
- Tags: Virus Attack, Palm Inc., 3Com Corp., Virus, TippingPoint Technologies, Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security
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- Law School Blocks 250 Million Malicious Packets Annually Using TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System
- Heralded as the oldest law school in the District of Columbia, The George Washington University Law School is one of today's most technologically advanced law schools in the country, having pioneered cutting-edge, cost-saving IT solutions to enhance its curriculum. To overcome the pitfalls of its pre-existing piecemeal approach to security,...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, TippingPoint Technologies, Law School, Intrusion Prevention, Portals, LANs, Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Security, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Internet
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- Healthcare Organization Deploys TippingPoint as "Best Practice" for Regulatory Compliance to Protect Electronic Medical Records, Patient Data and Corporate Assets
- When Corporate Compliance Information Security started planning for WellStar Health System's HIPAA compliance program, they took the requirement to meet best practices in information security seriously. While other health organizations often tried to paper over their security vulnerabilities, WellStar implemented a sophisticated and comprehensive, technology-based security blanket to ensure that...
- Tags: Asset, Patient, Electronic Health Record, 3Com Corp., Health Care, Regulatory Compliance, Best Practice, TippingPoint Technologies, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Louisiana Secures Justice Using 3Com TippingPoint Enterprise Solution
- In today's complex world of record keeping and data sharing, it takes more than a gavel to call a court to order. Recognizing this fact, the State of Louisiana uses best-of-breed technology to assist 485 attorneys, agents and 22 judges to adjudicate more than 45,000 civil and criminal cases and...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Louisiana, Intrusion Prevention, Real Estate, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Business Operations
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- Indiana Health Care System Safeguards Patient Information Via Award Winning 3Com, TippingPoint Security Solution
- At IU Medical Group - Primary Care IUMG, caring for patients involves more than providing world-class health services. It also requires a healthy network - one safe from hackers, worms, and spyware that might compromise the performance of the organization's life-critical applications or confidentiality of its medical records, which would...
- Tags: Patient, Network, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Prevention, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Security, Networking, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software
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- German-Based Web Solutions Provider Blocks Over 1 Million Attacks Monthly Using TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System
- centron is a highly successful German web hosting firm, based in Bamberg, Germany, serving over 2,000 customers worldwide. centron wanted to move beyond traditional security solutions to preemptively protect its networks and those of its customers from increasingly lethal worms, Denial of Service DoS floods, spyware, buffer overflows and viruses,...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Web, 3Com Corp., Security Solution, TippingPoint Technologies, Attack, Centron, Security
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- Understanding ZDI: Separating Fact From Fiction
- TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative ZDI program has been in operation since August 15, 2005. Recently, concerns have resurfaced over whether or not 'Paid for' security research is in the best interest of the industry - citing that information surrounding software flaws could wind up in the hands of criminals. The...
- Tags: Software, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Toyota Motor Europe Secures Massive LAN/WAN Using TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems
- When choosing winning business and security strategies, smart companies look to emulate Toyota Motor Corporation (www.toyota.com), a top-ten Fortune Global 500 company with 264,000 employees and annual sales of $153.3 billion. Toyota Production System (TPS's) Supply Chain Management SCM requires a world class IT infrastructure that is fast, reliable, and,...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, LAN, Toyota Motor Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Toyota Motor Europe, TippingPoint IPS System, Intrusion Prevention, Supply Chain Management (SCM), WANs, Security, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2005-08-01
- 360 ° Network Access Control With TippingPoint NAC
- Protecting enterprise networks from attacks has been improved immeasurably over the past several years. Yet, for all of the deployment of perimeter security firewalls, application security gateways, ID management systems, desktop protection software, and other network security devices, major network breaches leading to loss of personal privacy information, intellectual property...
- Tags: Network, Perimeter Security, Application Security, TippingPoint Technologies, Attack, Networking, Security
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Making a Case for IPS
- The concern over network security long ago moved out of the exclusive realm of IT and became something that every corporate manager and executive is focused on. While the IT organization retains the primary responsibility for warding off network intrusions, the impact of any attack is felt throughout an organization...
- Tags: Network, TippingPoint Technologies, Attack, Networking, Security
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Enforcing Endpoint Security Through Network-Based Quarantine Protection
- The most dangerous security threats often emanate from within corporate LANs, and the only true defense is to strictly enforce security policies throughout the entire network. TippingPoint's Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS incorporate innovative enhancements to prevent the propagation of cyber threats from within the network and quarantine infected devices. This...
- Tags: Network, TippingPoint Technologies, LANs, Security, Networking
- White papers 2006-02-01
- IPS Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculation
- The purpose of this research is to establish a methodology for quantifying the Return-On-Investment ROI for TippingPoint's Intrusion Prevention System IPS appliance to assist enterprise managers in assessing potential purchases. The research includes measuring and benchmarking the dollar value associated with the solution's deployment within the enterprise. Central to this...
- Tags: ROI, TCO, TippingPoint Technologies, Roi/Tco, Intrusion Prevention, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Security
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Phishing Detection and Prevention: Practical Counter-Fraud Solutions
- As retail consumers eschew teller lines and physical check writing in favor of banking and paying bills online, criminals have followed their prey from the ATM and the physical mailbox to the home PC and broadband connection. Phishing is an automated form of identity theft, targeted primarily at the casual...
- Tags: TippingPoint Technologies, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Identity Theft, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2005-08-01
- DiscountASP.NET Wards Off DoS Threats & 10 Million Online Attacks With TippingPoint Protecting Its Customers
- In May 2005, a distributed Denial of Service DoS attack targeted one of the many Web sites that DiscountASP.NET hosts. The attack flooded the site's server with unwanted packets, against which the firewalls were ineffective. The surge in traffic crippled not just the site, but also the entire server. As...
- Tags: SECURITY, TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., DOS, attack, intrusion prevention system, intrusion prevention, distributed denial of service, server, firewall, Web, Web site
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505
- To continue a tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1841, East Grand Rapids Public Schools uses technology to enhance "Student learning at all levels." As powerful as these technologies were, however, they still posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system. East Grand Rapids Public Schools began...
- Tags: TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., security, firewall
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- TippingPoint at Sara Lee
- Sara Lee Corp. is a global manufacturer and marketer of apparel, food and food service products for consumers throughout the world. It has operations in 58 countries and markets branded products in nearly 200 nations. Nasty virus outbreaks at Sara Lee motivated the company to try an intrusion detection system....
- Tags: SECURITY, Sara Lee Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., food, intrusion detection system, virus, network
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- Paragon Biomedical Secures Clinical Data Via TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System
- Since 1989, Paragon Biomedical has provided clinical trials management services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, delivering highly sensitive medical data between its U.S. based headquarters in Irvine, California and its offices in the United Kingdom and India. To maintain the trust of its clients and comply with the demands of...
- Tags: TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., intrusion prevention system, clinical trial, biotechnology, network, security, industry
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- TippingPoint at Discovery Communications
- Discovery Communications Inc. is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. Discovery Communications needed a way to protect its infrastructure and servers against the inherent threats to which a company with a global and mobile workforce of 5,000 staff is susceptible. TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS was implemented as...
- Tags: Intrusion prevention, Discovery Communications Inc., TippingPoint Technologies, 3Com Corp., intrusion prevention system, entertainment, mobile marketing, server
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- Czech University Shields Network From Attacks With Intrusion Prevention System From TippingPoint
- Through more than 500 years, Palacky University has withstood frequent external assaults against its walled campus in what is now the Czech Republic. Today, while the university's 18,000 students are safe from harm, the Olomouc-based school must defend against a growing arsenal of threats from public communications networks. After evaluating...
- Tags: Intrusion prevention, TippingPoint Technologies, intrusion prevention system, 3Com Corp., network, security, industry
- Case studies 2006-10-20
