intrusion detection

The latest tests of crucial equipment used to protect Internet-facing corporate networks show they are improving but are far from perfect in stopping hacker attacks.

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researchers will next week detail a system they say will make it easier for companies to recover from security intrusions.

Sourcefire's software for protecting VMware and Xen virtualization environments is limited to monitoring and intrusion detection. Full-blown intrusion protection with blocking capability is in the works.

This article examines known attacks, methods, and tools used by criminals, as well as emerging exploit categories used to break into a database, establish control, compromise the system, steal the data, and cover up the tracks. We will also cover best practices for protecting databases against these attacks methods.

In this, CIO's sixth year of conducting the "Global State of Information Security" survey with PricewaterhouseCoopers, they got an earful about the challenges, worries and wins in security technology, process and personnel.