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Home > Security > Intrusion Prevention An Intrusion Prevention System is any device which exercises access control to protect computers from exploitation. "Intrusion prevention" technology is considered by some to be an extension of intrusion detection (IDS) technology, but it is actually another form of access control, like an application layer firewall. The latest Next Generation Firewalls leverage their existing deep packet inspection engine by sharing this functionality with an Intrusion-prevention system. Results 1 - 25 of 103 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name 4 Key Qualities of Effective Host-Based Intrusion Prevention (HIP) Systems By : Third Brigade Published Date: Jul 05, 2006 Organizations that need to protect business critical applications, and sensitive data and hosts recognize that traditional network defenses can be readily bypassed by attackers. This white paper defines four key qualities of an effective host-based IPS. Download Now 4 Steps to Data Security Compliance: Technologies to Help Your Organization with U.S. Regulations By : SafeNet Published Date: Nov 19, 2007 U.S. organizations that handle corporate and personal data must conform to certain government legislation to protect this private information from compromise, unauthorized access, interception, or corruption. However, organizations with little or no education of these mandates or suitable solutions will find their budgets and their manpower stretched too thin. Download Now 7 Essential Steps to Achieve, Measure and Prove Optimal Security Risk Reduction By : Qualys Published Date: Jun 11, 2007 Whether protecting five servers or 5,000, measuring the security status of your infrastructure and your organization's ability to rapidly mitigate emerging threats needs to be continuously monitored and measured. This paper details the essential aspects of putting into place a measurable and sustainable vulnerability management program. Download Now A Cyber War has Begun By : Technolytics Published Date: Sep 30, 2007 Recently, a series of cyber attacks on the Defense Department and Defense contractors in the United States as well as the Ministry of Defense and Parliament in the U.K. have created significant cause-for-concern by computer security experts. It is imperative you read this brief and learn how we're all vulnerable and what is being done to prevent these Cyber Attacks. Download Now A Layered Approach to Securing Remote Maintenance Consoles By : Raritan Published Date: Apr 19, 2007 Availability and security of networks at remote locations are tied together. Due to requirements to keep the network operating, you need fast access to equipment in case of an outage or problem.  This white paper discusses a layered approach to securing your system while maintaining the highest possible efficiency. Download Now Assessing Endpoint Security Solutions: Why Detection Rates Aren't Enough By : Sophos Published Date: Mar 04, 2008 Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting task. Enterprise decision-makers have to rely on independent competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certifications, all covering different solutions and criteria, providing conflicting results. Download Now Attachment Spam: The Latest Trend By : GFI Published Date: Aug 10, 2007 This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead of embedding them in the body of the email message, spammers have taken the cat-and-mouse game with anti-spam software developers to a new level. Download Now Automated Penetration Testing: Completing the Vulnerability Management Framework By : Aomega Published Date: Nov 06, 2006 Recent regulatory additions require that companies take proactive measures like penetration testing to enforce data privacy and integrity.  By deploying a distributed model companies can execute testing from different security levels which is important in challenging posture based on level of access. Download Now Balancing Limited IT Resources and Time with the Need for Uncompromising Security By : McAfee Published Date: Jul 01, 2008 Growing businesses are plagued by the same risks as the largest enterprises, but they lack the IT resources, time, and budget to adequately protect themselves against today’s complex and sophisticated threats. They need to defend themselves against the same types of malware as large enterprises—Trojans and botnets; spam that’s often linked to phishing web sites, spyware, data loss, and theft; and exploits that can bring down their web sites. Download Now Banks and Data Leak Prevention By : Quocirca Published Date: Jan 29, 2008 The financial services industry deals with a commodity that is primarily electronic — money. Consequently it spends more per employee on IT than any other industry.  Despite this, there is a worrying tendency for information that should be confidential to end up in the public domain. Why is this and what can be done? Download Now Best Practices for Wireless Network Security and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 05, 2006 This white paper will explore what security challenges wireless networks present, suggest best practices to ensure Wireless LAN security, and demonstrate how AirDefense Enterprise, a Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention System, can help you define, monitor and enforce your wireless security policy. Download Now Cenzic Software: Identity Theft Laws And Application Security By : Cenzic Published Date: Nov 30, 2005 The Cenzic Hailstorm® solution helps companies comply with AB 1950, allowing companies to use automated processes to manage their security. Hailstorm is a key tool for preventing breaches. Download Now Cenzic: Application Security for Financial Institutions By : Cenzic Published Date: Nov 30, 2005 The Cenzic Hailstorm® solution helps financial institutions comply with GLBA and other laws by automating risk assessment, checking for vulnerability to the injection of malicious code into Web servers, automating the testing of code and key controls during the software development process, and helping them respond to new vulnerabilities in the software development lifecycle. Download Now Combating Malware: Leveraging the Power of a Planet By : Panda Security Published Date: Nov 16, 2007 A new white paper from Panda Security discusses the new breed of silent online threats that can bypass traditional antivirus programs and penetrate even the most highly 'protected' networks.  Additionally, the sheer volume of malware has overwhelmed the antivirus industry as a whole. Collective Intelligence is a new global security model specifically designed to combat the next evolution of malicious code. Download Now Controlling the Use of Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005 Use of instant messaging applications-like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ-and peer-to-peer applications has grown significantly. Although the benefits of real-time communication offer a productivity benefit to corporate environments, instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications add significant vulnerabilities and risks to an enterprise's security posture. Download Now Data Leakage: Protecting Against a Data Breach By : Clearswift Limited Published Date: Jun 29, 2007 Recent high-profile data breaches such as the TJX case mean you can no longer be lax about data leakage. Read this white paper to find out how to adequately protect your organization and also prepare for a breach. Download Now Deep Content Control Keeps Data in the Enterprise By : Websense Published Date: Aug 30, 2007 Information is at the heart of every organization and is often its most critical asset. Through accident or malice, it is sometimes exposed, representing a risk to compliance, business continuity, and an organization’s competitive advantage. While organizations focus on the prevention of outside attempts to access sensitive data, few acknowledge – let alone prepare for – the threat from within. Download Now Defining the Rules for Preemptive Host Protection By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005 Protecting desktop and server, or host systems has rapidly become a high priority for organizations that want to ensure uptime and the availability of day-to-day business applications. Today's hybrid threats are growing faster, more complex and more destructive. Download Now Defining the Rules of Preemptive Protection: The ISS Intrusion Prevention System By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Feb 10, 2005 Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are rapidly becoming an integral part of an effective network defense solution. Unfortunately, finding the truth in today's often overhyped market of network-based IPS offerings is no easy task. Download Now Dude! You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?! By : Secure Computing Published Date: Feb 23, 2007 This industry white paper takes the mystery out of the key differences in the main classes of firewall architectures. It was independently written by Marcus J. Ranum, a world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation. It includes fundamental lessons about building application layer firewalls, technical examples, and concludes with predictions about the future of firewall technology. Download Now eConceal: a Futuristic Firewall By : Microworld Published Date: Jun 20, 2007 A Firewall is designed to prevent unauthorized access to a computer or network that is connected to the Internet. Firewall software provides stealth capability to your computer on the network, hiding it from hackers who scour the Internet looking for vulnerable computers that they can gain access to. Download Now Email Security Management: Keeping Threats Out and Data In By : Tumbleweed Communications Published Date: May 01, 2008 Email is a mission-critical element of all business practices today, but email security and management are not sufficiently understood by most companies. A recent Ziff-Davis/Strategy Group survey found that although some antispam and antivirus measures are in place, most organizations are not adequately prepared to handle new threats, to ensure secure delivery of sensitive data, and to protect themselves from legal and regulatory liability due to misuse of outgoing email. Download Now Embracing PCI: Making It Work For You By : Secure Computing Published Date: Nov 09, 2007 With the recent rise in data breaches and identity thefts, implementing a sound information security program is no longer optional. Companies processing credit card information are encouraged to embrace and implement sound data protection strategies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of payment information. Some of the challenges for achieving PCI compliance are outlined in this white paper, as well as successful tips to help organizations navigate through them. Download Now Employee Fraud within Financial Services By : Actimize Published Date: Jul 11, 2007 According to the results of Actimize's 2007 Employee Fraud survey, which was managed by Infosurv, an independent research company, financial services institutions know that they have a significant and growing problem with employee fraud and are not fully prepared to handle the threat as attacks from organized crime, dissatisfied staff and financially distressed employees become more sophisticated. 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