See IPS and IDS.
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- Malware Defender 2.4.3 (Windows)
- Malware Defender is a HIPS Host Intrusion Prevention System with firewall. It is effective to protect your computer system from all forms of malware (viruses, worms, trojans, adware, spyware, keyloggers, rootkits). Malware Defender is also an advanced rootkit detector. It provides many useful tools that can be used to detect...
- Software downloads 2009-10-31
- Privatefirewall 7.0.20.31 (Windows)
- Privatefirewall is a Personal Firewall and Host Intrusion Prevention application designed to help individuals and businesses protect Windows desktops and servers from malware and unauthorized use. Privatefirewall addresses the operating system and application level vulnerabilities and intrusion techniques that hackers exploit to gain access and cause damage to private systems...
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- FortKnox Personal Firewall 5.0.205 (Windows)
- It is a personal firewall that allows you to protect a PC against hacker attacks, Trojans, spyware and Internet threats. It gives user complete overview of all inbound and outbound network communication. It has built-in Intrusion Prevention System and SPI technologies for extended user protection. With application rules user can...
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- Norton AntiVirus 2010 (1 User, 1 PC)
- Dramatic improvements to Norton over the past two years indicate that Symantec has been listening to the needs and complaints of consumers. Strong and surprising changes to Norton's effects on system performance introduced last year are maintained in this new version, and a new behavioral detection engine called Quorum shows...
- Product reviews 2009-09-25
- How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi
- Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- D-Guard Anti-DDoS Firewall v4.0 (Windows)
- D-Guard Anti-DDoS Firewall is an accurate protection against DDoS attacks with built-in Intrusion Prevention System. Features protection against SYN, TCP Flooding and other types of DDoS attacks. Stops over 2,000 types of hacker activities, such as Port scan, and SQL injection.
- Software downloads 2009-09-25
- Yoggie and Lenovo Solve "Email Wait"
- Don't you just hate waiting for you laptop to boot up before sending an e-mail? I know I do. Now it looks like someone is going to do something about it. Yoggie Security Systems and Lenovo just announced an agreement to build the perfect solution. The two are working on...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Vyatta Community Edition 5.0.2 (Windows)
- Vyatta's open, software-based approach to networking allows us to deliver a complete network OS that takes advantage of high-performance multi-core processor advancements and is portable to modern virtualization and cloud infrastructures. Vyatta's free oprn-source community edition software offers complete enterprise-class router, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, content filtering, and WAN load...
- Software downloads 2009-08-18
- Security risks of Web 2.0 tools should not be overlooked by enterprises, individuals
- Like it or not, the use of Web 2.0 technology use in enterprises is here to stay. Even longstanding enterprise software providers, such as Salesforce.com, have created tools for integrating social networks into the customer support and lead generation process. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a Fortune 500 company...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- GeSWall Freeware 2.9 (Windows)
- GeSWall is intrusion prevention system that is non-intrusive and easy to use. With GeSWall, you can safely surf the Web, use e-mail, chat, exchange files, regardless of the security threats posed by the Internet. GeSWall is a required supplementary to your anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall as it blocks unknown...
- Software downloads 2009-08-02
- ThreatSentry 3.0.94.0 (Windows)
- ThreatSentry is a multi-layered Web Application Firewall that protects Microsoft Windows Web servers from a broad range of web application threats including Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF), Structured Query Language SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting XSS and other attacks. ThreatSentry combines an advanced web application firewall, a proprietary NDIS driver, and...
- Software downloads 2009-07-28
- DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch
- A Demilitarized Zone DMZ is a separate network located in the neutral zone between a private inside network and a public outside network. A DMZ environment consists of numerous service and infrastructure devices depending on the business model of the organization. Often, servers, firewalls, network intrusion prevention systems IPSs, host...
- White papers 2009-06-01
- SugarCRM, SourceFire, Compiere upgrades almost ready to roll
- As the month of May closed, a number of top open source application vendors announced beta releases and forthcoming upgrades. These include open source CRM, security and ERP vendors. SugarCRM, of Cupertino, Calif., announced the beta release of version 5.5 of its namesake open...
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- A Multi-Layered Approach to the Design of Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IIDPS)
- Ignoring security threats can have serious consequences; therefore host machines in network must continually be monitored for intrusions since they are the final endpoint of any network. As a result, this paper presents an Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Prevention System IIDPS, which monitors a single host system from three different...
- White papers 2009-05-21
- Network Traffic Analysis Optimization for Signature-Based Intrusion Detection Systems
- This paper proposes a method for signature matching optimization in the field of intrusion detection and prevention. Signature matching algorithm performance is one of the key factors in the overall quality of the IDS/IPS, especially in high-speed networks. Optimization method proposed in this paper relies on semantics of the signature...
- White papers 2009-05-09
- Check Point IPS Engine Architecture: New Technologies Provide a Robust Integrated Intrusion Prevention System
- Some organizations have a love-hate relationship with Intrusion Prevention System technology, and its older cousin, the Intrusion Detection System. On the one hand, IPS is vital for protecting against a deluge of application layer exploits. According to a Verizon Business Report in 2008 hacking led to data breaches by a...
- White papers 2009-05-04
- McAfee Helps ARC Stay PCI-Compliant While Processing $80 Million in Travel Expenditures Annually
- Airlines Reporting Corporation ARC provides financial services, data products and services, ticket distribution, original travel solutions, and settlement services to the travel industry. To comply with PCI, the company must prevent credit card information from leaking, either accidentally or maliciously. Three McAfee Network DLP appliances monitor incoming and outgoing data...
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Leverage IPS to Make Patch Tuesday Just Another Day
- Responsible administrators struggle to patch in a timely fashion without disrupting their networks, but patching all of an organization's assets takes time. Server patches must be tested before deploying. Endpoint patching is further slowed by logistics, since administrators don't have direct possession or control of end-point devices and there may...
- White papers 2009-04-29
- Using Static Analysis for Ajax Intrusion Detection
- This paper presents a static control-flow analysis for JavaScript programs running in a web browser. The analysis tackles numerous challenges posed by modern web applications including asynchronous communication, frameworks, and dynamic code generation. The paper uses the analysis to extract a model of expected client behavior as seen from the...
- White papers 2009-04-24
- SMN - Implementing Security Manager for Cisco Networks v1.1
- View Available Dates and LocationsCisco Security Manager is an enterprise-class management application designed to configure firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention IPS security services on Cisco network and security devices. Cisco Security Manager can be used in networks of all sizes-from small networks to large networks consisting of...
- Training 2009-04-01
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