I am operating a small environment that has 7 or 8 basic security zones, with a Fortigate 60c sitting in the middle acting as traffic cop. I have noticed that even lightly loaded, the Fortigate seems ...

We have a SonicWall firewall and would like to add intrusion detection to the network. The principal of the company is asking about options that sit between the firewall and network. The SonicWall ...

The solution, formally called Network Defense System, is a turnkey appliance-based approach that includes hardware, software and constant monitoring and management services. It was available ...

Intrusion detection technology presents a confusing array of acronyms, abstract concepts, and hazy deliverables. This exacerbates the difficult situation for executives who are asked to pay for these ...

If a firewall is like having a security guard at your office door, checking the credentials of everyone coming and going, then an intrusion-detection system (IDS) is like having a network of sensors ...

IDS (intrusion detection system) products have been undergoing a renaissance of late. By incorporating application-layer packet-filtering capabilities, they are evolving to provide more than just ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

If you are plugged into the security grapevine, you likely know that Gartner caused quite a stir when it issued a report in June stating that intrusion-detection systems will be obsolete by 2005. The ...

Intrusion.com Inc. this week unveiled a line of firewall/virtual private network (VPN) appliances based on Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s VPN-1/Firewall-1 software preconfigured to run with ...

The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau announced Wednesday that it is considering expanding the E-Rate eligible services list to include “advanced or next-generation ...