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 ...

Network intrusion-detection systems as a product class have been under attack recently, fueled by a series of recent Gartner reports, one of which was called “Intrusion detection is dead – long live ...

False IDS alerts driving you nuts? The best protection against unwanted intrusion may be a layered defense that uses firewalls, IDS, and IPS After the Nachi worm hit last year, Joe Granneman, manager ...

Just a few short years ago, an IDS was a luxury. Before the rise of the Web application and the worm, most networks were adequately defended by a firewall at the perimeter and a virus scanner at the ...

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 ...