Host-based IDS software complements the capabilities of other security products such as network-based IDS, decoy-based IDS and firewalls. If the security threats of the past few weeks have taught us ...

Our Technology Update this week takes a look at one of the last lines of defense in the war against viruses, worms and other attacks brought to us by the ne’er-do-wells of the networked world: ...

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) aim at detecting attacks against computer systems and networks or, in general, against information systems. Its basic aim is to protect the system against malwares ...

Use of security tools are increased over recent years as a result of increased number of malicious events. To detect possible anomalous events security administrator makes use of intrusion detection ...

European researchers recently demonstrated proof-of-concept of how your antivirus and host-based IDS/IPS engines could be used against you. (See Researchers: Bugs Can Turn Security Tools Against Their ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Violations of security policies within a computer or network are symbolic of the need for robust intrusion detection. From attackers accessing systems from the internet or authorized users conducting ...

Security company Symantec issued updated versions of a number of software products on Monday under the guise of a new security framework it calls Symantec Intrusion Protection. The Cupertino, ...