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 ...

A robust intrusion prevention system (IPS) is crucial for enhancing cybersecurity. Built to detect and block potential threats actively, an IPS responds before harm can be caused to a system or the ...

While intrusion-detection technologies are clearly not a hot new thing anymore, they are still the subject of active industry debate. Since the infamous “IDS Is Dead” piece was published by Gartner ...

It's two years since the IEEE ratified 802.11i, slightly less since the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the WPA2 certification. And still, insecurity over security is hindering wireless LAN ...

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and anomaly detection techniques underpin modern cybersecurity by autonomously monitoring network activities and flagging deviations from normal behaviour. IDS are ...

Intrusion detection and prevention software has become a necessary addition to the information security infrastructure of many organizations, so the National Institute of Standards and Technology is ...

The internet is a scary place, and since building my own OPNsense router where I can see all of the traffic in and out, I've never been more convinced of that. I had already set up OPNsense with the ...

In the vast and ever-evolving realm of cybersecurity, the need for robust defense mechanisms has never been more pressing. With cyber threats growing in sophistication and frequency, organizations ...

While many IT security professionals regard intrusion-preventions systems to be a natural extension of intrusion-detection systems, an IPS is actually another type of access control mechanism, rather ...

Whenever a company connects its network to the Internet, it opens up a whole can of worms regarding security. As the network grows, it will play host to numerous bugs and security loopholes of which ...