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ALSO CALLED: Cyberforensics, Security Forensics, Digital Forensics, Forensic Analysis, Forensics DEFINITION: Network forensics is the capture, recording, and analysis of network events in order to discover the source of security attacks or other problem incidents. (The term, attributed to firewall expert Marcus Ranum, is borrowed from the legal and criminology fields where forensics pertains to the investigation of crimes.) According to Simson Garfinkel, author of several books on security, network forensics … Definition continues below.
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The Benefits of Network Forensics: Using Surveillance for Remediation, Fortification, and Incident Identification sponsored by Solera Networks VIDEOCAST: Network forensics does for the network what cameras do for a bank. Solera Networks’ software sits on the network and assists in incident response and network remediation and fortification. Watch this interview to learn more about network forensics and about Solera Networks from Solera President and CEO, Steve Shillingford. Posted: 11 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 11 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Forensics \| Security \| Security Management

Anomaly or Signature based intrusion detection: Do you need both? sponsored by TippingPoint PODCAST: In this podcast, our expert explains whether users really need both anomaly and signature based strategies, and if so, how to overcome implementation challenges. Posted: 10 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 10 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Computer Crimes \| Internet Security \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Network Design \| Network Forensics \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security

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NETWORK FORENSICS DEFINITION (continued): … systems can be one of two kinds:"Catch-it-as-you-can" systems, in which all packets passing through a certain traffic point are captured and written to storage with analysis being done subsequently in batch mode. This approach requires large amounts of storage, usually involving a RAID system."Stop, look and listen" systems, in which each packet is analyzed in a rudimentary way in memory and only certain information saved for future analysis. This approach requires less storage but may require a faster processor to keep up with incoming traffic.Both approaches require significant storage and …
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