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Intrusion Prevention
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ALSO CALLED: Network Intrusion Prevention, Host Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Protection, and Network Intrusion Management
DEFINITION: Intrusion prevention is a preemptive approach to network security used to identify potential threats and respond to them swiftly. Like an intrusion detection system (IDS), an intrusion prevention system (IPS) monitors network traffic. However, because an exploit may be carried
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Intrusion Prevention
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
An IPS helps stop network attacks that other security can miss, without IPS, your business may damage its brand and suffer costly security breaches.
Posted: 28 Aug 2008 | Published: 28 Aug 2008
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NAC 2.0: A New Model for a More Secure Future
| sponsored by Sophos Inc.
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This paper looks at where NAC 1.0 went wrong and describes how the new perspective of NAC 2.0 will allow organizations the flexibility of control to ensure effective endpoint and network governance.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Technology Brief: Achieving Comprehensive Protection with IPS and ETM
| sponsored by Sourcefire
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Check out this white paper and learn how your company can benefit from the enhanced intrusion defense capabilities of enterprise threat management (ETM) tools.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Presentation Transcript: Simple and Affordable PCI Compliance
| sponsored by Alert Logic
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This document is based on an Alert Logic/TechTarget webcast entitled "Simple and Affordable PCI Compliance" and Nick Ignatiev along with Matt Harkrider will explain how you can learn to easily and affordably become and maintain PCI DSS compliance.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Building the Business Case for Host Intrusion Defense
| sponsored by Third Brigade
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This white paper helps organizations create the business case for a host intrusion defense system, it also defines the different categories or types of benefits and explains how host intrusion defense impacts these areas.
Posted: 16 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Symantec Custom Test Performance Comparison
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
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Symantec commissioned West Coast Labs (WCL) to perform a series of comparative tests of Symantec Endpoint Protection against other equivalent security products.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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Expert Tips for a Successful IDS & IPS Deployment
| sponsored by Sourcefire
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The impact of a breach can be devastating for a financial institution. Taking both a pro-active and reactive approach to protecting your network and data is a must. Check out this E-Guide for expert tips on how deploying IDS/IPS can protect your network.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 07 Jun 2008
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Virtualization Security: A Coordinated Approach for Intrusion Detection and Prevention
| sponsored by Third Brigade
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This white paper examines current approaches to securing virtualized environments and how your company can implement a successful coordinated approach to security between IDS/IPS systems and virtual appliances.
Posted: 29 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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The Cybercrime Arms Race
| sponsored by Kaspersky Lab
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Read this white paper and find out how cybercrimes have become so pervasive and how these sophisticated attacks work. Discover today's cybercrime techniques and how to recognize them.
Posted: 18 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Improve your Security with Enterprise Threat Management
| sponsored by Sourcefire
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This paper shows you how to maintain an accurate mapping between IP address and user identity and discusses a solution that enables both rapid response to threats and tighter control of the computing environment.
Posted: 20 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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IPTV Business Strategies: A Perspective
| sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
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This paper provides a perspective on positioning IPTV within an overall market strategy and business model to increase the likelihood of commercial success.
Posted: 10 Sep 2007 | Published: 03 Sep 2007
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Converged Video Network Security
| sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
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Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has created new opportunities for traditional voice and data carriers, the technology also comes with a high level of risk due to attacks by fraudsters and hackers. Read this paper and learn how to protect yourself.
Posted: 10 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) - Work Smarter, Not Harder
| sponsored by Sourcefire
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Learn about a new approach to security called Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) and find out how it can help your company stop attacks that are underway, aid discovery and recovery after an attack and much more.
Posted: 22 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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Intellectual Property Protection: A Practical View of Asset Centric Security; a Position Paper from Net4NZIX
| sponsored by Lucid Security Corporation
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This paper will examine the technologies available to move protection from the perimeter towards our information assets.
Posted: 10 Feb 2005 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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INTRUSION PREVENTION DEFINITION (continued):
out very quickly after the attacker gains access, intrusion prevention systems also have the ability to take immediate action, based on a set of rules established by the network administrator. For example, an IPS might drop a packet that it determines to be malicious and block all further traffic from that IP address or port. Legitimate traffic, meanwhile, should be forwarded to the recipient with no apparent disruption or delay of service. According to
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