Intrusion Prevention White Papers ( Network Intrusion Prevention, Host Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Protection, Network Intrusion Management ) Software Downloads, Definition and Webcasts

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May 24, 2012

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Intrusion Prevention
ALSO CALLED: Network Intrusion Prevention, Host Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Protection, 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 out very quickly after the attacker gains access, intrusion prevention systems also have the ability to take immediate action, … Definition continues below.
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Bit9 Parity for Servers: International Communications Company Locks Down Domain controllers sponsored by Bit9, Inc. CASE STUDY: Domain controllers have become an increasingly popular target for malicious hackers for its access to an organization’s sensitive and intellectual property. This case study uncovers how one international communications firm was able to protect 225 of its domain controllers using Bit9 Parity for Servers and the key benefits they gained. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 23 May 2012 TOPICS: Endpoint Security \| Hackers \| Intrusion Prevention \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Server Management \| Virus Protection

HP TippingPoint Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights a next generation intrusion prevention system (NGIPS) engineered to be an agile and upgradeable engine that will protect your network against present and future threats. Posted: 15 May 2012 \| Published: 15 May 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Networking \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Threats

The Next Generation IPS sponsored by HP Enterprise Security WHITE PAPER: Today’s organizations are faced with the growing challenge of advanced persistent threats (APTs). These attacks are more sophisticated and stealthier, using a variety of techniques to probe and gain access to high-value information. In this paper, uncover how to defend against APTs using a new innovative approach, Next Generation IPS. Posted: 07 May 2012 \| Published: 07 May 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security Appliances \| Security Management \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

WAN Security: Making the Right Choices for an Optimized WAN sponsored by XO Communications WEBCAST: This webinar discusses the recent trends in WAN security, new and upcoming threats, and best practices for making well-informed WAN security decisions for your enterprise. Posted: 03 May 2012 \| Premiered: 03 May 2012 TOPICS: Compliance Best Practices \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| MPLS \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Remote Access Security \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| WAN

Enhanced Server Protection sponsored by McAfee, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Server performance fuels business performance. Servers also store and use your company’s most valuable and sensitive information. These two facts pose a dilemma for data center and security managers: should they maximize server protection at the expense of performance or optimize server performance and risk a serious security breach? Posted: 02 May 2012 \| Published: 02 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Intrusion Prevention \| Risk Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Server Management

A Tale of Three Bogeys: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Unpatched Client Applications, and Browser Exploits sponsored by McAfee, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The web and email are not IT’s friends. They create risk and increase the workload because they distribute and prolong the payoff of known and unknown threats. Layering new and traditional techniques, including anti-malware, anti-spam, intrusion prevention, and application whitelisting, throughout the enterprise will minimize those risks. Posted: 06 Apr 2012 \| Published: 06 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Internet Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management

How to test a firewall: A three-step guide for testing firewalls sponsored by Sophos, Inc. EGUIDE: “Don’t believe anything the vendors claim until you’ve tested it yourself.” To help you ensure your product will meet your expectations, access this e-guide to explore how to test network firewalls. View now to uncover three (3) types of tests you should perform to ensure you select the best firewall for your organization. Posted: 01 Apr 2012 \| Published: 01 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Firewall Appliances \| Intrusion Prevention \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Performance Testing \| Security Management \| Vulnerability Assessments

Increase Visibility Into Virtual Infrastructures With a Layered Security Strategy sponsored by OnX Enterprise Solutions EGUIDE: Brought to you by SearchNetworking.com, this expert E-Guide unveils how you can increase your visibility with a layered security strategy. Posted: 30 Mar 2012 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Network Security Software \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Software \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security \| VLAN

Getting Ahead of Advanced Threats - Achieving Intelligence-Driven Security sponsored by RSA, The Security Division of EMC WHITE PAPER: With today’s advancing threat landscape, traditional approaches to information security are no longer enough. Instead organizations need to take an intelligence-driven approach to more effectively detect and mitigate cyber attacks. View now to explore the growing need for intelligence-driven security and uncover a 6-step approach for achieving it. Posted: 07 Mar 2012 \| Published: 07 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Cybersecurity \| Information Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| Security Management \| Security Threats

Countdown: Top five ways to prevent a security lapse from becoming a security breach sponsored by Q1 Labs PODCAST: In this podcast, learn five information security mistakes organizations often make that lead to data breaches, and how to bring resources to bear quickly to mitigate mistakes and avoid a breach. Posted: 29 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Prevention \| Risk Assessment \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Strategic data breach prevention sponsored by Q1 Labs VIDEO: This video offers tactics to discern where your organization's assets are, why breaches happen and how to use limited resources to mount the best possible strategic data breach prevention effort. Posted: 29 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Information Security \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Risk Assessment \| Security Management \| Security Threats

How to Effectively Secure Electronic Health Records sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: In the ongoing effort to reach HIPPA Electronic Medical Record (EMR) compliance standards, one of the biggest concerns is security. Download this whitepaper to see how to develop a blanket of security for patients and your reputation through leveraging best practices for automated threat protection! Posted: 29 Feb 2012 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Security \| Health Care Industry \| Health Care Security \| Information Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Security Management

Gartner Next Generation Network IPS Research Note sponsored by McAfee, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Deep inspection network-based intrusion prevention continues to be a due-diligence security control. The near-term future of the intrusion prevention system market will be determined by the pace of innovation of another market: next-generation firewalls. Explore Gartner's evaluation of network IPS that places McAfee in the leaders' quadrant. Posted: 23 Feb 2012 \| Published: 23 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Firewall Appliances \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Security Management \| Security Systems

Today, No One is Immune to Being Hacked. What's Your Strategy for Threat Detection and Prevention? sponsored by Q1 Labs WEBCAST: View this exclusive webcast to learn why context and situational awareness are necessary for advanced threat detection and behavioral analysis, how enerprises are using Security Intelligence to combat insider threat, how to detect threats that many security products are missing, and more. Posted: 22 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 22 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Network Event Correlation \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats

Gartner Next Generation Network IPS Webcast sponsored by McAfee, Inc. WEBCAST: Learn how Gartner's criteria for next generation IPS helps organizations achieve effective threat prevention despite changes in network communications, new applications, and changes in the threat landscape. Featuring Greg Young, research vice president at Gartner. Posted: 20 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 20 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Management \| Security Threats

HP TippingPoint Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Solutions sponsored by HP Enterprise Security PRODUCT OVERVIEW: HP TippingPoint’s Next Generation IPS uses adaptive intelligence to enable better protection of applications, network and data from new and advanced threats. View now to explore its key threat protection capabilities including application awareness and enforcement, context awareness, content awareness, agile engine and more. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Security Management \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

Value of Vulnerability Research: Intrusion Prevention sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This resource provides a summary of vulnerabilities that have been discovered and ranks the security organisations that discovered them. View now to explore where HP TippingPoint ranks and how it can help you protect your networks. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Security Management

8 questions to ask about your intrusion security solution sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore some of the fundamental differences between IDS and IPS and discover 8 key questions to ask your intrusion security system vendors before you commit. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Security Management

Stopping Fake Antivirus: How to Keep Scareware off Your Network sponsored by Sophos, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides insight into where fake antivirus comes from and how it is distributed, what happens when a system is infected with fake antivirus, and how to stop this persistent threat from infecting your network and your users. Posted: 04 Oct 2011 \| Published: 04 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Integrated Threat Management \| Internet Security \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Security Management \| Security Threats

Vyatta Network OS - Version VC6.3 sponsored by Vyatta Inc. SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Vyatta provides softwarebased networking and security software that uniquely satisfies emerging IT architectures that are leveraging virtualization, multi-core server platforms and cloud computing models. The Vyatta Network OS includes:Dynamic Routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP) Stateful Firewall IPSec VPN Intrusion Prevention SSL OpenVPN Secure Web Filtering Posted: 24 Feb 2011 \| Premiered: 24 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Firewall Appliances \| Internet Filtering \| Intrusion Prevention \| Network Security \| Routing \| Virtualization Security

Security Analytics for a Smarter Planet sponsored by IBM VIDEO: Listen to J.R. Rao, Senior Manager from IBM Research, discuss stream computing as a basis for performing predictive security analytics to help federal agencies detect symptoms of cyber attacks before they strike. Learn how to identify failures, prevent disruptions, and comprehensively monitor risk over time to improve information assurance. Posted: 10 Jan 2011 \| Premiered: 10 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Government Information Security \| Governments \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Aim to Disrupt Your Network and Operations sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: With the increasing recurrence and sophistication of DDoS attacks on federal government networks, websites and other internet services, strong preventive measures are warranted. Read this white paper and see how leading IBM security experts can help you preempt and mitigate these malicious DDoS attacks on your federal agency. Posted: 10 Jan 2011 \| Published: 10 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Denial of Service Attacks \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Threats

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 sponsored by ESET SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Enjoy Fast, Effective, and Easy to use Internet Security. Receive a FREE Trial of a fully integrated security solution which includes Antivirus and Antispyware all managed through Remote Administrator. Click "View Now" to request a complimentary ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Email Security Software \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Malware \| Network Security Software \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks has been replaced with botnets. This paper examines the history of attacks of malware and the defenses needed to counter these attacks. Posted: 13 Mar 2009 \| Published: 13 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Malware \| Risk Assessment \| Security \| Spyware \| Vulnerability Assessments

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INTRUSION PREVENTION DEFINITION (continued): … 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 Michael Reed of Top Layer Networks, an effective intrusion prevention system should also perform more complex monitoring and analysis, such as watching and responding to traffic patterns as well as individual packets. "Detection mechanisms can include address matching, …
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