Intrusion detection and recovery is a goal of all system security. It usually involves looking for system compromises: checking logs for unusual activity, unusual connections, and alterations in the ...

Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems. Intrusion detection ...

This is where the Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) comes to the rescue. LIDS is a patch to the Linux kernel; it implements access control and a reference monitor.

IPFire is a Linux-based stateful firewall distro that’s built on top of Netfilter. It began as a fork of the IPCop project, ...

Astaro recently updated its Linux-based security appliance - a platform targeted at IT pros interested in a Linux-based security server or appliance, but hesitant to dive into a roll-your-own ...

Established vendors and startups last week announced products and services for network intrusion-detection and outsourced security management.

A new release of AirDefense’s wireless intrusion prevention and detection software features a major user-interface redesign, big boost in speed, and greatly expanded reporting tool.