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MARS - Cisco security monitoring, Analysis, and Response System: Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends March 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsCisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System MARS is a family of high-performance, scalable appliances for threat management, monitoring, and mitigation that enables you...; Tags: Appliance, Network, Security Monitoring, Monitoring, Network Device, Cisco Systems Inc., Analysis, Networking; Training 2008-02-01
State of Oregon Safeguards Confidential Information With Cisco Self-Defending Network Solution: The state of Oregon is committed to improving the quality of life for all of its citizens. State of Oregon wanted to enhance network reliability to keep critical government services available and meet state and federal privacy regulations. The challenge was to ease network administration. They deployed a new firewall...; Tags: Network, Security Monitoring, Oregon, Cisco Systems Inc., Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, Firewalls, Networking, Security; Case studies 2008-01-01
Reducing the Cost of security monitoring: The presenters of this webcast discuss how organizations can increase network security and stability while lowering the cost of system maintenance and administration while maintaining a healthy balance within their incident management response program. Security is not achieved through the implementation of any single product or feature; nor once achieved...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Security Monitoring, Incident Management, Security; Webcasts 2007-11-13
Secure CS-MARS: Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (CS-MARS) is a powerful tool that can dramatically increase your knowledge of activity on your network. But as a topology-aware SIM product, CS-MARS often contains sensitive information that needs to be protected from malicious users. If an attacker gains access to...; Tags: Chapter, Security Monitoring, Cisco Systems Inc., Intrusion Detection, Security; Book chapters 2007-08-08
Red Square Employs SilverBack to Deliver Peace of Mind: An IT consulting group based in Pittsburgh, PA, Red Square Systems' mission is to provide 'Peace of Mind' to clients regarding their IT infrastructures. Managing over 70 clients, Red Square was challenged to find the right monitoring solution to meet customer needs. Red Square found the right solution in SilverBack,...; Tags: Security Monitoring, Monitoring, SilverBack Technologies, Intrusion Detection, Security; Case studies 2007-01-01

Strengthen network security with these packet collection techniques: This sample chapter, taken from Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions, discusses packet collection techniques tp strengthen network security. Accessing traffic can be more difficult than interpreting it. When carrying packets is more important than analyzing them, security staff must find ways to capture network traces.This...; Tags: Technique, Network, Network Security, Security Monitoring, Addison-Wesley, Intrusion Detection, Security, Networking; Book chapters 2006-05-05
NetFlow Layer 2 and security monitoring Exports: This paper contains information about and instructions for configuring NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports. Configuring NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports improves the ability to detect and analyze network threats such as Denial of Service attacks DoS by increasing the number of fields that netFlow can capture...; Tags: Network, Security Monitoring, Cisco Systems Inc., NetFlow, Intrusion Detection, Security; White papers 2006-02-16
SpyMyPC (exe): SpyMyPC is a desktop security monitoring solution, which logs all keystrokes, launched applications, opened windows, websites, internet connections, typed passwords, and chat conversations. Install SpyMyPC, set options 'Run in Invisible Mode' to make it invisible. Shortcut keys helps you fast access to Log View and Unhide Mode. Perfect for monitoring...; Tags: Desktop, Security Monitoring, Monitoring, SpyMyPC, Intrusion Detection, Security; Software downloads 2005-09-19
SpyMyPC Pro (exe): SpyMyPC is a desktop security monitoring solution, which logs all keystrokes, launched applications, opened windows, websites, internet connections, typed passwords, and chat conversations. Install SpyMyPC, set options 'Run in Invisible Mode' to make it invisible. Shortcut keys helps you fast access to Log View and Unhide Mode. Perfect for monitoring...; Tags: Desktop, Security Monitoring, Monitoring, SpyMyPC, Intrusion Detection, Security; Software downloads 2005-09-19
TechNet Webcast: Security and Enterprise Features of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200): This webcast provides an overview of the new features in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and describe how they can help satisfy key security and enterprise scenarios. This webcast explores the following topics in System Center Operations Manager 2007; core Infrastructure Optimization IO; upfront, built-in security design; the security...; Tags: Webcast, Security Monitoring, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Intrusion Detection, Security, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts

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OS security scorecard for Q1 08 - Do patch numbers mean anything to anyone?: Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer patches than any of the other operating systems looked at. If you're in the mood for a read, here are the papers:...; Tags: Security, Operating System, Patch Management, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-15
DIY phishing kits introducing new features: What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...; Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released: Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...; Tags: HTML, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Issue, Safari Carpet Bomb.It, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A stick and personal care for those who can afford it: Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...; Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Virtualization and security: It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...; Tags: Network, Environment, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices: I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15
With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw: So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys. Well, HD Moore set a new record...; Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWest: According to good friend Robert McMillan of IDG News, Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies, has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco's routers, which he will release on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London. This will mark the first time at least publicly that someone has released a...; Tags: Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Robert McMillan, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Photos: Where the building is the network: The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...; Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-14