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Hawaii Safeguards Schools Statewide Using Intrusion Protection Systems From 3Com's TippingPoint Division: In 2004, officials at the Hawaii Department Of Education HIDOE, the oldest public school system west of the Mississippi, confronted what school districts nationwide dread. HIDOE's schools rely heavily on its wired and wireless LAN/WAN infrastructure for teaching and administration on notorious Blaster worm struck the Local Area Network LAN....; Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, HIDOE, LANs, Networking, Intrusion Prevention, Viruses And Worms, Security; Case studies 2009-01-01
East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505 From 3Com: East Grand Rapids Public Schools is located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA with 350 employees and 2,800 students. School is posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system. Administrators, in particular, feared that a virus, worm, or spyware could penetrate the district's network from the Internet and...; Tags: 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms; Case studies 2009-01-01
IPS vs. IDS: Similar on the Surface, Polar Opposites Underneath: A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System IPS is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System IDS deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. Although IPS and IDS both examine traffic looking for attacks, there are critical differences. Learn why that notion is incorrect and the many critical differences in...; Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Intrusion Detection System, TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2009-01-01
Real World Intrusion Prevention for the Demands of a New Security Reality: In an age where e-commerce and business critical applications are quickly becoming "Webified" and security threats are morphing faster than ever, an organization needs to explore what can be done while making the most of security budgets and resources. Learn about the three primary areas that organizations must consider when...; Tags: TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Prevention, Security; White papers 2009-01-01
Eight Questions To Ask About Your Intrusion-Security Solution: Network security is too important to fall victim to marketplace confusion and misleading claims. Intrusion Detection Systems IDS and Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS have similar names and market analysts tend to lump them together into a single security category - IDP Intrusion Detection and Prevention. However, the capabilities and underlying...; Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2009-01-01

Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.0 flaw, says risk minimal: Mozilla security chief Window Snyder left has confirmed the existence of a serious code execution vulnerability in the brand-new Firefox 3.0 browser. Snyder's confirmation follows a public warning by TippingPoint's ZDI Zero Day Initiative that the flaw could lead to PC takeover hijacks if a user simply...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Flaw, Snyder, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-06-19
TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application: TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS applicationTwo governments spat?Rich- I agree what a surprise with most of what you say except the end. This is not about 2 governments having a spat and we all suffer. This is about the present administration having a xenophobic attitude towards anyone who...; Tags: CFIUS, TippingPoint Technologies; Discussion threads 2008-02-22
TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application: I met Mike Rothman last night for drinks. He was on a once in a lifetime pass through Southfield, Michigan. I found myself acting like many people do in the presence of a knowledgeable industry analyst. I asked questions. One of them was: "What about this 3Com mess?"...; Tags: Bain, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Government, Ethernet, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-22
3Com may divest TippingPoint to seal takeover with Feds: 3Com may divest TippingPoint to seal takeover with FedsAmerica doesn't get itAmerica is so caught up in its small-government hands-off attitude that it seems completely unable to adapt to non-battlefield threats.Chinese spies have infiltrated the country... Chinese national industries have bought critial assets in the United States. Who in their...; Tags: Asset management, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
3Com may divest TippingPoint to seal takeover with Feds: Bain Capital, the private equity firm trying to engineer a takeover of 3Com with Huawei Technologies, is reportedly offering to divest security software firm TippingPoint to win U.S. approval. According to Reuters, Bain offered up TippingPoint and other proposals to safeguard national security interests. ...; Tags: 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Detection, IPO, Network Security, Security, Financial Services, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-13
News to know: Facebook Ad(vertorial)s; Microsoft CIO booted; Salesforce.com data loss: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott is out. Report: StrongBox, Component Delivery Platform to debut in Windows 7. New Microsoft datacenters on tap for Chicago, Dublin. Microsoft's Windows Live finally starting to come into its own. Larry Dignan: Facebook...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Data Loss, Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales; Blog posts 2007-11-07
TippingPoint flags another 'high risk' Adobe vulnerability: TippingPoint security researcher Aaron Portnoy has discovered another "high-risk" vulnerability in an Adobe software product. A bare bones note posted to TippingPoint's upcoming advisories page provides a stark warning: This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe software....; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, TippingPoint Technologies, User Interaction, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-11-06
3Com (and TippingPoint) head to China in $2B cash deal: Computer networking giant 3Com has been sold for $2 billion in cash to Bain Capital and Chinese telco equipment group Huawei Technologies. Bain, a private equity firm with headquarters in Mass., partnered with Huawei to offer $5.30 a share for 3Com (a 44% premium over the Sep....; Tags: 3Com Corp., Connection, TippingPoint Technologies, IPO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Planning, Investment, Government, Security, Networking, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-09-28
Understanding ZDI: Separating Fact From Fiction: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative ZDI program has been in operation since August 15, 2005. Recently, concerns have resurfaced over whether or not 'Paid for' security research is in the best interest of the industry - citing that information surrounding software flaws could wind up in the hands of criminals. The...; Tags: Software, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management; White papers 2007-07-01
TippingPoint heading for IPO door: Less than three years after shelling out $430 million to acquire TippingPoint, 3Com plans to spin out the unit in a planned IPO later this year.The IPO plan, according to 3Com chief executive Edgar Masri, allows the networking vendor to "focus more closely on its core business." ...; Tags: Vulnerability research, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Black Hat; Blog posts 2007-06-29
360 Â° Network Access Control With TippingPoint NAC: Protecting enterprise networks from attacks has been improved immeasurably over the past several years. Yet, for all of the deployment of perimeter security firewalls, application security gateways, ID management systems, desktop protection software, and other network security devices, major network breaches leading to loss of personal privacy information, intellectual property...; Tags: Network, Enterprise Network, Perimeter Security, Application Security, TippingPoint Technologies, Attack, Networking, Security; White papers 2007-04-01
Fighting Phish with Monkeyspaw: A unit of 3Com in Singapore has announced a very interesting anti-phishing tool, which it has released as open source. TippingPoint says the tool, called Monkeyspaw, is for security professionals only, but I can see a lot of other people making use of it.Author Tod Beardsley explains that the tool is...; Tags: Greasemonkey Script, Greasemonkey, Monkeyspaw, tool; Blog posts 2006-10-13
IPS Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculation: The purpose of this research is to establish a methodology for quantifying the Return-On-Investment ROI for TippingPoint's Intrusion Prevention System IPS appliance to assist enterprise managers in assessing potential purchases. The research includes measuring and benchmarking the dollar value associated with the solution's deployment within the enterprise. Central to this...; Tags: TCO, TippingPoint Technologies, Roi/Tco, Intrusion Prevention, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Security; White papers 2005-12-01
TippingPoint: Our bounty squelched bug: TippingPoint: Our bounty squelched bugWhat amazes me is the companiesthat write software seem to never find their own bugs. They simply must not believe in quality control.Each and every software developer should have a team dedicated to debugging their own product.Ignorance or Maliciousness?Are you a software developer? Have...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software, TippingPoint Technologies; Discussion threads 2005-10-14
TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems Data Sheet: Intrusion Detection Systems, by definition, only detect and do not block unwanted traffic. The TippingPoint IPS operates in-line in the network, blocking malicious and unwanted traffic, while allowing good traffic to pass unimpeded. In fact, TippingPoint optimizes the performance of good traffic by continually cleansing the network and prioritizing applications...; Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, TippingPoint Technologies, TippingPoint IPS, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security; White papers 2005-06-01