First Citizens Bank, a regional bank based in Raleigh, N.C., got hit by the Code Red worm. That's not something you would have read in any news report. First Citizens didn't tell anyone about it, and ...

Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system to its fullest potential? If so, you’re not alone. Many security professionals share the feeling that ...

It's two years since the IEEE ratified 802.11i, slightly less since the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the WPA2 certification. And still, insecurity over security is hindering wireless LAN ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

No longer is a managed firewall adequate to protect a customer’s vital network and information assets. A complete security offering requires a multiple-layer approach that includes an intrusion ...

In most organizations, the existing security infrastructure consisting of firewall and network intrusion detection systems (IDS) is no longer sufficient. To deliver immediate protection against the ...

Network managers don’t need a primer on the threats that could befall their networks, from man-in-the-middle threats from rogue APs to the global ransomware epidemic. It’s a bad situation that shows ...

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 systems ...

Network Associates Inc. today announced new versions of its two intrusion-prevention system (IPS) products, IntruShield and Entercept, that it said will make it easier to protect corporate networks ...

Hundreds of thousands of Grok chatbot chats, including sensitive data, were exposed on Google after xAI’s share feature leaked them. AI is rapidly moving beyond creating static videos to generating ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. While the 802.11i — or WPA2 — ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Do you ever wonder if your organization is running its intrusion detection and prevention system ...