If a software solution is in your sights then the Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection product is worthy of evaluation.

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.

Network intrusion detection systems analyze local network traffic to spot widely known computer attack commands. In addition, they recognize varying degrees of anomalous behaviors on the network.

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.

For the intrusion-detection managed service, corporations have to deploy the ISS RealSecure Network Sensor software in their internal network to remotely monitor traffic across LANs or behind the ...

Secondly, honeypot software usually excels at data capture, sometimes offering intrusion detection signatures, packet capture and network protocol analysis, and easy filtering and fine-tuning.

I generally recommend that the computer receive the same patching and antimalware policies and software as the other computers in your environment; you want it to blend in.

After working separately on computer security and intrusion-detection software, he realized that combining checkpoints with intrusion detection would create an efficient forensics tool, he said.