Cameron Sturdevant

Intrusion Prevention Systems have taken significant steps forward in terms of performance, accuracy and ease of management, but not to the point where they can replace firewalls or other security products. They are, however, becoming an important piece of the network security puzzle. Click here to read the full review of the Attack Mitigator IPS […]

An IPS is a complex, frequently updated combination of hardware and software that protects against active hostile network attacks. /zimages/2/28571.gifClick here to read more about intrusion prevention systems. To help IT managers develop an RFP (request for proposal) for prospective intrusion prevention system vendors, eWEEK Labs has put together a series of capacity and performance […]

Testing an intrusion prevention system is still as much an art as a science, although the science is slowly gaining ground. eWEEK Labs testbed for Top Layer Networks Inc.s Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 combined an artificial, lab-created Internet connection with traffic carried by our ISP. To get repeatable, comparable results, we also ran attack tools […]

The Cognitive Radio Working Group at the SDR (Software Defined Radio) forum is beginning work that could show up in a couple of years as “smart handsets” that can roam without regard to spectrum or protocol. Cognitive Radio, according to Allan Margulies, SDR chief operating officer, combines service-provider base stations and user radio devices. The […]

Users leveraging online services as part of their work sign privacy agreements all the time. In the process, theyre often agreeing to the installation of adware and spyware, not to mention setting the stage for increased spam. To see what IT administrators are up against—and to provide some recommendations for mitigating the potential consequences of […]

The proliferation—nay, ubiquity—of mobile devices in the enterprise makes it imperative for IT managers to take an unmoving stance on the security of these devices. Whether sanctioned by IT or not, the diverse devices used by todays mobile work force must be made to withstand withering security requirements to protect the integrity of corporate data. […]

Dell Inc. server users can now get all the features and functions of Dells OpenManage 4.0 suite inside Microsoft Corp.s Systems Management Server 2003. For IT managers, this means one less management console is needed to keep software—and now hardware, including BIOS versions—up-to-date. The integrated tool is called SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates […]

Spam gained a nefarious twist this year with the development of phishing scams, but phishing wasnt the least of IT departments problems. They faced numerous roadblocks to protecting user in-boxes from unwanted e-mail. Next year, solutions to many of these problems—including how to reliably identify e-mail senders and what, exactly, must be done with the […]

PC utilities are notorious for providing inadequate information and heaping cumbersome procedures on users. So its a compliment when I say Ive been using Symantecs Norton SystemWorks 2005, and, overall, it has helped more than hindered my day-to-day computing activities. The newest addition to SystemWorks is Norton GoBack, a utility that resembles Microsofts System Restore […]

In September 2003, eWEEK teamed up with Internet service provider WiscNet and some of its customers for a comparative evaluation of anti-spam systems. In this special report, eWEEK Labs catches up with some of the participants to see what anti-spam system they decided to go with and why—and how their choices have held up over […]