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Get a clue. Before you start thinking about who's going to be managing your security, decide what they're going to be managing.
If service providers don't move faster to prevent distributed denial-of-service attacks, hackers and script kiddies can grab their suntan lotion and head for the beach this summer because there will still be ample opportunity to bring sites to a screechin
Companies are increasingly turning over the keys to their e-businesses to security professionals, who often lack the expertise or personnel to operate them safely.
Network Associates Inc.'s McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0 provides large companies with an easy-to-use anti-virus software management tool.
Netsec, a provider of managed security services in Herndon, Va., says it has been awarded a multiyear contract to provide services to the National Science Foundation, the U.S. government agency that promotes and funds science and engineering research.
Best known for its networking software and frequent strategy shifts, Novell Inc. is set to roll out this summer new products in an effort to reshape itself as a security company.
Group of security, software vendors lays out vulnerability reporting map.
Despite proof, companies show little awareness of security breaches by insiders and ex-employees.
Microsoft acknowledges that there have been too many holes in the software for its dominant Web server, and promises to ensure that future products go out the door with safeguards to avoid another string of embarrassing problems.
The first edition of the excellent book "Hacking Exposed" by McClure, Scambray and Kurtz proclaims that "Network security is Y2K without the deadline."
Distributed denial-of-service attacks-which by some estimates total more than 4,000 a week-are likely to get much worse as the perpetrators hone their skills and new weaknesses in popular platforms are discovered and exploited.