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  • Wireless trespasser stopped dead in his tracks

    A security expert working at a California government office spotted an unauthorized person trying to bridge onto the wired network through a wireless NIC card. He put a stop to it. 

  • Shop Talk: Network security -- Calm after chaos?

    The road to the new network security infrastructure is bumpy and costly - but most likely well worth the trip for SMBs. 

  • Data theft prompts firm to lock down, protect network

    After a disgruntled employee made off with several CDs' worth of critical data, a Michigan automotive data reseller realized it had to install better protection at the endpoints, not at the network core or perimeter. 

  • Monitoring goes out-of-band

    A new data access switch from Gigamon boosts the number of SPAN ports on the network for out-of-band monitoring. 

  • Endpoint security threats meet their match

    Securing the network at every endpoint is changing with some new products that limit, prohibit and protect endpoints and users. 

  • Secure routers, Ethernet switches dominated in 2005

    A pair of studies by Infonetics Research shows that secure routers and Ethernet switches boomed last year 

  • Who do you trust?

    Should you go with just one vendor for end-to-end security? Editorial Director Susan Fogarty explores the wisdom of such a decision. 

  • RSA Conference expands network security options

    Security is top of mind, a fact revealed at last week's RSA Conference. Experts spoke about growing threats and how to avoid them while vendors released products to thwart attacks. 

  • Cisco unveils steps toward self-defending network

    In his keynote, CEO John Chambers touted product enhancements that advance his push for networks that can defend themselves without human intervention. 

  • SonicWall's e-mail security to stop spam

    SonicWall's acquisition of e-mail security vendor, MailFrontier, promises first-line defense against malicious spam attacks. MailFrontier's e-mail protection technology stops a threat at the enterprise door.