- Protecting Your Network from Hackers, Viruses and Malicious Software
If you have a server-based network, it is critically important to protect your server from hackers, viruses, and other malicious software. If your server is compromised, it can jeopardize the safety and security of your company's entire network, and all its data. Here are some ways you can protect your ......
- Securing the Wireless Network of Your Small Business
Unsecured wireless LANs are easy targets for hackers, both over the Internet and via "wardriving," wherein laptop-equipped hackers drive around looking for unsecured wireless connections to exploit.
- Top 10 Network Security Mistakes
Businesses use networking to connect their employees to one another and create a productive shared work environment. However, in their haste to get the network up and running, some businesses do not take the time to make sure all security measures are in place. Here are a few common network ......
- Wireless networking seems to be the way of the future, but what about security?
You're wise to be concerned about security when implementing wireless networking products. Luckily, there is an easy solution to protect your data and your network. Products based on the 802.11b wireless standard hit the mainstream in 2001. These first products came with strong encryption to protect data transmissions from eavesdropping....
- What elements of Internet security are key to achieving rapid growth and success?
Entrepreneurs are uniquely driven when it comes to information technology purchases. They are primarily motivated by cost savings vs. top-line benefits. This can also translate to "Let's do more with less and more with what we already have," which is really about being efficient. Many small businesses are also getting ......
- Build an infrastructure of trust.
Protecting a network requires a security strategy. In e-business, network availability, applications and data must be protected from attack in order to foster customer satisfaction and loyalty. When managers and security professionals consider implementing a security strategy, they usually concentrate first on protecting the perimeter, focusing on the firewall and ......
- Data mining for network intrusion detection: A comparison of alternative methods
HEADNOTE Data Mining for Network Intrusion Detection: A Comparison of Alternative Methods* HEADNOTE ABSTRACT HEADNOTE Intrusion detection systems help network administrators prepare for and deal with network security attacks. These systems collect information from a variety of systems and network sources, and analyze them for signs of intrusion and misuse....