Security Trends: Archive: March 2001

It takes more than firewalls and intrusion detection systems to protect your Web-based applications.

You've installed a firewall to protect the corporate jewels inside your network. Likewise, you've got intrusion detection software so you can find out when someone is pounding on your servers, trying to get in. So you shouldn't have to worry about anyone being able to tamper with your Web applications, right?

NIKSUN offers a security camera for your network

Even a solid security infrastructure can sometimes be compromised, at which point it takes a security forensics effort to get to the bottom of a break-in. But that forensics effort will be only as good as the data experts have available to mine. The more skilled the intruder is at covering his tracks, the less chance he will leave behind valuable clues and ultimately be caught.

NETSEC makes the switch to managed security services

Add NETSEC to your list of options for security service providers.

PKI primer: the technology and the promise

Some security experts tout Public Key Infrastructure as the key enabling technology for E-commerce, the security safety net that will enable the buying and selling of goods online with the assurance that each party is who they say they are, that transactions will be completed as expected and that goods and services will be paid for.

Securing Extranets

Why we need security benchmarks and a plan for providing them

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Camelot automates policy development

Most any security expert will agree that policies are a crucial part of your security plan. At the most basic level, you need policies that define who is allowed to access what resources and at what times.

A case study in security incident forensics and response.

Part 1 of a 2-part story detailing the real-life forensics effort that got to the bottom of a break-in at a major IT infrastructure player.

A case study in security incident forensics and response.

Imagine if, at the very time you are in discussions with a security services company about beefing up your defenses, you find that your company has been compromised. But the intruder, rather than attacking your company's network, instead uses your servers as a launching pad for attacks on other companies, making your firm an unwitting accomplice.

A Phased Approach to Enterprise Security Management

The global nature of today's businesses has resulted in an explosion of new systems, applications and interconnections that IT organizations must implement and maintain. This explosion of e-connectivity, while enhancing the level of service an organization can provide, has created a tremendous amount of exposure that has businesses and vendors alike scrambling for solutions to make everyone's resources safe and secure.

Security Trends: Archive: March 2001

It takes more than firewalls and intrusion detection systems to protect your Web-based applications.

NIKSUN offers a security camera for your network

NETSEC makes the switch to managed security services

PKI primer: the technology and the promise

Securing Extranets

Why we need security benchmarks and a plan for providing them

Security Providers

Figure 1

Camelot automates policy development

A case study in security incident forensics and response.

A case study in security incident forensics and response.

A Phased Approach to Enterprise Security Management

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