Host-based IDS software complements the capabilities of other security products such as network-based IDS, decoy-based IDS and firewalls. If the security threats of the past few weeks have taught us ...

Selection, placement and maintenance of intrusion detection systems (IDS) are based on the requirements and current infrastructure of a company. One product may work well for one company and fail for ...

Admins must know the difference between a host-based intrusion detection system and a network-based IDS, as well as the best scenarios to deploy each -- and when newer technologies might be better to ...

Our Technology Update this week takes a look at one of the last lines of defense in the war against viruses, worms and other attacks brought to us by the ne’er-do-wells of the networked world: ...