Signatures and rules are the bulwark of traditional intrusion detection systems (IDS), however they are also a significant source of frustration. Most IDS systems are known for being noisy, generating ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Security advances push intrusion detection deeper into the network, relegating its role to forensics investigation and internal monitoring. Drowning in signature libraries and reactive event ...

Sourcefire’s open source IDS engine, Snort, has long been the gold standard of signature-based intrusion detection systems. Snort’s commercial sibling, Sourcefire 3D, takes Snort a step further by ...

Many security products on the market today detect malicious attacks, but few take action to prevent them. Even more confusing for IT and security professionals is the debate over the best way to ...