The internet is a scary place, and since building my own OPNsense router where I can see all of the traffic in and out, I've never been more convinced of that. I had already set up OPNsense with the ...

Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems. Intrusion detection systems ...

Need a simple-to-use yet highly flexible intrusion detection package? If so, look no further than Snort. This Linux utility might be just what you need for network traffic monitoring, and Jim McIntyre ...

Detecting and preventing network intrusions used to be the bread and butter of IT security. But over the past few years, analysts and defenders have seen a slow but steady transition from these ...

Enterprise IT departments deploy intrusion detection systems to gain visibility into potentially malicious activities happening within their technology environments. A longtime corporate cyber ...

Network-based intrusion-detection systems (IDS) are an integral component of a layered IT security strategy. As October is National Cyber Awareness Month, if your overall security system doesn’t ...

An intrusion detection software basically checks for changes made by unwanted programs that could be injected into your systems by cybercriminals. All of them study the data packets—incoming and ...