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Monitoring Network Traffic and Network Forensics


Build network awareness, identify suspicious traffic patterns and expose vulnerabilities through network forensics. Also, learn which tools can help with theses tasks and how to use them in your environment.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (20) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (38) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (4) , MAGAZINE CONTENT (5) , WEBCASTS (1) , DEFINITIONS (10)

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Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Guide
SEARCHSECURITY TECHNICAL GUIDE - Answers to frequently asked questions related to the open source Snort intrusion detection and prevention system.

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 20
PING: Fyodor
Information Security magazine | 01 Jan 2008
INTERVIEW - Nmap, the popular open source security scanner and network mapping tool, was a labor of love--and necessity--according to its creator, hacker Fyodor.
Black Hat 2007: Forensics software security holes revealed
SearchSecurity.com | 02 Aug 2007
ARTICLE - Researchers from iSEC Partners tell the Black Hat 2007 audience that the industry's leading forensics software is susceptible to attack.
Black Hat 2007: VoIP security reaches tipping point
SearchSecurity.com | 01 Aug 2007
ARTICLE - VoIP security is as bad today as it was a couple years ago, industry experts say. But PGP creator Phil Zimmermann thinks his new Zfone software will help turn the tide.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 38
MONITORING NETWORK TRAFFIC AND NETWORK FORENSICS EXPERTS
Mike Chapple
IT Security Professional
ASK A QUESTION
Is security improved when the number of Internet gateways is reduced?
05 May 2008
EXPERT ANSWER - A single entry point has often been thought easier to defend than multiple entry points. There are some caveats to reducing the number of Internet gateways, though, as expert Michael Cobb explains.
Screencast: Nessus
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 17 Mar 2008
TIP - Peter Giannoulis of Bones Consulting demonstrates how Nessus can be used as a vulnerability assessment tool that enterprises can use to help protect critical systems and networks.
What are the pros and cons of shaping P2P packets?
11 Mar 2008
EXPERT ANSWER - Packet shaping, a technique used to control computer network traffic, really isn't a security issue; it's a policy matter, says network expert Mike Chapple. Learn why, in this SearchSecurity.com Q&A.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 4
Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Guide
SearchSecurity.com | 05 May 2005
SEARCHSECURITY TECHNICAL GUIDE - Answers to frequently asked questions related to the open source Snort intrusion detection and prevention system.
Know Your Enemy -- Learning about Security Threats: Chapter 8, Legal Issues
Addison-Wesley | 26 Jul 2004
BOOK CHAPTER - Find out more about the legal issues swirling around the use of Honeypots.
The future of intrusion detection and prevention
McGraw-Hill | 29 Mar 2004
BOOK CHAPTER - This excerpt talks about the future of intrusion detection and prevention.
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  MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 5
Squeezing the Most Out of Syslog
Information Security Magazine | 12 Jan 2007
FEATURES - Your network devices are trying to tell you that you're under atta ck. Syslog helps you sort through the data overload and get the message.
At Your Service
Information Security Magazine | 01 Dec 2006
HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS -
Hot Pick
Information Security Magazine | 01 Mar 2006
HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS - NFR Security's Sentivist 5.0
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  WEBCASTS: 1 - 1 of 1
CISSP Essentials: Mastering the Common Body of Knowledge -- Class 5, Telecommunciations and Networking - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:   03 DEC 2004, 09:00 EST (14:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   This class focuses on the glue of network security: how networks work, how data is transmitted from one device to another, and how applications understand, interpret and translate data.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 10
Einstein
09 Apr 2008
WORD - Einstein is the network monitoring tool used by the United States federal government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Einstein is used to automatically monitor and analyze Internet traffic when it moves in and out of ...
computer forensics
21 Sep 2004
WORD - Computer forensics, also called cyberforensics, is the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to gather evidence suitable for presentation in a court of law. The goal of computer forensics is to perform ...
information signature
11 Jan 2003
WORD - To fight terrorism, the Information Awareness Office (IAO) of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is planning to develop a system that uses a super database of recorded online transactions and ...
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Monitoring Network Traffic and Network Forensics: 
Network Intrusion Detection (IDS), Network Intrusion Prevention (IPS), Network Scanning, Network Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD), Security Event Management, Denial of Service Prevention


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