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Effective Strategies for Managing Cyber-Attack Incident Response

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Incident handling is a generalized term that refers to the response by a person or organization to an attack. An organized and careful reaction to an incident can mean the difference between complete recovery and total disaster. This paper will provide . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 30, 2000

Challenges In IPsec And NAT Integration For Network Managers

Both IPsec and NAT have been with us for some time, but making them play together has been hard work. To IP gurus, NAT (Network Address Translation) is an ugly kludge because it changes the way IP works at a fundamental . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 27, 2000

Addressing Security Challenges In Disparate Protection Technologies

In the age of connectivity, security relies on a bunch of disconnected technologies: antivirus, firewalls, intrusion detection, systems management, access controls, encryption, etc. The biggest challenge for an application vendor like webMethods is to make these various layers of protection work . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 26, 2000

Exploring Computer Crime Trends And Network Security Solutions

Over the past year, we've been keeping a close eye on what has been hitting the news, and what hasn't, in the area of computer crime. Whether you obtain your security statistics from Web defacement mirrors, such as attrition. org, or . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 24, 2000

Understanding Employee Threats to Network: Solutions for Security Risks

Employees are the biggest threat to network security - and they don't even know it. Unauthorised equipment attached to a company network can, according to Robin Dahlberg, UK MD of Internet Security Systems, compromise the best efforts of a network . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2000

Understanding Employee Behavior Risks in Network Security

Anthony Pell
Nov 22, 2000

Security Issues in Remote Work Following the Recent Microsoft Hack

In the wake of the hack into Microsoft's network, many security administrators have turned their attention to what some believe is the greatest security challenge facing corporations: teleworkers. Network administrator at US firm SR Equipment Craig LaHote is . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 21, 2000

Developing XML Standards For Secure Online Transactions

Two separate initiatives led by Netegrity Inc. and Securant Technologies Inc. are looking to develop an XML standard for moving security information--including authentication, authorization and user profiles--across disparate online trading systems.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 20, 2000

Understanding Port Scanning Techniques and Firewall Security Measures

It doesn't take long to figure out the security problem with these port technologies: If a port lets data flow out, it also lets data flow in. A port is essentially an opening into your computer, and it can be hacked. . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 17, 2000

Strengthening Server Security Against DoS Attacks and Legal Liability

Businesses around the world are sitting on a legal powder keg by failing to adequately protect their servers from hacker intrusion. Nick Lockett, ecommerce lawyer at Sidley & Austin, said that sites which were used by hackers to launch distributed denial . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 17, 2000

Understanding Network Security: Paranoia and Transparency Challenges

Lately, reactions to non-intrusive probes and network activity that is merely unexpected are becoming increasingly hostile; a result from increasing amounts of incidents and security threats. From my perspective of security, overreactions to activities not crossing authorization and legal boundaries, are . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 16, 2000

DDoS Insights From Dave Dittrich: Automated Threats And Defense Challenges

This is a good article by Dave Dittrich, author of much of the general documentation/reports we have about DDoS. "DDoS was only the beginning. In the future, automated threats will continue to outstrip our ability to . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 15, 2000

Transforming Billing Systems With Electronic Payment Technology

The Internet Bill Presentment and Payment app will power the shift from traditional billing to seamless electronic transactions. In this article, I'll investigate the parties and processes involved in Internet billing services for e-commerce. I'll also examine the importance of standards . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 15, 2000

Enhancing DNS Security Protocols to Protect Against Cyber Attacks

Most of us take DNS servers for granted. Here, in a continuing series on attacking and defending your own machines, I discuss how people attack DNS servers and what you can do to better your security. I answer these questions: How . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 13, 2000

Honeypots: Strategies To Lure Attackers In Network Security

One trick favored by hunters since prehistoric times still proves useful in the world of digital networks: bait. Security specialists often construct systems that appear vulnerable to attack, but actually offer no access to valuable data, administrative controls, or other computers. . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 11, 2000

PSINet Cuts Service to Spammer and Commits to Anti-Spam Reforms

Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, PSINet cut off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledged to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. PSINet came under fire from anti-spam organizations after CNET . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 09, 2000

Effective Practices For Securing Your Network From Internet Threats

The only sure way to lock down a PC is to disconnect it from any network and never load a program or a document file that supports macros. That is rather impractical especially when our goal is to . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 08, 2000

Master Nmap For System Identification In Penetration Testing

When someone with half a clue decides to attack your system, he or she will first try to identify the operating system. Not every attack proceeds this way: Script kiddies probe huge address spaces looking for any system with a particular port open, which indicates that just maybe that system will be vulnerable. But for the professional penetration tester or hacker, identifying the operating system is an essential step in probing. . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 08, 2000

Wide-Ranging Cyber Threats: Two-Thirds of Websites at Risk from Attacks

Two out of every three websites are open to cyber attacks, said US researcher Gartner. John Pescatore, senior security analyst at Gartner, said website intruders could at the very least change the content and in some cases access information such as customers' credit card details.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 07, 2000

Feasibility and Security Concerns of Internet Voting Systems

What is the feasibility of running national federal elections over the Internet? SunWorld guest writer Avi Rubin focuses on the limitations of the currently deployed infrastructure, with an emphasis on concerns over the security of voting hosts and . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 06, 2000

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