securing

A $212 million USD contract will see the defense contractor conduct a massive upgrade of the electronic security operations in place.

Widget sales are booming - the competition is scrambling, demand is up, and the books are finally treading water. Your core management team has big ideas for the future of Widget Inc. Opportunity is abundant; but how will you fund that next big leap?

Widget sales are booming - the competition is scrambling, demand is up, and the books are finally treading water. Your core management team has big ideas for the future of Widget Inc. Opportunity is abundant; but how will you fund that next big leap?

Wireless security software developer Columbitech recently announced wireless VPN support for securing wireless voice applications (wVoIP).

Do you have a wireless network installed in your home? Chances are that you do. If so, did you know that hackers might be using your Internet connection without your knowledge or consent?

I always worry about my website. Security is serious stuff, and you really can't be too careful. I don't enable telnet, rlogin and use long, complicated passwords with ssh and so on. I use a shared webserver (http://www.interland.com) that allows me virtual root access, and I fortunately don't have to worry about things like sendmail; Interland keeps on top of that sort of thing for me.

Network attacks are the biggest risk for Windows 2000 servers. Since the release of the old Windows NT 3.1, hackers have been actively looking for bugs in Microsoft Windows operating systems. Tools like SecHole, IISInjector, NAT (NetBIOS Auditing Tool), SMBRelay and L0pthcrack have been developed to reveal passwords, execute actions on a server, forge network connections and degrade system performance. In addition, several critical security vulnerabilities have been recently released for Windows 2000 that can completely expose a network to an intruder.

Last week, we talked about setting up your wireless network and the options that are available. For the home, home-office, or small office, wireless is a great alternative which offers a lot of benefits and flexibility.