Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response
System administrators need to stay ahead of new security vulnerabilities that leave their networks exposed every day. A firewall and an intrusion detection systems (IDS) are two important weapons in that fight, enabling you to proactively deny access and monitor network traffic for signs of an attack.Linux Firewalls discusses the technical details of the iptables [...]
Iran claims Duqu detection
Pre-cursor to future . Iran said it had detected the Duqu that experts say is based on Stuxnet, the so-called “cyber-weapon” discovered last year and believed to be aimed at sabotaging the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites. The head of …
Smiths Detection to distribute NIDS bio-threat technology globally
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: NIDS handheldreader Smiths Detection announced on Nov. 8 its new worldwide partnership with ANP Technologies, Inc. for its novel immunoassay technology, which is used to verify the presence of biological threats in the field. ANP’s Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS) complements Smiths Detection suite of biological detection technologies for defense [...]
ASIS 2011: Jim Viscardi, VP Trace Detection and Millimeter Wave Sales, Smiths Detection
cbrne_detection Jim Viscardi reports that Smiths Detection is a world leader in the manufacturing of detection and imaging products that detect chemical weapons, toxic industrial materials, biological warfare agents, narcotics, radiation, nuclear materials and explosives. The company provides multiple technologies to multiple markets, he claims, segmenting by application and customer rather than by technology, a [...]
Secret Service to install intrusion detection, CCTV and access control systems in its field offices
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Bosch’s 9412Gcontrol panel The U.S. Secret Service plans to hire an 8(a)-qualified systems integrator to install intrusion detection systems, closed circuit television, access control systems and “any additional security deemed appropriate” in its field offices located across the United States. Homepage position: 10 read more
Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks
Product DescriptionDisaster management is a dynamic and fluid area, which requires the involvement of expertise from different authorities and organizations. There is a need to prepare and plan in advance actions in response to disaster related events in order to support sustainable livelihood by protecting lives, property and the environment. Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management [...]
Intrusion Detection with Snort
Product DescriptionWith over 100,000 installations, the Snort open-source network instrusion detection system is combined with other free tools to deliver IDS defense to medium – to small-sized companies, changing the tradition of intrusion detection being affordable only for large companies with large budgets. Until now, Snort users had to rely on the official guide available [...]
The Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook
Product DescriptionIntrusion detection systems are increasingly recognized as a key weapon in the war against computer crime. In The Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook, one of the field’s leading experts shows exactly how to use them to detect, deter, and respond to security threats. This is the only intrusion detection book to present practical advice for [...]
All Star game got radiological threat detection team
Michael Markulec Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Chase Field As Major League Baseball’s best players took the field at the All Star Game on July 12, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) fielded its own team of experts at the event to support overall preventative radiological/nuclear detection (PRND) security measures. Homepage position: 10 read [...]
Explosives Trade Detection market to grow at 10 percent annually, says HSRC
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection The global market for Explosives Trace Detection devices is expected to expand between 2011 and 2016 at a combined annual rate of more than 10 percent, according to the Washington, DC-based Homeland Security Research Corp. (HSRC). Homepage position: 10 read more
