Archive for January, 2010

Network Security: The Risks of Having an Unsecured Network

One of the reasons why it is necessary to make sure that your network is fully secured is to ensure that it cannot be hacked or any of your information passed on to third parties; this is primarily because extremely important information will invariably be passed from one computer to another computer, within the network [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Keeping Your Network Secure –Beginners Guide

Network security is vitally important for most business systems. Whilst email viruses and denial-of-service attacks (DoS attack) may cause us headaches on our home systems, for businesses, these sorts of attacks can cripple a network for days – costing businesses hundreds of millions each year in lost revenue.Keeping a network secure to prevent this type [...]

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Attend Procurve’s Presentation "successfully Playing the Network Security Game" at the 2008 Government & Health Technologies Conference and

Attend Procurve’s Presentation “Successfully Playing the Network Security Game” at the 2008 Government & Health Technologies Conference and Expo2008 – Toronto, Canada – ProCurve Networking by HP will deliver a presentation on “Successfully Playing the Network Security Game: Combining the Offense and the Defense” at the 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference and Expo.Building a [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Some Types of Network Security Breaches

The online world has grown in leaps and bounds in the last few years. This provides the public with some amazing resources – the ability to access information with the touch of a finger, the ability to communicate via fast and inexpensive methods, and more functionality and ease of use are being introduced every day. [...]

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Network Security: Penetration Testing Explained

A penetration test (in the IT vernacular referred to as a “pen test”) is also known as “ethical hacking”, and this network security tool provides an essential function in vulnerability assessment. By actively seeking out and deploying attacks and penetration efforts against your network, you are more likely to uncover vulnerabilities and be able to [...]

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010