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Grid Dependent Tasks Security Scheduling Model and DPSO Algorithm
Jun 2011
Due to the security threat to task scheduling problems in the grid environment, by considering both the inherent security and behavior safety of grid resource nodes, security benefit functions and...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Threshold Signature Scheme with a Weakened Trusted Party
Jun 2011
In the (t, n) threshold signature schemes with the assistance of a trusted party, the trusted party easily becomes the targets of attack. And an authority which can be trusted by all players...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Research and Implementation of Three HTTPS Attacks
May 2011
With the rapid development of network applications, the issues of Network transmission security become very important. Therefore, SSL protocol is more and more widely used in a variety of network...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Traffic-Aware Frequent Elements Matching Algorithms for Deep Packet Inspection
May 2011
Deep packet inspection sometimes is called application level semantic detection, which is capable of examining the content of data packets in order to provide application-specific services and...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Secure Protocol for Sharing Trust Data in Hybrid P2P Network
Apr 2011
The trust data is critical to the trust model of P2P system. In this paper, the authors present an efficient certificateless cryptography scheme and propose a protocol which provides the ability...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Analysis and Improvement of the BAN Modified Andrew Secure RPC Protocol
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors have found a new man-in-the-middle attack on the BAN modified Andrew Secure RPC protocol with a protocol model-checker based on SAT. The man-in-the-middle attack, during...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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An Efficient Secure Multicast Communication for P2P Network
Mar 2011
A new algorithm for efficient key management for secure group communication in P2P network is presented. The protocol avoids the escrow problem in identity-based cryptosystem and the secure...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Implementation and Realization of Network Security Policy Based on Rule Engine
Mar 2011
In order to solve the implementation and realization efficiency problem of the network information system security policy, an improved object-oriented Rete algorithm and its network structure...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Applications of QKD Network for High Performance Distributed Computing
Sep 2008
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a point to point secure key generation technology which provides unconditional security. To exploit the security of QKD for large scale practical communication,...
Provided by University of Leeds
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Artificial Immune Danger Theory Based Model for Network Security Evaluation
Feb 2011
Inspired by the principles of immune danger theory, a danger theory based model for network security risk assessment is presented in this paper. Firstly, the principle of the danger theory is...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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IMS Security Analysis Using Multi-attribute Model
Feb 2011
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) plays as a core platform in next-generation-network architecture, which advocates for an open and inter-operable service infrastructure. However, over the years, not...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Trust Based Secure In-network Data Processing Schema in Wireless Sensor Networks
Feb 2011
In wireless sensor networks, in-network data processing plays an important role to reduce the transmitting energy and data redundancy in large-scale sensor networks. However, the security of...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Are Commercial Firewalls Ready for IP Version 6?
Apr 2008
IP version 6 transport is not broadly supported by commercial firewalls. If organizations attempt to "Go native IPv6" today, they will be limited to choosing among the 31% of the firewall products...
Provided by Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
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Internet Security Architecture
Jan 2008
Fear of security breaches has been a major reason for the business world's reluctance to embrace the Internet as a viable means of communication. A widely adopted solution consists of physically...
Provided by Institut Eurecom
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How to Replicate the Fire: HA for Netfilter Based Firewalls
Aug 2008
With traditional, stateless firewalling (such as ipfwadm, ipchains) there is no need for special High Availability (HA) support in the firewalling subsystem. As long as all packet filtering rules...
Provided by Astaro AG
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Free-Riding, Fairness, and Firewalls in P2P File-Sharing
Aug 2008
Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks depend on peers uploading data to each other. Some peers, called free-riders, will not upload data unless there is an incentive to do so. Algorithms designed to...
Provided by Delft University of Technology
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Markets for Information: Of Inefficient Firewalls and Efficient Monopolies
Oct 2008
This paper studies, within a formal model, market environments where information is costly to acquire and is of use also to potential competitors. Agents may then sell, or buy, reports - of...
Provided by Universidad Carlos III Madrid
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On the Privacy of Anonymized Networks
Aug 2011
The proliferation of online social networks, and the concomitant accumulation of user data, give rise to hotly debated issues of privacy, security, and control. One specific challenge is the...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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ALDR: A New Metric for Measuring Effective Layering of Defenses
Nov 2011
Attackers continually innovate and craft attacks that penetrate existing defenses. New security product purchasing decisions are key in order to keep organizations as secure as possible. Current...
Provided by Columbia University
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From Prey to Hunter
Dec 2010
The authors' global communication infrastructures are powered by large numbers of legacy embedded devices. Recent advances in offensive technologies targeting embedded systems have shown that the...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Behavior-Based Network Traffic Synthesis
Aug 2011
Modern network security research has demonstrated a clear necessity for open sharing of traffic datasets between organizations a need that has so far been superseded by the challenges of removing...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Cross-Domain Collaborative Anomaly Detection: So Far Yet so Close
Aug 2011
Web applications have emerged as the primary means of access to vital and sensitive services such as online payment systems and databases storing personally identifiable information....
Provided by Columbia University
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On the Design and Execution of Cyber-Security User Studies: Methodology, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
Jun 2011
Real-world data collection poses an important challenge in the security field. Insider and masquerader attack data collection poses even a greater challenge. Very few organizations acknowledge...
Provided by Columbia University
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Case Studies
Hughes' PCI Compliant Network Solutions Reduce Costs, Save Time, and Preserve Customer Loyalty
Feb 2008
Hughes secures financial transactions. Not for a few companies here and there. But for many leaders in the retail industry. To make sure their customers' networks were secure, Hughes made a...
Provided by IBM
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University Achieves Greater Network Visibility, Saves $75,000 With Security Tools
Oct 2008
Ball State University wanted to deliver enhanced security for its IT environment and to monitor and manage network health. Previously, the university lacked an effective way to tell if computers...
Provided by Microsoft
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University Research Center Sets Benchmark Record With Windows HPC Server 2008
Jun 2008
Ball State University wanted to deliver enhanced security for its IT environment and to monitor and manage network health. Previously, the university lacked an effective way to tell if computers...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webroot Software Case Study: Glasgow Caledonian University
Mar 2008
With spam and viruses becoming a large and ever increasing problem, the Glasgow Caledonian University's IT Services Group began to evaluate how best to remove inbound spam and viruses from staff...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Stevens Aviation Saves Money, Time and Resources With Webroot SaaS
May 2008
In an average day, Stevens Aviation receives approximately 120,000 e-mails, nearly 93 percent of which are illegitimate. This amount of spam was hindering employee productivity and crippling...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Leading Law Firm Improves Security and Compliance With Webroot SaaS
Aug 2008
The new legislation created a conflict for Watson Goepel Maledy as its e-mail and Web security vendor's servers were located in the U.S. and the U.S. Patriot Act gave American authorities the...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Online Sales Increase by 8% for Scandinavian Design Online AB After Turning to VeriSign Extended Validation SSL Certificates
Jul 2008
Scandinavian Design Online AB part of the Design Online Group is one of the leading Web sites selling home & garden, interior design and décor to a worldwide audience. With a mission to market and...
Provided by VeriSign
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RegionalOne Credit Union Demonstrates Its Commitment to Members' Online Security Via Deployment of VeriSign Identity Protection Solution Components
Aug 2008
Victoria's largest regionally-based credit union, RegionalOne Credit Union wanted to create a dependable and easy-to-use online banking platform that is secure and instills confidence in staff and...
Provided by VeriSign
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VeriSign EV Brings 30% More Conversions for Central Reservation Service
Jul 2008
Central Reservation Service (CRS) provides a free hotel reservation service that offers attractive rates and special deals on hotels and resorts, with no prepayment and no booking, change, or...
Provided by VeriSign
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Top-Ranked Credit Union Meets Federal Guidelines for Multi-Authentication Using VeriSign Identity Protection Fraud Detection Services
Aug 2008
Palo Alto, California-based Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union needed to meet the FFIEC's "Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment" guidance by the end of 2006. The new security...
Provided by VeriSign
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Proof-Reading.com Boosts Registrations 36% Upon Switching to VeriSign Secured Seal
Jul 2008
Proof-Reading.com was established to provide high quality business document proofreading and editing services using all the conveniences of the Internet. The company wanted to increase number of...
Provided by VeriSign
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Scribendi Introduces VeriSign EV SSL - Conversions to Sales Jump 27%
Feb 2008
Founded in 1997, Scribendi Inc. was one of the very first companies to embrace the Internet as the basis for delivering English language editing and proofreading services to customers worldwide....
Provided by VeriSign
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VeriSign Secured Seal Boosts Sales 31% for Virtual Sheet Music; EV SSL Increases Sales 13%
Mar 2008
Sales grew briskly for downloadable sheet music supplier Virtual Sheet Music when its Web site displayed the VeriSign SecuredR Seal, but plummeted when the firm had to remove it and rely on a...
Provided by VeriSign
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Partnership With VeriSign Helps Keep Revenues Strong for Fitness Footwear
Jul 2008
Fitness Footwear, Ltd. is the largest independent footwear retailer in the UK, the number one supplier of several name brands. The company sells a range of sports and outdoor footwear from its...
Provided by VeriSign
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Travelex Secures Remote Endpoints With UTM-1 Edge
Oct 2008
While the IT department, which is based in the company's North American headquarters in Toronto, Canada, was operating over a point-to-point ISDN connection, many branch locations were connecting...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Total Network Security for Telecom Plus - The Utility Warehouse
Oct 2008
The Utility Warehouse Discount Club operated by Telecom Plus plc needed a network that is completely safe from the threat posed by removable media devices. Codina decided to test out some other...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Advanced Systems Group Secures the Network With UTM-1 by Check Point
Oct 2008
With company headquarters located in Denver, Colorado and eight offices distributed all over the western United States, ASG is considered a smaller company, employing just over 100 people. ASG is...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Successful Security Strategies for Retailers in a Challenging Economy
Jan 2009
Off late economic environment has been challenging for many retailers. With increased unemployment and fewer customers, retailers have had to look for new ways to meet financial goals. At the same...
Provided by SonicWALL
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Extending the Reach of Healthcare Organizations With Secure Networking
Feb 2009
As the healthcare industry addresses the stress and pressures being placed on it by an aging population, a shortage in healthcare professionals, demands for quality of service, and new government...
Provided by SonicWALL
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Building a Better Spam Trap: Choosing the Best Defense for Tomorrow's Emerging Email Threats
Jul 2009
The nature of spam is changing, incorporating a wide spectrum of email-borne attacks that can stifle productivity, infect corporate networks and undermine corporate reputation and regulatory...
Provided by SonicWALL
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Corporate Networks: Business 2.0 and Beyond
Apr 2009
The performance and security needs of corporate networks have evolved greatly in the last five years, driven by changing business and economic demands, different patterns of working and a...
Provided by SonicWALL
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The FactPoint Group: 12 Ways Unified Threat Management Firewalls Are Driving Security Consolidation
Jul 2009
Just as virtualization has boosted server consolidation in data centers, so too are technology changes spurring consolidation of single-application security appliances on corporate networks...
Provided by SonicWALL
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The SonicWALL Approach to Consolidating Network Security Infrastructure and Cutting Costs
Jul 2009
This paper identifies the substantial benefits available to organizations that elect to replace their ever-increasing collection of network security point products with consolidated UTM devices....
Provided by SonicWALL
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Anti-Spyware Coalition Definitions Document
Nov 2007
Spyware has quickly evolved from an online nuisance to one of the most direct threats facing the Internet. As users struggle to maintain control over their computers, many find themselves trapped...
Provided by ANTI-SPYWARE COALITION
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Anti-Spyware Coalition Risk Model Description
Nov 2007
The anti-spyware industry offers a robust selection of tools to consumers in the marketplace. As is to be expected in such an environment, the rating systems used to classify Spyware and other...
Provided by ANTI-SPYWARE COALITION
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NHS Strategic Encryption Requirements
Apr 2008
The requirements discussed in this paper have been developed by the NHS Connecting for Health Infrastructure Security Team and are intended to cover the broad range of requirements understood to...
Provided by Borderware Technologies
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Malware Trends and Report
Aug 2009
This paper provides an overview the evolution of malware, adware and potentially malicious programs in 2007, and compares this data to that of 2006. A new statistical method was used to prepare...
Provided by Borderware Technologies
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2008 Internet Malware Trends: Storm and the Future of Social Engineering
Jun 2008
Estimates of the number of computers infected with Storm ranged widely, with some security researchers positing that up to 50 million computers had been infected. Cisco's IronPort Systems...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Context Adaptive Scanning Engine: Protecting Against the Broadest Range of Blended Threats
Feb 2008
Spam, viruses, malware, spyware, denial of service attacks, and directory harvest attacks are all driven by the same underlying motive - profits. These profits are attained either through the sale...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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A Multi-Layered Approach to Preventing Viruses
Feb 2008
As virus writers create increasingly sophisticated malicious code and find ever more effective methods to propagate, enterprises find themselves scrambling to keep their networks, servers, and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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The Rise of AutoRun - Based Malware
Jun 2009
Seeing the popularity of removable storage, virus authors realized the potential of using this media as an infection vector. And they are greatly aided by a convenience feature in operating...
Provided by McAfee
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Inside the Password-Stealing Business: The Who and How of Identity Theft
Jul 2009
This paper outlines contemporary attack techniques used in the most advanced and prevalent password stealing malware families, it explains the tricks of the trade (such as on-screen keyboards)...
Provided by McAfee
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What Hackers Know That You Don't: Web 2.0 Weaknesses and Opportunities
Mar 2009
Web-based applications, always-connected mobile devices, social networks, user-generated content, and the speed in which newly created Web sites are coming online are ushering in an era of...
Provided by Purewire
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Web 2.0: Open Season on Browsers
Apr 2009
As dynamic rich media and user-generated content enhance the user experience on the Internet, the dangerous threats facing the enterprise network are becoming equally robust. The Web is the new...
Provided by Purewire
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Things You Should Know About Web 2.0 Security: Don't Let Web-Security Stand in the Way of Your Business
Mar 2009
Web security is an arms race between good and evil. If a service is networked and interactive, it is most likely not 100% secure. It can be only made less vulnerable. Proof: Security giant...
Provided by Jaal
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Enterprise Security: The Smart Way, Not the Hard Way
Feb 2009
IDC conducted interviews with executives at companies in several industry sectors to identify customer and market trends in security solutions. In addition, IDC met with Trend Micro's management...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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Retail Pharmacy Strengthens Security Need
Aug 2008
Today's retail pharmacies face all of these security threats and more. With pharmacy growth on the rise and a trend toward driving even more traffic into the store, security threats are becoming...
Provided by Diebold
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What's New in 9.4.2: XML Firewall Features
Jul 2008
Though each of the features detailed above were presented as discrete features, the power and flexibility of BIG-IP ASM is demonstrated through application profiles which can combine aspects of...
Provided by F5 Networks
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F5 FirePass Endpoint Security
Oct 2008
As SSL VPN technology becomes more mainstream and organizations extend their internal infrastructures to users who are not necessarily employees, endpoint security has become an increasing...
Provided by F5 Networks
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Application Delivery Security: Integrated "Any App" Security
Nov 2007
There are many unique challenges and pieces to application security that most devices today aren't able to provide. Most enterprises still want to provide application security with just a Web...
Provided by F5 Networks
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Overcoming the Obstacles: Creating Cooperative Partnerships in Securing the Exchange of Data
Oct 2009
Best practices in today's marketplace dictate that data entrusted to affiliates within a data-exchange process should be protected as it is transmitted, wherever it resides. However, some parties...
Provided by Pkware
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Software-as-a-Service Web Security - Why Switch?
May 2008
This paper will define SaaS Web Security and the way that these services are delivered and also assess the current Internet threat landscape. It is necessary to cover these areas in order to...
Provided by ScanSafe
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Blue Versus Red: Towards a Model of Distributed Security Attacks
Jun 2009
This paper develops a two-sided multiplayer model of security in which attackers aim to deny service and defenders strategize to secure their assets. Attackers benefit from the successful...
Provided by University of California
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Security Threat and Vulnerability Mitigation Patterns: A Case of Credit Card Theft Mitigation
May 2009
Most attacks on computer and software systems are caused by threats to known vulnerabilities. Part of the reason is that one needs a lot of knowledge in developing secure systems, but it is...
Provided by University of Texas
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Web-Based Security for Business Enablement
Aug 2008
Internet adoption is still going strong, especially in emerging economies. By 2011, it is estimated that 500 million new users will come online and commerce on the Web will double. The hype around...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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Network Security Technology Alert
Aug 2008
The enterprise of today is a complex set of computing units linked by different networks that connect to external networks such as the Internet through gateways that perform the role of...
Provided by Frost & Sullivan
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McAfee Web Security Service Technical White Paper
Jan 2009
Most security efforts lose effectiveness over time. Any changes in the web server, web applications, or other infrastructure configuration, can unintentionally open the door to security hazards....
Provided by McAfee
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Advanced Vulnerability Analysis and Intrusion Detection Through Predictive Attack Graphs
May 2009
Network security tools generally lack sufficient context for maintaining a well informed and proactive defense posture. Vulnerabilities are usually assessed in isolation, without considering how...
Provided by George Mason University
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Selective Alerts for Runtime Protection of Distributed Systems
Jan 2008
Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are popular components for a fast detection of network attacks and intrusions, but their efficacy is limited by the high numbers of false alarms that...
Provided by University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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Integrating Two-Factor Authentication With Network Access Control White Paper: Tying User Identities to Access Control Policies
Mar 2008
To protect enterprise network resources and secure access to network applications and information, organizations need to ensure that users accessing the network are indeed who they claim to be....
Provided by RSA Security
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Security Solutions for Small Businesses and Remote Branch Offices
Feb 2009
Small- and mid-sized businesses face as high a risk in cyber-space as larger enterprises - the risks know no distinction as to an organization's size. Historically, cost and complexity were...
Provided by McAfee
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The 8 Essential Elements of Internet Security
Aug 2009
The evolution of Internet content toward social media and Web 2.0-based sites presents new challenges for organizations. Critical applications have become Web-based, and non-browser generated Web...
Provided by Black Box
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Finding an Optimized Discriminate Function for Internet Application Recognition
Jun 2009
Everyday the usages of the Internet increase and simply a world of the data become accessible. Network providers do not want to let the provided services to be used in harmful or terrorist...
Provided by Amirkabir University of Technology
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Towards Complete Node Enumeration in a Peer-to-Peer Botnet
Mar 2009
Modern advanced botnets may employ a decentralized peer-to-peer overlay network to bootstrap and maintain their command and control channels, making them more resilient to traditional mitigation...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Firewall Implementation and Testing
May 2009
Almost every machine on the internet today is protected by a firewall. Many of them are misconfigured which is seldom discovered due to poor testing. This paper summarizes the experiences in...
Provided by Linkopings universitet
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Anonymizers - The Latest Threat to Your Web Security
Nov 2007
Certainly uncontrolled Web use creates a nuisance for organizations, hijacking network bandwidth for downloading large audio and video files, and encouraging time-wasters to engage in...
Provided by St. Bernard Software
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Automatic Detection of Firewall Misconfigurations Using Firewall and Network Routing Policies
May 2009
Firewalls are the most prevalent and important means of enforcing security policies inside networks and across organizational boundaries. However, effective and fault free firewall management in...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
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Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, their employees and the Internet
Oct 2008
Is it okay for employees to spend time on social networking sites, shopping online or downloading pirated music? What are the risks associated with this of web surfing? Every company is unique...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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Choosing a Solution for Web-Filtering: Software, Appliance, Managed Service?
Nov 2008
Uncontrolled internet use brings web-malware, malicious links and Trojans to the corporate network. Choosing a web security solution that protects the network while controlling employee internet...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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Finding Optimal Attack Path Using Attack Graphs: A Survey
Jul 2011
As the traditional methods, the result of vulnerability scanning can't directly reflect complex attack routes existing in network, so the concept of attack graph comes. After analyzing host...
Provided by International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE)
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Case Studies
NetDepot Deploys Top Layer Networks IPS 5500 to Extend Intrusion Prevention to Its Data Center Customers
May 2008
NetDepot aims to be a low-cost / high-quality provider of hosting infrastructure and utility computing by managing its computer and backbone operations efficiently and not spending money on items...
Provided by Top Layer Networks
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University of Westminster Puts Its Trust in Top Layer
Oct 2008
The University of Westminster is one of the most popular universities in the UK with over 20,000 students, 700 teaching staff and up to 1,000 visiting academics. Spread over four campuses, with a...
Provided by Top Layer Networks
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Top Layer Provides Real-Time Protection Against Broad Spectrum of Network Attacks at Thomas Miller
Feb 2008
Unable to trust the IDS to defend its network, Thomas Miller sought technology that would enable better protection from attacks and offer fine granularity in policy setting. Thomas Miller...
Provided by Top Layer Networks
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Secure Computing Case Study: FW Murphy
Jan 2008
FW Murphy is the leading manufacturer of gauges and controllers for engines and engine-driven equipment. Spam surges were impacting FW Murphy's ability to function. Some executives were...
Provided by Secure Computing
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ScanSafe Case Study: Halcrow
Aug 2008
Halcrow specializes in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development worldwide. With interests in transportation, water, maritime and property, the...
Provided by ScanSafe
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BorderWare Creates iRule That Provides Enhanced Threat Protection and Dramatically Reduces Incoming Traffic Volume for a Significant Cost Savings
Apr 2008
BorderWare's MXtreme Mail Firewall is an email security appliance that detects and blocks a variety of threats and malicious content on an IP basis using several techniques through the MXtreme...
Provided by F5 Networks
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Defense-Enabled Applications
Oct 2009
Some applications can be given increased resistance to malicious attack even though the environment in which they run is untrustworthy. The authors call any such application "Defense-enabled"....
Provided by BBN Technologies
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Formal Specification of Fault Tolerance and its Relation to Computer Security
Dec 2007
The techniques of formal verification are one means for gaining greater assurance of the correctness of software. These techniques require precise specification of the properties to be assured....
Provided by Odyssey Research Associates
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Quantitative Hook-Up Security for Covert Channel Analysis
Dec 2007
The authors construct a class of security policies for multi-level systems. Policies of this class allow some downgrading of information but limit its bandwidth. A policy that prevents downgrading...
Provided by Odyssey Research Associates
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Assessing Home Internet Users' Demand for Security: Will They Pay ISPs?
Jun 2011
One strategy for improving cyber security would be for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to take a more active role in curtailing criminal behavior over the Internet. However, few ISPs today are...
Provided by George Mason University
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HOSPITAL: Host and Network System Profiler and Internet Traffic Analyzer
Nov 2010
The ever-increasing complexity and diversity of the Internet pose several challenges to network operators and administrators and, in general, Internet users. More specifically, because of the...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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Identifying High Cardinality Internet Hosts
Jan 2009
The Internet host cardinality, defined as the number of distinct peers that an Internet host communicates with, is an important metric for profiling Internet hosts. Some example applications...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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A Peer-to-Peer Game Model using Punishment Strategies
Nov 2010
Recent years, with the rapid development of P2P networks, the security problem of these networks has become increasingly obvious. According to the behavior of selfishness and betrayal for nodes in...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Hybrid Intelligent Optimization Algorithm to Assess the NSS Based on FNN Trained by HPS
Sep 2010
Along with the widespread application of computer network, the network security problem becomes more and more important, and the security problem research also becomes an important topic to the...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Secure Authentication Scheme Based on IBE
Sep 2010
Wireless sensor networks are confronted with unique challenges. Absence of infrastructure support, the key distribution is one of the most challenging security problems in wireless sensor...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Forward-Secure Certificate-Based Encryption and its Generic Construction
May 2010
In this paper, the authors introduce a new asymmetric encryption paradigm called Forward-Secure Certificate-Based Encryption. It preserves the advantages of Certificate-Based Encryption (CBE) such...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Secure Routing Protocol and its Application in Multi-sink Wireless Sensor Networks
May 2010
Wireless sensor networks are increasingly deployed in security-critical areas, such as battle field. However, general sensor nodes are manufactured with inexpensive components, and they are short...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Scalable Approach to Analyzing Network Security Using Compact Attack Graphs
May 2010
The compact attack graphs implicitly reveal the threat of sophisticated multi-step attacks by enumerating possible sequences of exploits leading to the compromising given critical resources in...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Cooperative Network Intrusion detection Based on Fuzzy SVMs
Apr 2010
As the network information includes a large number of noise data, in order to reduce or eliminate the noise impact on constructing the hyperplane of SVM, this paper firstly preprocesses the data....
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Lightweight Key Renewals for Clustered Sensor Networks
Mar 2010
In sensor networks, sensors are likely to be captured by attackers because they are usually deployed in an unprotected or even a hostile environment. If an adversarial compromises a sensor, he/she...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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An Isolation Intrusion Detection System for Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks
Mar 2010
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor environmental conditions, such as battlefield...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Novel Stream Cipher Using SCAN and Variable Ordered Recursive CA Substitutions and Its DSP+FPGA Implementation
Jan 2010
This paper presents a new stream cipher for data security, which is based on permutation of the data and replacement of the data values. Permutation is done by scan patterns generated by the SCAN...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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A Novel Data Mining-Based Method for Alert Reduction and Analysis
Jan 2010
Current system managers often have to process huge amounts of alerts per day, which may be produced by all kinds of security products, network management tools or system logs. This has made it...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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Security Aspect of Quantum Key Distribution
May 2010
Is the newly born quantum cryptography the ultimate solution for information security? A technique needs to be both theoretically strong and practically viable. But quantum cryptography comes to...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Trust Enhanced Secure Multi-Path DSR Routing
May 2010
Ad-hoc networks establish communication in improvised environments without requiring any fixed infrastructure. These networks are inherently prone to security attacks, with node mobility being the...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Malicious Dropping Attack in the Internet: Impacts and Solution
May 2010
The unprecedented growth of the Internet over the last years, and the expectation of an even faster increase in the numbers of users and networked systems, suggest that in the near future the...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Network Forensic System for ICMP Attacks
May 2010
Network forensics is capture, recording, and analysis of network events in order to discover the source of security attacks or other problem incidents. This paper addresses the major challenges in...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Case Studies
NATO Accelerates Windows Vista Deployment Using the Windows Vista Security Guide
Oct 2008
As NATO prepared to migrate its desktop and laptop computers from Windows 2000 to Windows Vista, it needed to make choices about how to create a security baseline based on the configurable...
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Cost-Performance Optimization of SSL-Based Secure Distributed Infrastructures
Jul 2011
Business-to-Business and Business-to-Customer transactions in Internet require secure communication, especially for web applications. The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol is one of the most...
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Case Studies
Medical Device Company Boosts Security and Efficiency With New Operating System
May 2008
Kinex Medical Company designs and manufactures medical devices that reduce medical costs by providing early rehabilitation in patients' homes. In 2006, Kinex deployed an electronic records system...
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An Novel Anonymous Authenticated and Key Exchange Protocol
Dec 2009
Because of the growing importance in the fields of computer networks, how to keep user's privacy has drawn more and more concerns in recent years. In this paper, the authors first point out that...
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White Papers
Dynamic Localization Schemes in Malicious Sensor Networks
Oct 2009
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have recently shown many potential military and civilian applications, especially those used in hostile environments where malicious adversaries can be present. The...
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Secure Communication in Mobile Ad Hoc Network using Efficient Certificateless Encryption,
Oct 2009
Establishing secure communication in a wireless network such as Mobile Ad Hoc Network is particularly challenging because: the network is self-organizing; messages are broadcasted; messages travel...
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A Heuristic Process for Local Inconsistency Diagnosis in Firewall Rule Sets
Oct 2009
Writing and managing firewall ACLs are hard and error-prone tasks for a wide range of reasons. During these tasks, inconsistent rules can be introduced. An inconsistent firewall ACL implies in...
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Use of Ontologies for the Definition of Alerts and Policies in a Network Security Platform
Oct 2009
A quick and efficient reaction to an attack is important to address the evolution of security incidents in current communication networks. The ReD (Reaction after Detection) project's aim is to...
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Comparison Computing Based on Sub-optimum Analysis:A Guide System of Network Security
Oct 2009
Many optimal computing methods do not provide optimization capabilities, but instead rely on comparison evaluation as a means for developing solutions. A kind of theory surrounding with optimum...
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Investigating Attack Scenarios in Multihop Wireless Systems
Sep 2009
Digital investigation of security incidents in the context of wireless networks has scarcely interested the recent research works. The existing schemes, which were developed for wireline networks,...
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