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    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

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    Some of the most dangerous cyberattacks are the least visible ones.

  • A cure for the all-too-common virus?

    In the enterprise, viruses are more than a nuisance. However, experts could be on the verge of a cure. Forward-looking antivirus vendors are experimenting with a proactive technology that seeks to identify patterns and prevent viruses from gaining a foothold in your system.

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    Three new Bagle variants discovered over the weekend differ from previous incarnations by using an antispam trick to try to avoid detection by antivirus software--but experts believe the attempt won't succeed.

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    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

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  • Security vendor survey: Will they side with the government?

    Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.

  • Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

  • To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

    Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

  • Is hosted anti-spam the answer?

    It has taken only four years for spam to become the bane of business but, as SMBs are finding, spam can be killed before it enters inboxes with the use of a hosted provider.

  • The future of managed e-mail

    MailGuard's Andrew Johnson and MessageLabs' Nick Hawkins -- the leaders of two popular managed e-mail services specialists -- go head to head.

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