NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL COONEY ON TECHNOLOGY UPDATE 09/01/04 Today's focus: Protecting your network proactively
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * A look at what Symantec calls generic exploit blocking * Links related to Technology Update * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. This report discusses the latest developments in the NCCM market, including an in-depth look at DeviceAuthority Suite, a comprehensive solution for configuring, changing, and controlling today's complex, multi-vendor IT network infrastructures. Download the report today to learn how you can leverage NCCM to reduce the cost and complexity of managing network change. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=78699 _______________________________________________________________ IS SECURITY RIPE FOR OUTSOURCING? Security demands for online applications such as e-commerce and Web services are prompting more corporate customers to hand off security functions - such as intrusion detection and firewalls - to outside service providers. Find out if security should be outsourced in this Network World article: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=78275 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Protecting your network proactively By Michael Cooney Symantec is pushing a new way for users to detect abnormalities in network behavior and warn security managers of such malicious actions. This week's Technology Update takes a look at what Symantec calls generic exploit blocking. According to our Tech Update authors ( <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ), generic exploit blocking analyzes the targeted vulnerable software rather than the attacking viruses. The goal of generic exploit blocking is to characterize a system vulnerability and then build a signature that can detect and block all potential attacks against that vulnerability. The resulting vulnerability signature is not targeted at a specific threat but at all exploits that are capable of compromising the vulnerability, our authors state. Our authors go on to say that proactive technologies such as generic exploit blocking will not replace traditional reactive signature-based techniques for detecting viruses and worms. Rather, generic exploit blocking provides powerful complementary capabilities to protect a vulnerability from any future attack weeks or months before an exploiting worm or virus is created. For more on this Technology Update see: <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/083004techupdate.html> RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Security research center Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/security.html Study: ISPs should block 'Net attack ports IDG News Service, 09/08/03 http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0908studyisps.html Sasser worm exposes patching failures Network World, 05/10/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0510sasser.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Michael Cooney Michael Cooney is an Associate News Editor. Aside from his news responsibilities, Cooney handles the Infrastructure and Enterprise Application sections of Network World. Cooney has been writing for Network World since 1992. 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