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  Fortinet has highest catch rate in IPS testing

  We tested the intrusion prevention capabilities of each of the next-generation firewalls to determine how well they work and how the IPS integrates with system management.

  By Joel Snyder | 07 May, 2012 14:39

  Tags: security, next-generation firewalls, IPS, intrusion prevention systems, IDS, Firewall & UTM

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  Is open source Snort dead? Depends who you ask

  Is Snort, the 12-year-old open-source intrusion detection and prevention system, dead?

  By Ellen Messmer | 21 July, 2010 08:23

  Tags: intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, IPv6, security, Snort, sourcefire

• FireEye malware blockers don't rely on signatures

  FireEye Wednesday unveiled its first appliances built for in-line blocking of Web and e-mail malware using wholly non-signature-based detection methods.

  By Ellen Messmer | 05 May, 2010 15:16

  Tags: FireEye, intrusion prevention systems, malware, non-signature-based detection

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  3Com to blend security brains, enterprise brawn

  3Com plans to integrate intrusion prevention technology from its TippingPoint subsidiary into networking gear from its H3C division as part of a strategy to deliver streamlined secure networks at less cost and power consumption than marquee vendors.

  By Stephen Lawson | 01 September, 2009 06:45

  Tags: 3Com, intrusion prevention systems, security, vpn

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  Intrusion-prevention systems still not used full-throttle

  Network-based intrusion-prevention systems are in-line devices intended to detect and block a wide variety of attacks, but the equipment still is often used more like an intrusion-detection system to passively monitor traffic, new research shows.

  By Ellen Messmer | 24 September, 2008 08:41

  Tags: intrusion prevention systems