Telebriefing

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Andre Yee

On the current state of the Intrusion Prevention Industry.

I think that the Intrusion Prevention space is a mature area of security and that when that happens, it's ripe for a disruptive wave of new technologies. It's currently uninteresting from a technology perspective but on the other hand, there are lots of opportunities for innovation in the overall security space.

On whether Network Access Control (NAC) be treated as a separate field or be integrated into the IDS/IPS Industry.

You know the saying "to a hammer, everything looks like a nail"? If IDS/IPS is the framework for how you look at security, it makes sense for every incremental technology to be folded in...it's a problem that firewall vendors had a few years back when they view the world from a firewall centric perspective. I think NAC can be a separate field or part of IDS/IPS - either way, it's just a matter of perspective. The important thing is to understand how security needs to change in its delivery and usage model.

On the health of the recent mergers and acquisitions (e.g. IBM’s acquisition of ISS) in the IDS/IPS industry.

I don't know if its healthy or not - it is, what it is. I think IDS/IPS is a mature space and it's hard for any independent IPS company to thrive in this environment.

On whether IPS vendors are up to the challenges of the ever evolving mobile computing enterprise networks.

I'm not sure that I can answer that question but I do know that doing IPS the way it's done today is the NOT answer.

IntrusionOnline’s August 2007 Telebriefing Wireless Security:

“The Best is yet to come!”

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Today, wireless technology has advanced in addressing security concerns, not by choice, but by necessity to conform to management requirements, feature needs, compliance standards, to comply with policies, and to address security audits and auditor requirements. As this may be acceptable for today’s standards, it begs the question of “What will the future bring for wireless security?”, or more accurately, “What will the requirements be for a technology that traverses physical boundaries, is difficult to detect, and can be installed and maintained in obscure places on my enterprise?”.  These are my predictions for wireless, as tire manufacturers state, “mileage may vary based on performance, and other considerations”.

In this telebriefing, Andrew Berkuta shares his predictions for wireless IPS technologies in the years ahead.  CLICK HERE TO READ THIS TELEBRIEFING.

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