People responsible for selecting and maintaining network firewalls might want to revisit their choices sometime soon.  New information from NSS Labs indicates that five out of six mainstream firewall options failed to keep out hackers when subjected to an attack called the TCP Split Handshake spoof.

Network specialists may get to play with lots of interesting new toys over the next few years, according to fresh research.  Indeed, analysts at TechNavio believe the “global next generation network equipment market” will be worth $3.23 billion in 2014, signaling that all sorts of purchasing will take place.

Networks all over the world should now be facing less spam and a smaller threat of attack.  The botnet known as Rustock has been taken down (and appears to be staying down) thanks to an investigation and series of raids orchestrated by Microsoft.

Network specialists who would prefer not to deal with or be viewed as the industry’s equivalent of used car salesmen (or at least that stereotype) might want to look at the way Juniper Networks does business.  Today, the Ethisphere Institute named Juniper Networks one of the “2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies.”

There are plenty of ways to keep a network safe, and due to differences in price and scope, no solution is likely to act as a one-size-fits-all answer.  Network professionals should perhaps know that the Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System was named the Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution at the 2011 SC Awards, however.

Keeping networks safe may soon become significantly easier thanks to fresh offerings from Cisco.  Cisco has introduced new “context-aware” security solutions meant to keep everyone safe regardless of whether they use mobile technology, virtual working environments, or just about anything else.

While some people have trouble accepting it, it’s a simple fact that not everyone can be the best.  Indeed, only one person or company can be the leader in any given field, with everything else following behind.  But it is possible to learn from and/or work with the best, and in terms of IT and [...]

Most companies devote a lot of energy towards not getting hacked, and that’s a smart thing to do.  Having a backup plan – meaning an idea of how to act if hackers succeed in breaching a network – is a wise idea, too, though, and Gawker’s response to a hacking incident this weekend might represent [...]

The average company would probably prefer not to equip all of its employees with cell phones. Landlines can represent a nuisance, too, since long distance calls cost a fair amount. Fortunately, VoIP tech can act as a solution, so long as a company’s network can handle it.

The fact that Sony will stop selling floppy disks in Japan has generated a lot of headlines recently, and it’s easy to realize after seeing them that storage solutions have become quite cheap.  They’ve become more complicated, too, however, and so a guide titled “Hot To Get The Most Out Of Your NAS” may prove [...]