The new US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using the security efforts of others to secure the nation's borders with a state-of-the-art architecture that is spawning a long shopping list of technologies.

Enterprises continue to battle the installation of unauthorised, or rogue, wireless LAN access points (AP) on corporate networks by employees who install the increasingly cheap devices unmindful of the security risks, according to speakers at Computerworld's Mobile and Wireless Conference.

A company looking to beef up the security of its wireless operations should start with its own policies and standards, according to Ken Newman, director of security and risk management at Deutsche Bank AG.

University of California, San Diego researchers last week got a chance to test out a host of network technologies on something they hope they will never really have to be used for: a terrorist attack.

Enterprises on the lookout for answers to security struggles have plenty of wares to pick from here at the NetWorld+Interop 2004 conference, as vendors such as FaceTime Communications, RedSiren, and Senforce Technologies introduced offerings.

Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many network executives say they won't consider them until the means to manage and secure them are clear.

Fancy a career as a trainer in wireless security?

After officially retiring from public service Thursday, Howard Schmidt, the former chairman-elect of the now defunct President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, announced that he will be heading back west to a new job as the vice president of security for online auction site eBay Inc.

A thermal imaging camera and the software that run it are part of a new test program at Logan airport to find technology that toughens the facility's perimeter security by automatically detecting intruders.

Users of Windows laptops with Wi-Fi capabilities may be opening their hard drives up to snoopers, according to a security researcher.

Wireless LANs have grown in the workplace -- in size, number of installations and technology maturity -- to the point that many IT managers now expect to expand the uses of their networks in a new round of investments within the next year or two.

When recent acquisitions wreak havoc on Mathias' intrusion detection infrastructure, Tripwire serves as a backup measure.

Yankee Group says the commercial costs of spam are increasing with the growth in electronic mail, instant messaging and costly wireless bandwidth. It's time for CSOs to fight back.

The rapid spread of the “SQL Slammer” worm showed that highly vulnerable desktop servers are everywhere. Gartner explains how enterprises can shut them down for good.

Systems that authenticate users must get smarter and become sensitive to context.