A wise woman (my wife) said recently that we don't need electric fences if we lock our doors. Intrusion prevention is the necessary fence because we don't, can't or won't lock our desktop and server doors.
Mike Fratto is a senior technology editor based in Network Computing's Syracuse University Real-World Labs®; he covers all security-related topics. Prior to joining Network Computing, Mike worked as an independent consultant in central New York. Write to him at mfratto@ nwc.com.
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NIP Systems
Remember Star Wars? Not the movie, the
ballistic missile defense system. In 1983, President Reagan was bullish on his vision of gigantic, high-tech lasers that would vaporize any missile daring
to enter U.S. airspace.
Listen to NIP system vendors, and you may have flashbacks to that scary time. Back then, it was the Democrats who questioned spending
billions of dollars on the off chance of being
able to shoot down an object smaller than a
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
