NetFlash: Check Point set to defend security turf

Opinion
Apr 11, 20052 mins

* Check Point set to defend security turf * In Depth: Fighting back against phishing * Cisco reveals IOS vulnerabilities * Faster Fibre Channel products on tap * Radio: Broadband without wires * Today on Layer 8

Check Point may be a household name in firewall and VPN gear, but there are plenty of competitors ready to knock Check Point off the top of the mountain. So, the company must innovate – and next month’s product introduction will bring such innovations as improved VoIP support and auditing. Get all the details early in our story. Check Point set to defend security turf http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-check-point.html?net

Check Point may be a household name in firewall and VPN gear, but there are plenty of competitors ready to knock Check Point off the top of the mountain. So, the company must innovate – and next month’s product introduction will bring such innovations as improved VoIP support and auditing. Get all the details early in our story.

Check Point set to defend security turf

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-check-point.html?net

In Depth: Fighting back against phishing

Phishing attacks are up – way up – and now there are all kinds of variations, like pharming, spear phishing and others. But banks and other financial institutions are fighting back, and fighting for their online lives.

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/041105phish.html?net

Cisco reveals IOS vulnerabilities

Cisco this week issued two warnings of IOS security holes – one could allow unauthorized users to access a network, the other could leave IOS-based Cisco devices vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0408cisios.html?net

Faster Fibre Channel products on tap

Fibre Channel is getting faster but not necessarily more expensive. That was the word leading up to this week’s Storage Networking World in Phoenix, where some of the first 4G bit/sec Fibre Channel products are expected to be introduced.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-fibre-channel.html?net

Radio: Broadband without wires

How does a fixed wireless ISP differ from a traditional wire-based service provider? To find out, we talk with Graham Barnes, CEO of NextWeb, a wireless ISP in California. Listen in:

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0411radio.html?net

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