Security

How intrusion prevention costs compare

* Full-time threat mitigation costs for 200- to 250-AP installations hover around $100K

Internet warfare: Is the focus on the wrong things?

Lack of vision and leadership have left the U.S. woefully unprepared for a cyber catastrophe.

Could a cyber blockade happen to the U.S.?

Lesson learned: DDoS attacks, as well as the response to them, can cripple a country

The new ground zero in Internet warfare

The power grid is an obvious target for terrorists, but experts disagree about how to secure it

Software: The eternal battlefield in the unending cyberwars

Internet attacks take many forms, but most of them exploit persistent weaknesses in software.

‘The Internet is down.’ What does that really mean?

A multiplicity of factors can interrupt service, from temporary annoyances to long-term problems

Maersk Alabama One Slice of a Huge Pirate Problem

EC’s Reding urges preventive action against cyberattacks

One month without access to the Internet would cost the EU around €150 billion, commissioner says

The fog of (cyber) war

Cybermilitias, black hat hackers and other non-nation-state bad guys blur the lines on the virtual battlefield.

Europe funds secure operating system research

Money will ensure five more years of research into developing the Minux operating system