Security

Wireless LANs vs. wired LANs

Abandoning wired links proving not so crazy after all as 802.11n emerges.

Research in Motion (BlackBerry) vs. Palm

Crackberry goes deeper, broader, while Palm plays Linux card

IDS vs. IPS

Gartner predicted intrusion-detection systems would be dead by 2005

Immediate flaw alerts vs. Disclosing with patches

Responsible security flaw disclosure debate gets ever more complicated.

FBI, law enforcement community warns of California wildfire disaster fraud schemes

Security guru notes how IT eases committing fraud

Lockdown Networks tunes up Enforcer NAC

* Enforcer NAC from Lockdown Networks gets a disaster recovery mode

Seven enterprise IT start-ups grab new funding

Femtocells, wireless LANs and archiving among focus areas

Social engineering in penetration testing: Cases

* Penetration tests with a social-engineering angle

Encrypt data stored off site, warns Louisiana agency