OpenNMS OpenNMS: Monitoring large systems and networks

Mar 30, 2011

If you need to monitor very large networks, you need powerful software. OpenNMS offers serious monitoring capabilities in a truly open source package.

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Security Lessons Linux security in the cloud

Mar 28, 2011

Although you give up control of the underlying infrastructure when you use cloud computing, you can still maintain some control over security.

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Intrusion Detection Platform-independent and extensible IDS with Prelude

Mar 23, 2011

The Prelude security information management system receives both host- and network-based IDS messages and displays them in an easy web interface. We show you how to set it up.

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Security Lessons: Secure Video Secure Video Surveillance

Mar 01, 2011

Unless your surveillance cameras are wired directly to a video board, they are notoriously insecure. We show you how to keep your cameras from being compromised.

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OSSTMM 3.0 Released

Dec 15, 2010

The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) announced the released of the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) 3.0.

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Caine The Caine 2.0 forensic distribution

Nov 29, 2010

Caine is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 for forensic scientists and security-conscious administrators. Poised to do battle against IT ne’er-do-wells, Caine has a comprehensive selection of software, a user-friendly GUI, and responsive support.

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Coverity Scan Discovers Vulnerabilities in the Android Code

Nov 03, 2010

The 2010 security report looks at more than 291 projects, with special focus on the Android 2.6.32 kernel

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Security Lessons Plugin Vulnerabilities

Oct 27, 2010

Plugins provide a lot of functionality but, depending on their quality, they can provide unwanted security issues as well. We show you how to protect yourself from plugins.

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