This is a multi-part message in MIME format. 7bit Some interesting news about IDS market. E-mailing to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. Firewalls are very important. They can be very effective, but they can't do everything.
Some products can even stop intruders from breaking into the network.
CyberCop's closest competitor is Internet Security Systems' RealSecure software, which includes an attack recognition engine that ferrets out suspicious behavior. Intrusion-detection systems hold a great deal of promise for security administrators, but like firewalls, they do not solve all security problems, CSI's Powers cautioned. In the future, vendors will offer tools with expert systems capabilities that can detect suspicious behavior, he said. The Navy developed code for Shadow and merged these tools. Now, Shadow's program manager, Stephen Northcutt, is looking at Network Flight Recorder, an intrusion-detection and analysis system developed by the Woodbine, Md., company of the same name.