Making Sense of Network Intrusion and Detection Privacy and security regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Sarbanes-Oxley, have fueled businesses strive to comply with tighter security policies or risk being fined. However, the 15,000-plus vulnerabilities found during the last 10 years have given hackers enough practice to exploit vulnerabilities within hours or minutes, as opposed to months, weeks or days. As a result, there are more than 100,000 threats in existence today and patch management cannot effectively maintain the basic security protocols, such as firewalls and antivirus software, which guard your network system. This technology article discusses how intrusion detection solutions can add to your security portfolio and help maintain an effective, preemptive strategy for keeping hackers out. Learn more ... Career Builder Puts the Network into Employer/Candidate Networking Recruiting and placement is a networking industry, and CareerBuilder’s global network of employers and job seekers exists entirely in the virtual realm, joined together through a shared objective and the technology that helps fulfill it. In 2006, as CareerBuilder began its expansion into global markets, the need for a technology upgrade to support its rapid growth became apparent. CareerBuilder’s voice call volume – upwards of 170,000 calls each day – and expanding network demanded a new, unified voice and data solution that would reach worldwide while maintaining a local feel for the recruiting firm’s clients and employees. Learn more ... FORTUNE Names CDW One of America’s Most Admired Companies CDW ranked number one on the FORTUNE list of America’s Most Admired Companies in the "Wholesaler: Electronics" category. The definitive report card on corporate reputations, the Most Admired list surveys executives, directors, and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on eight criteria, from investment value to social responsibility. Learn more ... The 2007 InformationWeek 500 For 19 years, the InformationWeek 500 has tracked the technology practices of the nation's most innovative companies. Documenting the business-technology strategies, investments, and administrative practices of some of America's best-known companies, this study offers a unique opportunity to understand and compare your company's IT approach against the most innovative users of technology. In fact, the InformationWeek 500 is the most detailed source of industry-specific IT budget information around. Learn more ...   Securing the Network Network security is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week task. The Internet is a global entity, so it may be nighttime where you are, but the sun is shining somewhere on the planet. That means someone, somewhere is awake at any given moment trying to develop a new exploit or engineer a new attack that will take down your network or compromise your data. Learn more ...