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Ever-Present Security Concerns Spur Market Growth: Page 3 of 14

• Endpoint protection: Much attention has been focused on pushing protection not just to the edge but inward, toward internal resources, and rightly so (see "Secure to the Core," at www.nwc.com/1401/ 1401f1.html). Guarding typical ingress and egress points is not enough. You need to deploy protection where the vulnerabilities reside--on the host. HIP (host intrusion prevention) is one way to ensure that applications access only those host resources that are required; they do this by capturing requests or modifying system calls for resources, such as files and network access. Because many attacks force an application to access unnecessary services, HIP products are well-situated to block attacks against the operating system--if the requesting application is denied access to resources at the kernel, attacks against the operating system are stopped in their tracks.

Finally, application-level attacks, such as those targeting Web applications, can be stymied by protocol-specific products, and desktop firewalls add a layer of protection by inspecting all the data that enters or leaves the machine and regulating network access for PCs and applications. Mobile users are particularly prime candidates for this type of protection; while desktop firewalls are not foolproof, they do block inbound network access and can regulate which applications have outbound access, further challenging potential attackers.

Desktop Firewall |

Authentication Systems |
Host Intrusion Prevention System |
Application Firewalls |
Web Site Application Security System |
Managed VPN Service |
Haredened Linux |

Intrustion Detection System

Desktop Firewall

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