Intrusion Detection and Prevention

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Intrusion Detection and Prevention

Protecting Residence Hall Networks Using NetReg and Nessus

March 21, 2005 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2005

This presentation will describe how to extend the NetReg system to preemptively scan untrusted hosts to determine patch level before granting full network access. It will also describe how to provi…

Combining Policy, Practice, and Technology to Architect Layered Network Security at UMBI

January 13, 2005 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2005

UMBI's implementation of a multi-layered network security environment is explored as one possible model for use by other organizations. This presentation will discuss the need for and limitati…

Knock, Knock, Knocking on (Network) Doors: Penn State's Intrusion Detection Architecture

January 1, 2004

The session will examine in detail Penn State's intrusion detection architecture. Both the early "learning curve" adventures and the currently deployed implementation will be explore…

Empowering Users with a Proactive Security Strategy

January 1, 2004

Rutgers University Computing Services provides users a four-tiered defense in-depth strategy: planning, prevention, detection, and reaction and recovery. The merging of vulnerability scanning data …

Balancing the Need for Security and Open, Collaborative Networking

January 1, 2004

The EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) study of IT security in higher education portrays an industry that is struggling to secure a culturally open environment against the rising ti…

Distributed Network Security Using Free Tools in University Environments

January 1, 2003

Through multilayered defenses and distributed incident response, the ITS-Security office at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been able to cripple massive and minor attacks with e…

Through the Eye of the Hacker: A Look at Security and the Future

January 1, 2003

The security challenge of most institutions of higher education is to reduce risk by implementing best practice information security programs while balancing academic freedom. You must know what th…