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Unified Threat Management comparison - Cyberoam

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Unified Threat Management (UTM) is a comprehensive solution that has recently emerged in the network security industry and  has gained widespread currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations.

Here is the full comparison table of Cyberoam UTM ( Unified Thread Management appliancies)

10 Reasons Why Google Wallet Won`t Succeed

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10 Reasons Why Google Wallet Won`t Succeed

 
 

1. First and foremost: Security

 
Google knows security will play a key role in the success of its Wallet option. To help improve security, the company requires users to establish a PIN that must be entered before purchase. The search giant said that payment information is encrypted and thanks to MasterCard’s PayPass feature, users should be secure. But will they? As cyber-criminals become more accustomed to how Google

CCNP Security vs CCSP

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CCNP Security vs CCSP

CCIE Security Lab Exam v3.0 Checklist

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CCIE Security Lab Exam v3.0 Checklist

 

Expansion of the Security Lab v3.0 Exam Topics (Blueprint)
Detailed Checklist of Topics to Be Covered

M_o_R Risk Management

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What is Denial of Service

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What is Denial of Service?

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DoS (Denial of Service) is simply rendering a service incapable of responding to requests in a timely manner. This is a controversial subject, since some people think that DoS is not a hack, and/or is rather juvenile and petty. We prefer to think of them as just one

What is a SYN Flood attack

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What is a SYN Flood attack?

In the TCP/IP protocol, a three-way handshake takes place as a connection to a service is established. First, in a SYN packet from the client, to which the service responds with a SYNACK. Finally, the client responds to the SYNACK and the connection is considered established.

What is the Ping of Death

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What is the Ping of Death ?

The Ping of Death is a large ICMP packet. The target receives the ping in fragments and starts reassembling the packet. However, due to the size of the packet once it is reassembled, it is too big for the buffer and overflows it. This causes unpredictable results, such as reboots or system hangs.

Vulnerability in Virtual PC?

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Vulnerability in Virtual PC?

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Earlier today, Core Security Technologies issued a security advisory for our Virtual PC (VPC) software. The advisory calls out a proof of concept where the virtual machine monitor allows memory pages above the 2GB level to be read from or written to by user-space programs running within a guest operating system. The advisory explicitly calls into question the effectiveness of many of the security hardening features of Windows, including DEP, SafeSEH, and ASLR.  Folks are already starting

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