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Security: Case studies

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    Platform takes security to new level 08/06/2004 10:58:23

    Exostar's industry-altering ForumPass 2.0
    It started as a relatively simple business-to-business hub. It became an industry-altering secure collaboration platform.
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    Case Study: The external attack 02/03/2004 12:18:23

    Poorly protected companies present hackers with targets of opportunity
    For the most part, hackers break into corporations for one reason: Status. "The hacking community is a strong meritocracy where status is determined by level of competence," says Dr. Max Kilger, a social psychologist for the Honeynet Project.
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    Escape from SQL hell 05/03/2003 10:52:20

    Dealing with the SQL Slammer worm
    Upfront preparation helped my company ward off the SQL Slammer worm, which exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server and creates a flood of packets, similar to a denial-of-service attack. But we still didn't totally avoid it.
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    Security fears nix cancer center wireless plan 30/08/2001 08:21:00

    The MD Andersen Cancer Center in Houston last week abruptly put an 18-month effort to provide wireless LAN access to 11,000 users on its five building campus on hold due to security concerns.
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    Chinks begin to appear in the antivirus armor 06/03/2001 15:16:00

    Eighteen months ago, my company, a large financial services organization, suffered a number of attacks that were stopped mostly by luck. With the awareness of security raised, management hired me as information security manager to secure their infrastructure and operations.
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