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15th December 2001 Archive

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  • IDS users swamped with false alerts

    Four in five are duds

    The number of redundant alarms and false positives generated by Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) has come under fire from users attending an event designed to raise awareness about the technology. Users attending an 'ABCs of IDS' event at London's City University yesterday said more the 80 per cent of the alerts they received …

    Business 15 Dec 2001, 10:22

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