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Treating DOS attacks like a man-made disaster can help agencies determine the proper communication and technical response.
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Denial of service attacks on the Domain Name System are becoming common, but an effective defense will require a few rule changes.
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Brute-force denial of service attacks against networks are still the most common, but hackers are increasingly moving toward more efficient attacks on applications.
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The flood of bandwidth in the hands of attackers can overwhelm agency resources, making in-house defense impractical. You need allies outside your network.
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Distributed denial-of-service attacks are becoming more common, more powerful and the botnets that support them more resilient.
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As DOD moves into cloud computing, pilots and projects look to assess risk and develop multiple layers of network defense.
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Lax security could soon threaten the gains agencies have made by letting employees use their own mobile devices for work, a new study says. There are basic protective steps agencies can take now.
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Once again admins are being advised to disable Java in the wake of a new vulnerability. It's time to decide how important this plug-in is to your enterprise and when -- if ever -- it should be used.
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A new study of the evolving cyber threat landscape identifies a half-dozen areas likely to be high-profile targets in the immediate future, including something called "trust infrastructure."
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NIST offers a scheme for trusted geolocation, a way to ensure that resources agencies use in the cloud are kept secure.