How does deep packet inspection work? Deep packet inspection examines the contents of packets passing through a given checkpoint and makes real-time decisions depending on what a packet contains and ...

Citing an increase in attacks that take advantage of holes in existing firewall technology, NetScreen Technologies Inc. said on Monday that it will release new “deep packet inspection” features across ...

With cybercrime taking the enterprise ecosystem by storm, the issue of securing a network infrastructure along with restricting employee access to unwanted internet resources is a top-of-mind priority ...

Put simply, network packets are made up of headers and data. While the headers are used to direct the traffic to the right destination in the right manner, the data inside the packet -- the payload -- ...

Our Special Focus author (tgreene@nww.com) this week takes a look at the world of deep packet inspection. First there were packet filters. Then stateful inspection firewalls; then intrusion detection.

While the market needs to mature, Chenxi Wang says deep packet inspection can provide much more than just security benefits Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a technique that has seen success in traffic ...

Western & Southern Financial Group had what it considered defense in depth for its IP network but recognized that there were still ways that sensitive data might leave the network undetected, so it ...

Firewalls play a crucial role in cybersecurity architectures all over the world. With an increasing amount of data being generated each day and evolving threats to enterprise security, defending data ...

If legislation like SOPA and PIPA ever passes, it may require your ISP to start monitoring your online activity with deep packet inspection It’s easy to turn a deaf ear to the controversy surrounding ...