How can you confirm your systems are configured appropriately and maintain that configuration over time? In our tests, Preventsys Network Audit and Policy Assurance 1.5 proved to be a flexible, ...

A handset-based network-penetration tool that runs on a Linux phone has been announced in the US. The NeoPwn tool is based on a modified Linux 2.6.24 kernel, and will let IT professionals toggle ...

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Why would anyone need firewall audit software? If you're already jugging hundreds of rules on multiple firewalls, here's what these tools can do for you. Firewall audit tools automate the otherwise ...

Is there a low-cost PC auditing tool that can run from a command line to send sysinfo-like system information to a central location by e-mail or by writing to a network share or SQL database? Aida32 ...

Federal networks are set to change. The General Services Administration is working with agencies to transition them to its $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, which will enable ...

Network discovery tools help admins find devices, make maps of the network, keep track of devices, control who can use them, and manage the network better. If you don't know what devices are on your ...

For a perpetually busy telecom department, the prospect of auditing and documenting its network and systems may seem like a time-intensive and costly proposition. Yet, this exercise can produce ...

Misconfigured firewalls are more common than you'd think: With the massive number of firewall rules that accrue in a large network and the typically manual process, mistakes happen, and often. But ...

David Strom is the author of two books on computer networking, along with thousands of articles on various IT topics. Follow him on Twitter: @dstrom As agencies' networks widen their reach through the ...

Can someone recommend a "network audit" tool? commercial or open source...<BR><BR>Need to find a tool that will record mac addresses, IPs, etc. I'm thinking some type of probe architecture where ...

PARIS — Qosmos, French manufacturer of auditing and optimization tools for IP networks, announced it has raised 7 million euros ($10.8 million) in a third round of financing with Sofinnova Partners, ...