CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. IASC also plans to act as a coordinator for existing security research efforts in government, academia and industry. The company said that network-based security could bring several significant advances. For example, a network could be designed to detect unusual flows of traffic converging on a particular customer. If the traffic is considered a distributed denial-of-service attack, the network could automatically filter the offending traffic from multiple locations, SBC said.

A growing number of software makers, beset by complaints about the security of their products, self portrait with thorn necklace and humming bird - frida kahlo iphone case have turned their focus to improving the security of their products and services, For example, Microsoft earlier this year highlighted the industry's problem when it announced its Trustworthy Computing initiative, which makes security a top priority, Microsoft has long been plagued by glitches and security holes in its software, including the Windows operating system, the Outlook e-mail program and the Internet Explorer browser..

In May, a group of software makers, including Oracle, Cisco Systems and Microsoft, along with NASA teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University to try to make software more reliable, secure and less defect-prone. Carnegie Mellon launched the Sustainable Computing Consortium, bringing together government agencies, academic researchers, and technology and business companies to try to develop effective practices for creating software and tools to test security and dependability. Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center, an organization that provides alerts on security breaches, maintains that Internet security violations more than double each year.

The Baby Bell sets up the Internet Assurance and Security Center in response to the growing threats from viruses, worms and denial-of-service attacks, self portrait with thorn necklace and humming bird - frida kahlo iphone case The project, known as the Internet Assurance and Security Center (IASC), will be designed and managed by SBC Technology Resources, the company's research and development center in Austin, Texas, The Baby Bell said it is launching IASC in response to the growing threats from viruses, worms, denial-of-service attacks and other sources, IASC will focus on developing security technologies and standards that can be applied at different levels of large telecommunications networks that handle Internet, voice and data traffic for millions of consumers and businesses, While the majority of current security efforts, such as firewalls, place the primary burden of security on end users, the center's research will support an approach that encompasses all elements of the network, Its focus will include telecom providers, enterprise networks, customer networks, and hardware and software makers..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. In the Web services concept, espoused by leading technology companies, business applications are designed to connect to one another over the Internet. Most businesses are either still investigating Web services or are just beginning to use the software to link their internal systems. One of the company's security tools, Nokia Mobile VPN, is designed to allow workers to securely connect to enterprise network systems. Another product, the Nokia Security Service Manager, is made to address the challenge of managing over-the-air handset security.The company said that with this product, enterprises can convert business applications that normally run over cables and wires to mobile applications while maintaining tight security.