Naval Surface Warfare Center
SHADOW is the result of a project that was originally called the Cooperative Intrusion Detection Evaluation and Response (CIDER) project. It was an effort of NSWC Dahlgren, NFR, NSA, the SANS community and other interested parties to locate, document, and improve security software. The material on this page is approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.
Today, SHADOW is maintained and developed by NSWC.

Outsourcing Managed Security Services As computer attack patterns shift and threats to networks change and grow almost daily, it is critical that organizations achieve reliable information security. Investment decisions about information security are best considered in the context of managing business risk. Risks can be accepted, mitigated, avoided, or transferred. Outsourcing selected managed security services (MSS) by forming a partnership with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) is often a good solution for transferring information security responsibility and operations. Although the organization still owns information security risk and business risk, contracting with an MSSP allows it to share risk management and mitigation approaches

Secure your WLAN: Authenticate
Inherently flawed security protocols and a strong grassroots push to adopt wireless local-area networks (LANs) are creating substantial security risks for enterprises. The first priority should be to establish a comprehensive policy to address wireless deployments, with user authentication as a key component.

SMAC
SMAC is a free GUI tool, which allows users to change MAC address for almost any Network Interface Cards (NIC) on the Windows 2000 and XP systems, whether the manufactures allow this option or not.

Computer News: The Mother of All Linux Servers
The SGI Altix is a new approach to Linux clustering that puts up to 64 processors in each node -- a far cry from the one or two processors per node in typical cluster systems.

KnownGoods Database Information
Unless you've built your OS from source (more than likely you have not),the executable applications from the original distribution should never change in content, and/or size. The checksums in this database can quickly tell you if a file has been modified since it was first installed from the distrubution.

Of course, applications installed after the distribution will be different, or possibly not in this database. This repository is meant to provide a quick check of known goods.

How to find hidden cameras
A PDF document.

Avoid Wireless LAN Security Pitfalls
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are taking off. Enterprises are turning to WLANs in droves because they offer mobility and huge cost advantages. In fact, studies show that wireless workers are more productive, less pressured and save businesses money. Gartner, Inc., for instance, finds WLANs to be cheaper to install than wired LANs, especially for small organizations. And once they're in, wireless LANs are less expensive to operate and maintain.