Distributed network security management using intelligent agents

The openness of business toward telecommunication network in general and Internet in particular is performed at the prize of high security risks. Every professional knows that the only way to secure completely a private network is to make it unreachable. However, even if this solution was undertaken for many years, nowadays it is not possible to close private network especially for business purpose. Existing security solutions are in general very complex and costly. Thus there is a need to think about new type of security mechanism based on recent technologies. One such technology, which is gaining ground, is Intelligent Agent Technology. Thus, the purpose of this paper is the investigation of novel architectures and mechanisms based on IA Technology in order to purpose efficient, flexible, adaptable and cost effective solutions.