The salience detection network also may go awry in anxiety, schizophrenia and other conditions, says Dr. Uddin.

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Called Emerald, it is designed for network surveillance and intrusion detection.

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America's C4ISR network provides everything from target detection and identification to navigational information.

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But the Pentagon must overcome technological hurdles before it can achieve its objective of a fully integrated warning, detection and reporting network of sensors and command and control systems.

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"The old paradigm of creating a secure zone within the physical perimeter of the company, using network firewalls and intrusion-detection systems, has reached the limits of effectiveness, " says the 34-year-old CEO, whose careful attention to his non-native English can't mask his enthusiasm for the company's ascent.

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Although both the network and publisher likely maintain fraud detection analytics, neither are necessarily motivated to tighten the reins on potential fraud.

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One of the hottest areas in network security is what I term beaconing detection.

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These techniques help criminals evade signature-based detection and stay on the network.

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First, Intrusion Detection Technologies cannot monitor encrypted network traffic.

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