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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Security Boulevard

On Jan 20, 2002 , exactly 20 years ago, I joined a “SIM” vendor that shall remain nameless, but is easy to figure out. That windy winter day in northern New Jersey definitely set my security career on a new course. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor.

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What does WiFi stand for?

Malwarebytes

In 2002, WECA was rebranded to WiFi Alliance, which features hundreds of renowned member companies today. A VPN wraps your network traffic (including web browsing, email, and other things) in a protective tunnel and makes up for any weaknesses in their encryption. Set a long password for your router and your WiFi network.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Gartner gave it top place in unified threat management (UTM), and it was named a Leader in next-gen firewalls (NGFW). A startup getting to Unicorn status (valued at a billion or more) on the back of security training is quite a feat. Cisco’s roots are in networking but by necessity it has expanded into security and storage.

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Top SD-WAN Solutions for Enterprise Security

eSecurity Planet

The emergence of SD-WAN and SASE technologies bundled together has led many vendors to address both advanced routing and network security vendors for clients. Networking specialists like Cisco and HPE’s Aruba are moving deeper into security. Features: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Secure SD-WAN.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW.