Remove Architecture Remove Artificial Intelligence Remove DNS Remove Firewall
article thumbnail

How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

DNS 103
article thumbnail

What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

article thumbnail

What is SASE? Secure Access Service Service Edge Explained

eSecurity Planet

Traditional networking either causes operations bottlenecks by forcing all traffic to route through centralized firewalls or exposes remote assets and cloud resources to attack. Implementing SASE Bottom Line: Implement SASE to Improve Security and Operations What Problem Does SASE Solve?

article thumbnail

9 Best Secure Web Gateway Vendors for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) to detect, classify, and stop attacks and enforce acceptable use policies. Many of these vendors also rank on our top next-gen firewall (NGFW) page. Elastic and scalable serverless architecture and auto-scaling. Agent-based, proxy-free architecture.

article thumbnail

Top Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Providers

eSecurity Planet

At its broadest level, it aims to secure everything outside enterprise firewalls , a concept known as the ever-expanding network edge. Specific technologies found in SASE offerings often include SD-WAN and Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) , secure web gateways , ZTNA, firewalls as a service (FWaaS) , VPNs and microsegmentation.

Firewall 105
article thumbnail

Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Physical appliances provide functionality for routing wide area networks (WANs), stateful firewalls, SD-WANs, NGFW, antivirus, intrusion prevention services (IPS), and unified threat management (UTM) capabilities for local networks.