Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. Why do developers say security is their biggest IoT challenge?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. The best ones find the right balance between performance, security effectiveness, and cost. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Amazon Web Services. Checkpoint. Cloudflare. Microsoft Azure. Signal Sciences. Fortinet FortiWeb.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A circuit-level gateway (CLG) is a firewall feature that acts as a proxy and filters packets based on session information. CLGs are important because they provide specialized security filtering and prevent the discovery of IP addresses and open ports on CLG-protected devices.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Research network security mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and virtual private networks (VPNs).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2022

During the first two decades of this century, virtual private networks —VPNs—served as a cornerstone of network security. VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. Related: Deploying human sensors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2023

Introduction Today you look at the Global/Multi-site Enterprise Security Architecture of an organization and see a myriad of concerns. Increased levels of complexity, difficulties managing multiple third parties, difficulties implementing consistent levels of security, and so on. This can include uncounted third parties as well.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The proliferation of cloud computing, mobile device use, and the Internet of Things has dissolved traditional network boundaries. Today, the network perimeter has evolved as workloads have moved to the cloud while non-managed, mobile devices have become the norm rather than the exception. The Zero Trust journey.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a keynote address, Omdia’s Eric Parizo, managing prinicipal analyst, and Andrew Braunberg, principal analyst, unveiled an approach they coined as “proactive security.” LW: What does Cisco’s $28 billion acquisition of Splunk signal about the trajectory that network security is on? This is a useful way to look at it.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently wrote a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, responding to some questions he previously asked the Agency regarding the SolarWinds breach. CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned cloud expert or just starting out, understanding IaaS security is critical for a resilient and secure cloud architecture. What Is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Security? IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption. Today the volume of encrypted network traffic is well over 80% , trending strongly toward 100%, according to Google. Sophos’ new XG Firewall is a good start to the improved technologies that are needed.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When enterprise firewalls were introduced in the mid-1990s, they served a critical function. By enforcing network connection policies, they made it possible for organizations to connect their still-evolving corporate networks to the internet. As threats expanded, more and more functionality was added to those devices.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently wrote a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, responding to some questions he previously asked the Agency regarding the SolarWinds breach. CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

The shift to software-defined everything and reliance on IT infrastructure scattered across the Internet has boosted corporate productivity rather spectacularly. Encouragingly, an emerging class of network visibility technology is gaining notable traction. Related: Stopping attack surface expansion. CAASM could be a cornerstone.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

And that’s certainly borne itself out in the IoT report where you have a 62%, greater flaw density, observable flaw density and environments where they are operating IoT devices on the internet. Let’s say you had a printer operating on the internet. If you have that IoT device, what had to go wrong?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A host-based firewall is installed directly on individual networked devices to filter network traffic on a single device by inspecting both incoming and outgoing data. Larger enterprises use this to manage the spread of malware throughout a network in the event that one device is infected.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Legacy security architectures just don’t fit this massively complex, highly dynamic environment. Somehow, more attention and security processes need to be focused on APIs without blunting their usefulness. We’re continuing to invest in our next generation firewall and our cloud-based security capabilities to counter that trend.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 22, 2021

But despite frequent references and marketing resources, there’s still much confusion about what SASE means, as well as its purpose and how seriously security pros should focus on it. Think of SASE as an architecture model, although sometimes it’s referred to as a concept or framework.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

But what are your options for proactive protection when the notion of a walled-in network has been shattered by the proliferation of new IoT devices, growth of cloud services, and new hybrid work from home models? DNS is often thought of as an internet utility, something that just works, rather than an opportunity to enhance security posture.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Specifically, the agency added: Recommendations for preventing common initial infection vectors Updated recommendations to address cloud backups and zero trust architecture (ZTA). It is also important to repeat security awareness training regularly to keep your staff informed and vigilant. Use automation to detect common issues (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

A DMZ network, or a demilitarized zone, is a subnetwork in an enterprise networking environment that contains public-facing resources — such as web servers for company websites — in order to isolate them from an enterprise’s private local area network (LAN).

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And my path to security is no different. What seems “way back when” in 1994, when the Internet was the next big thing in technology, I was part of the team that set up the national Internet backbone in India. If you are interested in joining Cisco’s Cloud and Network Security team, please visit current opportunities.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But just as organizations need these capabilities to ensure their applications operate where needed and as needed, they also require their security does the same. Organizations may introduce multiple individual firewalls into their AWS infrastructure to produce this outcome. Cisco Secure Firewall clustering overview.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

See the top Patch and Vulnerability Management products August 29, 2023 Juniper Vulnerabilities Expose Network Devices to Remote Attacks A critical vulnerability in Juniper EX switches and SRX firewalls is being tracked as CVE-2023-36844 , CVE-2023-36845 , CVE-2023-36846 , and CVE-2023-36847.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

An application gateway, also known as an application level gateway (ALG), functions as a critical firewall proxy for network security. Its filtering capability ensures that only certain network application data is transmitted, which has an impact on the security of protocols including FTP, Telnet, RTSP, and BitTorrent.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. We foresee regulations expanding beyond authentication and data privacy, and into more detailed requirements of network security and visibility into device bills of materials.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

RADIUS and TACACS+ apply to specific types of endpoints, but the ZTNA-as-a-Service product works for all kinds of devices, including Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) endpoints, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Network: The cloud provider ensures security for the networking infrastructure supporting the functioning of the cloud and encrypted interservice communications. This does not apply to customer-created networks or connections. Network, firewall, and web application firewall (WAF) hardening.

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Cisco Security

MAY 28, 2021

Cisco Cloud APIC translates all the policies received from MSO and programs them into cloud-native constructs such as VNets (Virtual Network), application security groups, network security groups, outbound rules, inbound rules, etc. Figure 1: Cisco ACI architecture for hybrid cloud. Spoke to Internet (N/S).

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The release of Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer is great news for customers, empowering them to simply and easily add Cisco Secure Firewall capabilities to their Azure cloud infrastructure. Securing cloud infrastructure while reducing complexity. Benefits of Cisco Secure Firewall with Azure Gateway Load Balancer.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

Among the findings are nine vulnerabilities that operate as “network pivots,” where attackers targeted VPNs, firewalls and other internet-facing technologies to gain initial access.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Vulnerability management extends beyond known 3rd-party vulnerabilities to include a broader range of issues, including incorrect installations, configuration errors, security gaps, use of obsolete protocols, architecture issues, and other mistakes.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies.

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McAfee

JULY 29, 2021

Architected for the cloud-first and remote-first deployments, MVISION Cloud Firewall secures access to applications and resources on the internet, accessed from every remote site and location, through a cloud-native service model. Wherever networks went, firewalls followed.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Agent-Server: The scanner installs agent software on the target host in an agent-server architecture. To find vulnerabilities throughout the network, these scanners frequently use techniques such as port scanning, network mapping, and service identification.

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