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Next-Generation Firewalls: A comprehensive guide for network security modernization

CyberSecurity Insiders

This not only helps protect against malicious content but also aligns seamlessly with contemporary networking topologies like Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) and zero-trust architectures. Firewalls primarily serve to protect against undesirable or malicious network traffic.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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SANS Critical Control 7: Wireless Device Control

NopSec

Wireless networks have always been a “no man’s land” in terms of security and appropriate configuration. Some of the most notorious security breaches (ie TJX) happened because the security configuration of the enterprise wireless access points was loose.

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7 Types of Penetration Testing: Guide to Pentest Methods & Types

eSecurity Planet

This will not only help better test the architectures that need to be prioritized, but it will provide all sides with a clear understanding of what is being tested and how it will be tested. This ensures the entirety of the network and its endpoints are marked for testing and evaluation. See the Top Web Application Firewalls 4.

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

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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Attacks Escalating Against Linux-Based IoT Devices

eSecurity Planet

See also: EU to Force IoT, Wireless Device Makers to Improve Security. Mozi is a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet network that was first detected in 2019 and uses the distributed hash table (DHT) system. Mozi, XorDDoS and Mirai. It then blocks those ports so that it is not overwritten by other malicious actors or malware.”.

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