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Akamai's new cloud firewall capabilities aim to protect network edge

CSO Magazine

Content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security services provider Akamai Technologies has added a network cloud firewall capability to its cloud-based DDoS platform, Akamai Prolexic. To read this article in full, please click here

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

CyberSecurity Insiders

AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The terms computer security, information security and cybersecurity were practically non-existent in the 1980s, but believe it or not, firewalls have existed in some form since that time.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. At the same time, WAF technology is increasingly a part of more comprehensive security solutions like next-generation firewalls (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), and more. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Checkpoint.

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US Disrupts Russian Botnet

Schneier on Security

The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet. The botnet “targets network devices manufactured by WatchGuard Technologies Inc. Four more news articles. WatchGuard) and ASUSTek Computer Inc.

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SiteLock TrueShield Web Application Firewall Updates

SiteLock

SiteLock is expanding the network behind our web application firewall, TrueShield , and our content delivery network, TrueSpeed. This will require some customers to make changes to their firewall or web server configuration to ensure our new servers are compatible with your website’s hosting server. Ubuntu: sudo /sbin/iptables-save.

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Bye-bye best-of-breed?

CSO Magazine

When I started working in cybersecurity 20 years ago, there were a few rock-solid security technology principles treated as gospel. One of those was the insistence on best-of-breed security technologies. Best-of-breed technologies were then combined as part of another time-honored principle—defense-in-depth.

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What is SIEM? Security information and event management explained

CSO Magazine

SIEM software (pronounced ‘sim’; the ‘e’ is silent) collects and aggregates log and event data generated throughout the organization’s technology infrastructure, from host systems and applications to network and security devices such as firewalls and antivirus filters. To read this article in full, please click here

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