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SonicWall warns customers about zero-day vulnerabilities

CSO Magazine

Firewall and network security appliance manufacturer SonicWall is urging customers to take preventive actions after its own systems were attacked through previously unknown vulnerabilities in some of its products. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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BrandPost: Why Bad Actors Target VPNs, and What Can Be Done to Stop Attacks

CSO Magazine

In reality, however, many of the DDoS attacks waged against enterprises target components that have long been a part of the network—things such as virtual private network (VPN) devices, firewalls, load balancers and other edge devices. Such devices contain state information used to route and manage traffic.

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Cybersecurity First: #BeCyberSmart at Work and Home

Security Through Education

Connect to a secure network and use a company-issued Virtual Private Network (VPN). Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. Keep your personal and corporate devices on separate Wi-Fi networks. Update your software.

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BrandPost: Building Network Efficiency at Hundreds of Locations Worldwide with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

CSO Magazine

Previously, the company relied on a hub-and-spoke wide-area network (WAN) architecture that used a combination of two managed IP MPLS VPN links and broadband, one MPLS and two broadband, or one broadband and 4G depending on location. All local traffic was funneled through the regional data centers for inspection by a corporate firewall.

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