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The Internet Dilemma: Leveraging the Value While Reducing Vulnerabilities

Security Boulevard

Years ago, we couldn’t foresee the potential impact of digital technology innovations on brand stability. Network connectivity and digital transformation are a double-edged sword that holds the key to brand promotion and protection while also exposing companies to great.

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RSAC insights: ‘CAASM’ tools and practices get into the nitty gritty of closing network security gaps

The Last Watchdog

Remediating security gaps in modern networks, not surprisingly, can quickly devolve into a tangled mess. Both the technology and the teams responsible for specific cyber assets tend to operate in silos. On the flip side, security gaps are multiplying as network attack surfaces expand exponentially.

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

CyberSecurity Insiders

Over the years, the traditional firewall has transformed to meet the demands of the modern workplace and adapt to an evolving threat landscape. Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), free from legacy technology constraints, take advantage of significant advancements in computational power, memory, and storage.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CAASM’ can help security teams embrace complexity – instead of trying to tame it

The Last Watchdog

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. But then along came digital transformation.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. A methodical drive has been underway for at least the past decade to affect a transition to a new network security paradigm – one less rooted in the past and better suited for what’s coming next.

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RSAC insights: Why vulnerability management absolutely must shift to a risk-assessment approach

The Last Watchdog

Vulnerability management, or VM, has long been an essential, if decidedly mundane, component of network security. Advanced VM tools and practices are rapidly emerging to help companies mitigate a sprawling array of security flaws spinning out of digital transformation. Related: Log4J’s long-run risks.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Some 27 percent of IT professionals who partook in a survey conducted by next-gen firewall supplier Imperva at RSA 2018 reported receiving more than 1 million security alerts daily. Smart money.