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What Is a Firewall Policy? Steps, Examples & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. Featured Partners: Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) Software Learn more Table of Contents Toggle Free Firewall Policy Template What Are the Components of Firewall Policies?

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Threat Trends: DNS Security, Part 2

Cisco Security

This is what we covered in part one of this Threat Trends release on DNS Security, using data from Cisco Umbrella , our cloud-native security service. This time we’ll be comparing yearly totals of DNS traffic to malicious sites, by industry. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are the industry trends: Technology.

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NSA, CISA issue guidance on Protective DNS services

SC Magazine

A PDNS service uses existing DNS protocols and architecture to analyze DNS queries and mitigate threats. A PDNS can log and save suspicious queries and provide a blocked response, delaying or preventing malicious actions – such as ransomware locking victim files – while letting organizations investigate using those logged DNS queries.

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Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native

Cisco Security

This is where Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native (SFCN) comes in. Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native brings together the benefits of Kubernetes and Cisco’s industry-leading security technologies, providing a resilient architecture for infrastructure security at scale. Scalable edge firewall. Scalable DC backhauls.

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What Is Stateful Inspection in Network Security? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

Stateful inspection is a firewall feature that filters data packets based on the context of previous data packets. For example, a firewall performing stateful inspection may be tracking an active FTP transfer with the FTP server and show a network laptop in a Listen or Closed status. Stateless protocols (UDP, HTTP, etc.)

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Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center

Cisco Security

This requires a robust connection to the Internet (Lumen and Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and network full packet capture & forensics and SIEM (RSA NetWitness); with Cisco providing cloud-based security and intelligence support. Cisco Technologies. alphaMountain.ai

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The NSA Wants Businesses to Use DoH. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Webroot

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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