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More Than 90 Percent of Malware in Q2 Came Via Encrypted Traffic: WatchGuard

eSecurity Planet

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. AMS.Disable.A

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Cloud-based security: SECaaS

eSecurity Planet

To ease these burdens, SECaaS and SOCaaS vendors have emerged as cloud-based security as a service that can collect, analyze, and correlate your information from diverse systems and applications — turning former headaches into actionable information security intelligence. Security as a Service (SECaaS) .

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IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features

eSecurity Planet

While very useful, IDS and IPS solutions face limitations in complex modern networks such as packet visibility and availability. The most significant barrier to visibility is encryption. Some tools offer decryption capabilities, but this process can reduce performance and, ironically, introduce a security risk.

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Your network is talking. Are you listening? 

Cisco Security

Cisco Secure Network and Cloud Analytics provides a path beyond simply seeing; it is about knowing and gaining actionable, always-on security insights to thwart attackers before they can get any data out. A lot is going on within your network. Well, you can learn a lot from the network if you know how to listen.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW.

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Best Zero Trust Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Illumio’s workload and endpoint security platforms fit nicely into the zero trust space, and with its microsegmentation and whitelisting abilities, the company says it can even prevent the spread of ransomware. Good automation and management features give Illumio’s Adaptive Security Platform broad appeal. Palo Alto Networks.

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5 Stages of the Vulnerability Management Lifecycle

eSecurity Planet

This could include vulnerability scanners , configuration assessment tools, or security intelligence platforms. Depending on your organization and its security needs, this could involve running vulnerability scans on all your assets or prioritizing certain assets based on their potential exposure and importance.