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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap to achieve a better balance of network security and performance

The Last Watchdog

Why do so many businesses struggle to balance network security and user experience? Even before COVID, enterprises saw huge increases in people working outside the traditional corporate firewall. Your network security simulations should do the same. Trends like: • More distributed users and applications.

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. XM Cyber Platform.

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New GTPDOOR backdoor is designed to target telecom carrier networks

Security Affairs

Researcher HaxRob discovered a previously undetected Linux backdoor named GTPDOOR, designed to target telecom carrier networks. Security researcher HaxRob discovered a previously undetected Linux backdoor dubbed GTPDOOR, which is specifically crafted to carry out stealth cyber operations within mobile carrier networks.

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Becoming an MSSP: Tools, Services & Tips for Managed Security Services

eSecurity Planet

According to Jay McBain, an analyst at Forrester Research, spending on IT and telecommunications will be worth about $7 trillion by 2030. MDR services , for example, often include network security services, and vice versa. The company is best known for its firewalls, but it also offers one of the lowest-cost EDR products around.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

.” The three activity sets included a campaign against the Philippine government between March and May 2022; a campaign against telecommunications and business service providers in South Asia in April 2022; and a campaign against organizations in Belarus and Russia in May 2022.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a virtualized network infrastructure where typical network functions – like firewalls , routing, and SD-WAN – can be installed as software through abstraction. National Strategy to Secure 5G (NTIA). Also Read: Top Enterprise Network Security Tools for 2021.

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How to Stop DDoS Attacks: Prevention & Response

eSecurity Planet

Firewalls may allow these packets through and cause server CPUs to become overwhelmed due to resources wasted analyzing and discarding these packets. Hardening includes, but is not limited to: Block unused ports on servers and firewalls. Limit some protocols to devices on the internal network. using firewall technology.

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