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DE:CODED – Firewall speeds and VPN risks

Security Boulevard

Do you need a personal VPN? The post DE:CODED – Firewall speeds and VPN risks appeared first on SE Labs Blog. The post DE:CODED – Firewall speeds and VPN risks appeared first on Security Boulevard. Show notes for series 2, episode 2 Is your firewall as fast as you think?

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This is Not Your Father’s VPN

Security Boulevard

To many, VPNs seem unremarkable and haven’t changed much in the past decade. A VPN is a VPN is a VPN. Some even think that VPNs are hardly necessary with the rise of building encryption directly into email, browsers, applications and cloud storage.

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Ivanti VPN Zero-Day Combo Chained ‘by China’

Security Boulevard

The post Ivanti VPN Zero-Day Combo Chained ‘by China’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Under active exploitation since last year—but still no patch available.

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NetWORK: Redefining Network Security

Cisco Security

Among the most consequential is Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0, We’ve increased throughput by up to 30%—across enabled AVC, IPS, and VPN services—for the majority of Cisco Secure Firewalls. Today, we’re also announcing a new way forward: NetWORK security. Security is too complicated.

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Modernizing Secure Remote Access: A VPN-less Future for Hybrid Work

Duo's Security Blog

Adopting zero-trust security principles for network access is imperative to reduce risk of data exposure and breaches. Many organizations are familiar with virtual private networks (VPNs), particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when they had to rapidly enable remote access at scale.

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Fortinet VPN with default certificate exposes 200,000 businesses to hack

Security Affairs

According to SAM Seamless Network , over 200,000 businesses are using Fortigate VPN with default settings, exposing them to the risk of a hack. In response to the spreading of Coronavirus across the world, many organizations deployed VPN solutions, including Fortigate VPN, to allow their employers to work from their homes.

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Fireside chat: The inevitable replacement of VPNs by ‘ZTNA’ — zero trust network access

The Last Watchdog

This is so, despite the fact that the fundamental design of a VPN runs diametrically opposed to zero trust security principles. I had the chance to visit with David Holmes, network security analyst at Forrester, to learn more about how this dichotomy is playing out as companies accelerate their transition to cloud-centric networking.

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