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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.”

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CVE-2020-12271: Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Sophos pushes a hotfix to address a SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. On April 22, Sophos published a knowledge base entry on the Sophos Community regarding the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in the Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. Background. Proof of concept.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

The CCA allows overarching enterprise functions and IT shared services to be assessed separately from the business unit’s products/applications that require PCI security compliance. Some of them not only can provide strong authentication, but also have the ability to be used as a secret repository.

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Be a Cyber Defender and Protect Your Mobile Devices!

Ivanti

Zero trust states never trust, always verify, act like the network you are connected to and your device are compromised by threat actors, and the applications and content installed on your device are vulnerable to sophisticated chained exploits. Regularly update your mobile operating system and applications.

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So… What is Ansible?

Perficient

IT organizations are responsible for an ever-increasing number of applications, infrastructure providers, operating system versions, network devices, platforms, monitoring, ticket systems, and more. Now everything needed to build that application is defined in code, packaged together, and tracked in source control.

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11 Tips to Keep Your Company’s IT Systems Safe

Invid Group

Consider implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible to enhance security. This is a simple security measure that can go a long way in ensuring a safe digital space. Keep Software and Systems Up to Date Outdated software and systems are more vulnerable to security breaches.

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A Reference Architecture for the Cloudera Private Cloud Base Data Platform

Cloudera

This blog post provides an overview of best practice for the design and deployment of clusters incorporating hardware and operating system configuration, along with guidance for networking and security as well as integration with existing enterprise infrastructure. Operating System Disk Layouts. Authorisation.