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How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty

CIO

Today, security, networking, and IT teams are faced with reduced headcount, shrinking budgets, and the very real need to do more with less. Yesterday’s hub-and-spoke networks and castle-and-moat security models were adequate when users, applications, and data all resided onsite in the corporate office or data center.

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CRN 2020 Hottest Cybersecurity Products Include CN-Series Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

We’re proud to announce that CRN lists the CN-Series container firewall one of the hottest cybersecurity products of 2020. CN-Series is the industry’s first containerized Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) designed specifically for Kubernetes environments and addresses growing container usage.

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Why Proxy-Based Firewalls Are Not Enough

Palo Alto Networks

Proxy-based firewalls or web proxies have been considered an essential security component for some time now, but the question remains: Can proxies really help keep users safe? The first proxy-based firewalls achieved the basic task of controlling which websites users could access on the Internet. Implementation. Effectiveness.

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5 strategies for boosting endpoint management

CIO

Cloud architectures and remote workforces have effectively dissolved the network perimeter, the traditional line of defense for IT security. Now to guard against data breaches, ransomware, and other types of cyber threats, protecting network endpoints is more important than ever. Treat endpoints as the new network edge.

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Myth #1: Network Security Compliance Is Not All About Rules and Access Control

Firemon

Security and compliance are based on establishing policies for access control across the network and validating those policies on an ongoing basis by analyzing network traffic, remediating vulnerabilities, and reviewing policies for business needs. Auditors want to see documents that map essential network controls to the requirements.

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Microsegmentation – Secure Your Internal Network

CTOvision

The problem is that threat actors are able to get through the castle gates (firewalls) and once in, are able to evade the castle guards (IPS). Since 2000, secure networks have been built by segmenting traffic at the switch port level from server to server, radically limiting east-west traffic. Microsegmentation will fix this.

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Partner Security Growth and Value

Palo Alto Networks

How Partners Are Creating Service Opportunities with Palo Alto Networks. In an ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations are challenged with securing their network to meet the needs of a much larger remote workforce. Security deals pull in elements outside of the Palo Alto Networks and partner offerings, driving partner revenue.

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