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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. By 2027, the global number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 29 billion, a significant increase from the 16.7 Your network becomes a breeding ground for threats to go undetected.

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3 business benefits of stronger security using Zero Trust principles

CIO

Operational technology (OT) organizations face increasing challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Manufacturing in particular has become a bigger target for bad actors; in fact, it was one of the sectors most impacted by extortion attacks, according to Palo Alto Networks’ 2023 Unit 42 Extortion and Ransomware Report. As Industry 4.0

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. But ransomware isn’t the only risk.

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2 Innovations That Can Tip the Balance in Cybersecurity

CIO

Army Major General and Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm? This is not just a theoretical exercise.

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Cybersecurity Platformization

Palo Alto Networks

Where Simplicity and Cost Savings Meet Better Security The debate over cybersecurity platforms versus “best-of-breed” point solutions has been a hot topic within the cybersecurity industry for years. A great example of this would be IoT security.

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AIOps for successful IoT projects

CIO

It’s interesting how the number of projected IoT devices being connected in 2023 can differ by 26 billion from article to article. Here is where AI networking features can help. Initial visibility leads to proper segmentation for security purposes and so that users aren’t surprising you with unknown clients.

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Cybersecurity Funding Shows Resilience In Q1

Crunchbase News

Venture funding overall was still sluggish , but cybersecurity startups saw some love from investors in the first quarter of 2024. To be sure, this is not the salad days of 2021 — cybersecurity funding was still down year to year — but the sector saw its best funding quarter in three quarters. billion valuation.

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