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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.” Cisco was selling the PIX in the 90s.

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Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

TechCrunch

Networking and cybersecurity firm Versa today announced that it raised $120 million in a mix of equity and debt led by BlackRock, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank. A December 2021 survey by CSO found that 44% of security leaders at large companies expected their budgets to increase in the upcoming 12 months.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

Why securing cloud workloads is an urgent matter In recent years, major cloud service providers encountered 6,000 malware samples actively communicating with them, underlining the magnitude of cloud security challenges. It’s not as simple as just extending traditional firewall capabilities to the cloud. 8 Complexity.

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New: The Industry’s Most Flexible Software NGFW Consumption Model

Palo Alto Networks

What if there was a licensing approach that would let you procure software firewalls and security services with the speed and flexibility to match rapidly changing cloud requirements? Or how about dynamically resizing your software firewalls in response to changes in your organization? And why stop there? Then they hope for the best.

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This Is How We Do It — Season One Recap

Palo Alto Networks

Our blog and video series, “ This is How We Do It, ” offers a behind-the-scenes, candid exposé of how Palo Alto Networks protects its security operations center (SOC) using its own solutions. This series provides insights into a non-traditional SOC structure vs. a conventional four-tier model.

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Concept, Benefits and Use Cases

Kaseya

MDR experts’ tool stack includes everything from firewall, antivirus and antimalware programs to advanced intrusion detection, encryption, and authentication and authorization solutions. In such an environment, relying solely on conventional security systems like firewalls and antivirus software will not meet the challenge.

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2015 Cyberthreat Defense Report Reveals Cyberattacks Rising and Confidence Sinking

CTOvision

In 2014, 71 percent of respondents’ networks were breached with 22 percent of them victimized six or more times. This is a significant increase from the preceding year, which saw 62 percent of respondents’ networks breached, with 16 percent of them victimized by six or more successful cyberattacks. Waking up to a new reality.

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