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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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2023 MSP Benchmark Survey: Where Executives Differ From Their Tech Partners

Kaseya

The question remains — do executives and technicians at a managed service provider (MSP) always agree on everything? With the 2023 MSP Benchmark Survey, we aimed to understand how well the business and technical sides of an MSP align. A look at the demographics The 2023 Kaseya MSP Global Benchmark Survey had 1,091 respondents.

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Security Teams Unprepared for COVID-19 Cyberthreats According to Primary Research Study

Firemon

Security spend lags behind the rate of cloud adoption: In fact, 77% spend less than 25% of their budget on cloud security. Even more shockingly, 7% of government respondents do not spend any of their security budget on the cloud. .

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO

The survey also reveals the average salaries for each role based on experience. Of those surveyed, 56% said they planned to hire for new roles in the coming year and 39% said they planned to hire for vacated roles. Recruiting in the tech industry remains strong, according to the report.

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AI brings speed to security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Survey results indicate incident response times improve with AI-based security services. Twenty percent of IT professionals who rely on traditional security measures said their teams can detect a malware infection or other attack within minutes, according to the survey. Security is integral to IT budgets for organizations with CISOs.

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2015 Cyberthreat Defense Report Reveals Cyberattacks Rising and Confidence Sinking

CTOvision

CyberEdge Group surveyed more than 800 security decision makers and practitioners seeking a 360 degree view of threats, defenses and planned investments. Before diving into the details of the results we should mention that conclusions from opinion surveys like this are always somewhat generic. By Bob Gourley. Cyber Security'

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Taxed by Overwork, Understaffing and Lack of Support, as Stress Takes a Toll

Tenable

1 - Study: Being a cyber pro is tough, and it ain’t getting any easier Most cybersecurity professionals feel their jobs are getting harder, due to factors like staffing shortages, tighter budgets, growing compliance requirements and increasingly complex attacks. Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending September 8.