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The Complete Guide to Firewall Policy Compliance: Ensuring Enterprise Security

Firemon

Keeping your firewall policies compliant isn’t just about checking a box it’s about keeping your internal network secure, your data protected, and your business running smoothly. Think of your firewall as the front door to your companys digital ecosystem. What Is Firewall Compliance? Would you leave it unlocked?

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Removing the Firewall Barrier to Zero Trust Network Segmentation

Firemon

Take the first steps on a Zero Trust journey without replacing your firewalls. And often, traditional firewalls are miscast as outdated barriers, when they could be the foundation. It’s not just about untangling firewall rules, it’s about lacking a clear, holistic strategy.

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Mitigate DNS Vulnerabilities Proactively with Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall

Perficient

DNS (Domain Name System) is a foundational element of network infrastructure, but it’s often overlooked as a security risk. To strengthen DNS-layer security, Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall provides robust control over DNS traffic by enabling the use of domain lists, allowing specific domains to be explicitly permitted or denied.

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Enhancing Private 5G Security in industrial deployments

CIO

OT can be at the heart of critical infrastructure, meaning disruption could cause major problems and even endanger people. Additionally, 5G promises to accelerate IT-OT convergence and thereby help improve efficiency, enhance decision making, and drive new revenue streams. Yet with this progress comes new opportunities for hackers.

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How To Use Terraform for Automation at the Edge

The New Stack

This includes everything from firewalls and SD-WANs to core business applications that require resilience and strong security. This approach minimizes manual intervention, accelerates deployment cycles and ensures consistent enforcement of security policies, no matter how distributed or complex the infrastructure.

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IT infrastructure complexity hindering cyber resilience

CIO

The complexity of IT and security infrastructure was highlighted as the greatest obstacle to achieving cyber resilience according to new research, Unlock the Resilience Factor from Zscaler. The survey results underscore the pressing need for organizations to rethink their approach and shift towards resilience by design.

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. For example, a typical NGFW now may be equipped with firewalling, SD-WAN, a Wi-Fi controller for SD-Branch, an Ethernet controller, and zero-trust functionality.

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