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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

Limited WAN Bandwidth. In a 2014 Next-Generation WAN Survey , 68 percent of respondents said demand for WAN bandwidth will increase over the next year. As the number of connected devices grows—from smartphones to tablets, and more—this strain on WAN bandwidth is inevitable. BYOD Will Fail to Live up to the Hype.

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CVE-2020-12271: Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

The attack targets the XG Firewall administration interface, which is accessible via the user portal, over HTTPs, or on the WAN zone. They discovered that this also affected systems when the port used for the administration interface or user portal was also used to expose a firewall service, such as the SSL VPN. Proof of concept.

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

Today, convergence is happening with SASE, which converges cloud-delivered security and networking, as well as Secure SD-WAN, zero trust network access (ZTNA), network access control (NAC), secure access points, and secure switches. For example, 5G is now used in more situations, such as in factories and for drone operations.

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The 8 Best Practices for Reducing Your Organization’s Attack Surface

Ivanti

Network segmentation minimizes the harm of malware and other threats by isolating it to a limited part of the network. And while zero trust isn't a product but a strategy, there are products that can help you implement a zero trust strategy. 5: Strengthen software and asset configurations.

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PAN-OS 10.0 for the World’s First ML-Powered NGFW Now Available

Palo Alto Networks

our most significant release to date, and the operating system at the heart of the World’s First ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) – making proactive, intelligent security a reality for our customers. . We announce the general availability of PAN-OS 10.0, Decryption. 95% of enterprise traffic is now encrypted. PAN-OS 10.0,

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Prisma® SASE and Talon to Secure the Rising Risk of Unmanaged Devices

Palo Alto Networks

Security for All Work Activity – Talon enables unmanaged devices to securely access enterprise apps and protect them from ever-evolving threats, including malware, phishing, malicious domains and other attack techniques, like keylogging. This improves the security posture of the entire organization.

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