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Modern Network Security: How Technology and Smart Practices are Reducing Risk

CIO

Fortunately, security solutions and practices have transformed thanks to the cross pollination of security, data analytics, cloud, and networking protocols like Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN). Smart use of modern network security solutions and practices give CISOs their best chance fight against threats and mitigate risk. .

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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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CodeSOD: Classic WTF: Developer Carols

The Daily WTF

7 WANs a-failing. WCry the Malware (to the tune of Frosty the Snowman). WCry the Malware, was a nasty ugly worm, With a cryptolock and a bitcoin bribe, Spread over SMB. WCry the Malware, is a Korean hack they say, But the NSA covered up the vuln, To use on us one day. 11 Trojans dancing. 10 bosses griping.

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Introducing Cloud NGFW for Azure — On-Prem to Azure, Seamlessly Secure

Palo Alto Networks

Our managed firewall service even integrates with Azure Virtual WAN deployments, so customers can protect traffic across their entire networks. Then there’s Advanced Threat Protection , which stops unknown exploits, malware, spyware and command and control (C2) while utilizing inline deep learning to halt zero-day attacks in real time.

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Call for Papers — Ignite ‘21 Is Now Open

Palo Alto Networks

Malware Analysis & Sandboxing. Data Loss Prevention. Securing SaaS Applications. Cloud Access Security Broker. Intrusion Prevention (IPS/IDS). Ransomware Protection. Internet / Web Security. DNS Security. Extending Network Security to the Cloud. Secure Access Service Edge - Prisma SASE. Zero Trust Network Access. Firewall as a Service.

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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. According to Sophos, they were able to identify “an attack against physical and virtual XG Firewall units” after reviewing the report of a “suspicious field value” in the XG Firewall’s management interface.

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The Importance of Network Security & Planning in Educational Institutions

Kentik

Whether it’s for a college, university or K-12 institution, networking and IT teams engaged in the management and monitoring of campus networks are facing some big challenges today: Maintaining very large, complex local wireless and fixed WAN networks that include access to research networks that span broad geographies.