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Several Palo Alto Networks firewalls have achieved EAL4+ certification, making them validated for deployment in critical infrastructures, ranging from national governments to enterprise and financial institution networks.
The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or REN-ISAC, issued an alert to administrators and IT staffers at some of the world’s most notable institutions of higher learning that urges them to take the matter of securing DNS seriously.
Barracuda Networks released version 7.8 of their Web Application Firewall (WAF), which was developed with the aim of lowering the impact Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have on an organization.
McAfee launched a new biometric protection suite, promising uniform data protection across multiple platforms, including Mac OS X, iOS, Windows, and Android.
CORE Insight Enterprise 3.0 offers multi-vector vulnerability assessment, asset categorization, threat simulation, penetration testing and security analytics.
McAfee released a new network intrusion prevention system (IPS) appliance based on technology Intel that offers throughput of up to 40 Gbps,and increased scalability and more capacity to run next generation IPS services.
In what was billed as his first media briefing outside China in 26 years at the helm of Huawei, company founder and president Ren Zhengfei was interviewed by a small group of New Zealand journalists in the capital Wellington.
Check Point Software launched its new 600 Appliances, making security features typically available to larger organizations, available to small businesses at a price point starting at $399.
Syria was cut off from the Internet on Tuesday, and remains offline as of Wednesday morning, according to several US Internet firms and the State Department.
Dutch government websites were kocked offline for several hours overnight after a mass cyber attack which targeted several ministerial sites.
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Without the internal and external safeguards working in conjunction, your vulnerability will spike and your performance will suffer as a by-product -- two things you can’t afford to have happen.
In order to win the war with today’s cybercriminals that are using the same attack vectors on a massive scale, a real-time, automated information platform that pre-empts ongoing attacks is an imperative.
Trust comes at a price. However, while IT security professionals understand this, they often treat trust as an afterthought. As a result, companies suffer the consequences in unexpected recovery costs and failed business relationships.
Even the most security diligent organizations realize that breaches are no longer a question of ‘if’ but a question of ‘when.’ Preparing for a cyber attack must include containing the damage and more rapidly restoring systems to trusted states.
Today’s businesses must be able to rapidly adapt to changing market conditions – to support a new venture, merger/acquisition, etc. As business needs change, so too must the underlying security policies.
As we define what may arguably be the “next big thing” for networking, did we leave network security as an afterthought? What are the new considerations for security in a software-defined network?
While Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks bring the promise of relieving traffic jams for mobile operators, they also entail new security risks.
There is an old saying, that if you want to get ahead, don’t bring your boss problems, bring him or her solutions. The same can be said when it comes to investing in security solutions.
While the recent massive DDoS attack against SpamHaus.org ended well for SpamHaus, it made me more aware than ever that everyone can become a better Internet citizen.
Verizon’s DBIR said 92% of breaches are perpetrated by outsiders while 14% are committed by insiders. So clearly external threats are the greatest risk right?
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