SASE: We are presently witnessing a dramatic transformation of enterprise networking and its associated security environment. This sea change is being driven by major and ongoing ‘cloudification’ of business and workplace activities. Businesses are moving from on-premise solutions to hybrid and public cloud solutions, and managed networks. Adding to this complexity is the growing use […]
In the first half of 2020, IT teams around the globe rapidly responded to unprecedented change, threw the rule book out the window (in many cases), and found innovative and in some cases unorthodox ways to keep the business running while transitioning into some ill-defined “new normal”. This upheaval created opportunities that cybercriminals were eager […]
One of the most common forms of network threats today is distributed denial of service (DDoS). An attack involves flooding networks and servers with false internet traffic, thereby blocking access to genuine devices. Sometimes used to target specific businesses, cyber-attacks can bring down entire telecoms networks, as was the case in the attack on Dyn, […]
Cyber investigators reveal how harvesting the right data can help solve network security issues and provide legal peace of mind. While much of the world is harvesting crops in preparation for the coming winter, network teams are, as usual, harvesting network data. As anyone who captures packets knows, sometimes these payloads contain surprises. As you […]
Effective preparation, including investment in network performance monitoring tools such as packet capture, delivers network security forensics capabilities that are ready when attacks occur. The three main phases of a network security stance today are prevention, detection, and remediation. A recent survey by ServiceNow of 300 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) investigates the state of […]
