Network World

JULY 30, 2019

As the commercial enterprise firewall approaches its 30th birthday, it is hard to overstate how dramatically the product has evolved. This 2,700-word research report looks the current state of next-generation firewall technology.

Firewall 63

Firewall Architecture Security Research 63

CTOvision

JANUARY 23, 2015

Products from Palo Alto Networks can give you that platform approach. Palo Alto Networks promises to safely enable applications to prevent both known and unknown threats for all users on any device, and any network, physical or virtual, in a highly automated way, while sharing threat intelligence with their customers.

Network 150

Network Firewall Applications CTO 150

Network World

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Cisco is coming out with four next-generation firewall boxes aimed at giving smaller organizations protection that is better sized to their needs and engineered to minimize performance hits as additional security services are turned on.

Firewall 103

Firewall Architecture Engineering Network 103

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Zero Trust is an architecture that verifies every user and device that tries to access the network and enforces strict access control and identity management that limits authorized users to accessing only those resources they need to do their jobs. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.].

Firewall 153

Firewall Data Center Architecture Applications 153

TM Forum

JANUARY 27, 2022

As Orange Group’s CTO and Senior Vice President Orange Innovation Networks he is responsible for steering the evolution of the operator’s networks, including their software transformation. “On the network side we are at the beginning of a significant transformation of our industrial model.

CTO 130

CTO Network Cloud Virtualization 130

CTOvision

APRIL 9, 2015

Interestingly enough, Palo Alto Networks is working on ways to help its customers leverage the high fidelity data coming out of its Enterprise Security Platform. A SOM is a type of artificial neural network that uses unsupervised learning to produce a discretized representation of its input.

Network 150

Network Architecture Enterprise Enterprise 150

Forrester IT

JANUARY 21, 2020

David Holmes formerly worked for both F5 Networks and Shape Security. The F5 Networks acquisition of Shape Security marked the third time in a year that a web application firewall (WAF) vendor purchased a bot management solution, as fellow Forrester analyst Sandy Carielli noted in her blog (The WAF-Bot Management Acquisition Waltz).

Security 243

Security Firewall Network Applications 243

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Today, security, networking, and IT teams are faced with reduced headcount, shrinking budgets, and the very real need to do more with less. Yesterday’s hub-and-spoke networks and castle-and-moat security models were adequate when users, applications, and data all resided onsite in the corporate office or data center.

Firewall 98

Firewall Architecture Network Security 98

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2022

Integrating a new network after an acquisition can be a sizable headache for any CIO. Traditionally, to integrate its acquisitions, Koch would flatten the acquired company’s core network, says Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions at Koch. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says. Laying the foundation.

CTO 97

CTO Network Cloud Data Center 97

Network World

JANUARY 31, 2019

Air-gapping is the common practice of physically isolating data-storing computers from other systems, computers and networks so they theoretically can’t be compromised because there is nothing connecting the machines.

System 84

System Architecture Firewall Security 84

Forrester IT

DECEMBER 31, 2019

With F5 Networks buying themselves a $1 billion Christmas present in Shape Security, it’s a good time to review the state of the bot management market. The Shape Security sale caps off a year of bot management acquisitions by web application firewall (WAF) vendors.

Firewall 195

Firewall Applications Security Network 195

CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The problem is that threat actors are able to get through the castle gates (firewalls) and once in, are able to evade the castle guards (IPS). The argument is that today with the expansion of n-tier distributed systems and massively parallel architectures, east-west traffic has increased exponentially. Microsegmentation will fix this.

Network 150

Network Security Vmware Virtualization 150

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

Speaking at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Jason Cao, Huawei’s CEO of Digital Finance BU, acknowledged that digital financial services are “booming” and that the rise of open architecture as well as emerging technologies like generative AI will have an impact on key fields in the industry such as financial engagement and credit loans.

Banking 58

Banking Strategy Disaster Recovery Financial 58

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Hence, it’s important to protect the cloud and its various connections across various cloud environments, not just those that directly tie back to the on-premise network. It’s not as simple as just extending traditional firewall capabilities to the cloud. In fact, a few of the most common challenges include: Risk. Operational costs.

Cloud 135

Cloud Architecture IBM Security 135

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A recent CIO column suggested that the biggest worry for CIOs should not be the fear of AI growth but rather figuring out the best way to gradually incorporate generative AI into the enterprise, either as an add-on model or a foundational piece of the architecture. So, simply blocking LLM access is not the right answer.

Enterprise 118

Enterprise Enterprise Firewall Training 118

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Production lines, networks, call centers: every aspect of your organization is being revolutionized in different ways by technology such as AI, automation, edge computing and the many flavors of cloud. So, when you choose a managed service provider, make sure they offer extensive network, security and implementation expertise.

Network 110

Network Artificial Intelligence WAN Security 110

SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach. Does CISA agree that the SolarWinds malware could have been neutralized had victim agencies placed firewalls in front of the servers running SolarWinds Orion and configured them to block outgoing connections to the internet?".

Firewall 69

Firewall Malware Network Internet 69

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Many organizations rely on legacy security architectures to secure their cloud workloads. They often use a combination of: Cloud native security solutions offered by cloud service providers Multiple security tools (firewall, VPN, TLS/SSL inspection, DLP, etc.)

Cloud 98

Cloud Policies Architecture Security 98

Phil Windley

AUGUST 28, 2023

Past practices included techniques like virtual private networks (VPNs) that tried to emulate the idea of an intranet where trusted computers and people were protected from hackers by a firewall that "kept the bad stuff out." Often the bad actors are hard to tell apart from your employees, partners, and customers.

Authentication 85

Authentication Policies Applications Firewall 85

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

Securing the network One major aspect of Cathay’s cloud optimization plan is embracing Aryaka’s unified secure access service edge (SASE) converged networking, security, and observability platform across its global network, Nair says. It will replace the standard MPLS network, he adds.

Cloud 118

Cloud Airlines Network Security 118

CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Marty Meehan.

Software 194

Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

CTOvision

MAY 6, 2015

Firemon enables enterprises to continuously analyze, visualize and improve the capabilities of your existing network security infrastructure. Enterprises use FireMon to perform key management tasks like Firewall rules cleanup, firewall policy changes, reducing complexity of firewall rulesets and ensuring compliance.

Government 150

Government Security Firewall Policies 150

CTOvision

JUNE 3, 2015

A good deal of effort goes into migration of existing network security infrastructure, and more importantly network security policies, to support cloud services. With these findings, organizations are struggling to address the rapidly formalizing set of complex security management issues related to the evolution of networking.

Security 150

Security Firewall CTO Cloud 150

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Historically, our jobs as infrastructure and security professionals have involved installing the “plumbing” that ensures organizations remain connected through traditional networking and security practices. For decades, organizations have considered networking and security a cost of doing business. Important, but rarely revolutionary.

Data Center 142

Data Center Network Applications Security 142

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This is a liveblog of the AWS re:Invent session titled “Hybrid Architectures: Bridging the Gap to the Cloud” (ARC208). The speaker for the session is Jamie Butler, Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS (focused on state/local government). Once you have data and identity addressed, it’s time to handle networking.

Architecture 60

Architecture Cloud Storage Vmware 60

SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach. Does CISA agree that the SolarWinds malware could have been neutralized had victim agencies placed firewalls in front of the servers running SolarWinds Orion and configured them to block outgoing connections to the internet?".

Firewall 52

Firewall Malware Network Internet 52

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment.

Software 151

Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

CTOvision

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Palo Alto unveils latest release of virtual firewall series. Enterprise security company, Palo Alto Networks has announced the latest release of its virtual firewall series (VM-Series). “If you’re not already spending a lot of capital in … Read more on NewsFactor Network. Upcoming Industry Events.

Dell 258

Dell Big Data Firewall Storage 258

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

Virtualization 134

Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 134

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 30, 2013

For some reason, I had a difficult time with the basic concept of Network Virtualization. VMware equates network virtualization to Server Virtualization. What doesn’t seem as natural is Network Virtualization. I had a problem disassociating the physical access layer with the abstracted network component.

Virtualization 81

Virtualization Network Vmware Firewall 81

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Deep learning AI: A rising workhorse Deep learning AI uses the same neural network architecture as generative AI, but can’t understand context, write poems or create drawings. Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.

Dell 111

Dell Intel Open Source Hardware 111

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

However, the increased complexity of a distributed application architecture brought on by digital transformation continues to challenge even the largest security operations. Again, there is no one-size fits all protection and the security requirements for cloud differ from on-premise architectures. Securing the shift to the cloud.

Security 105

Security WAN Network Cloud 105

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2023

Solutions architect Solutions architects are responsible for building, developing, and implementing systems architecture within an organization, ensuring that they meet business or customer needs. They’re also charged with assessing a business’ current system architecture, and identifying solutions to improve, change, and modernize it.

Engineering 115

Engineering Devops Architecture Software 115

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 6, 2023

But 86% of technology managers also said that it’s challenging to find skilled professionals in software and applications development, technology process automation, and cloud architecture and operations. Front-end developers write and analyze code, debug applications, and have a strong understanding of databases and networks.

Devops 143

Devops How To Engineering Systems Administration 143

SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

"Volt Typhoon," a state-sponsored cyber actor associated with the People's Republic of China (PRC), has been identified by Microsoft, the United States, and international cybersecurity authorities as the party responsible for recent activity affecting networks across U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. infrastructure, especially on the U.S.

Microsoft 77

Microsoft Firewall Security Network 77

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

CCA prerequisites Large organizations usually govern their IT portfolio via global architectural patterns, which can be thought of as building blocks, and include IT security patterns. In practice, IT architectural patterns give architects the building blocks to design any IT solution.

Financial 105

Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

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. We predict that the convergence of networking and security will continue to expand to more areas. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

Firewall 98

Firewall Network WAN Security 98