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802.1X: What you need to know about this LAN-authentication standard

Network World

When devics on enterprise LANs need to connect to other devices, they need a standard method for identifying each other to ensure they are communicating with the device they want to, and that's what 802.1x is a standard that defines how to provide authentication for devices that connect with other devices on local area networks (LANs).

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Hybrid working: network managers need to take care of unfinished business

CIO Business Intelligence

For many enterprises, the pandemic involved rapidly deployed ways of enabling remote working. Amit Dhingra, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Networking at NTT, says: “Nobody expected it. NTT’s recipe for hybrid working begins with zero trust network architecture, identity management and multifactor authentication.

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5G-enabled manufacturing: Realizing Industry 4.0

TM Forum

Here two-Factor authentication was used for access control for the remote management, and all security measures maintained three fundamental principles of information security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Securing the MPN was a key feature of this.

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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, 85% of enterprises will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms. Gone are the days when enterprises were hampered when it comes to speed. Zero-trust network access : (ZTNA) enables safe and secure access to enterprise applications for remote users.