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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. Recent critical vulnerabilities in VPNs and firewalls have exposed the risks associated with perimeter-based security measures. In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is no longer an option but a necessity.

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How to implement zero trust device security

CIO Business Intelligence

In a global environment where data is at increased risk from bad actors with access to sophisticated technology, traditional perimeter-centric safeguards, such as firewalls and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), don’t stand up to modern threats from outside the perimeter. In fact, internal networks no longer offer implicit trust either.

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Standing Up a Defense Network for Black Hat: A Herculean Feat

SecureWorld News

Experts from companies such as Palo Alto Networks, RSA, and others bring their specialized skills and tools to the table, forming a coalition dedicated to safeguarding the event. The setup begins with deploying the necessary hardware and software. This includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and monitoring tools.

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Accenture forges own path to improve attack surface management

CIO Business Intelligence

Burkhardt describes the program as “integrating a set of tools into a process” that combines penetration testing, customized scans, and attack simulations with human creativity and teamwork. The program combines in-house tools with third-party tools that Accenture purchased and customized to scan for specific vulnerabilities. “We

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Hidden Costs of Cybersecurity: Balancing Risk, Complexity & Efficiency

SecureWorld News

These are licenses, hardware, software, infrastructure capacity and bandwidth, backup and restoration, ancillary and monitoring systems, management systems, professional and managed services, and human resources. Performance Gone are the days when antivirus software was the sole security agent vying for resources.

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Starting zero trust without spending a dime

Network World

NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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Safeguarding your digital ecosystem: effective strategies to detect and mitigate API abuse

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are instrumental in ensuring seamless communication between software systems. Employ comprehensive API discovery and monitoring tools to track API requests, identify unusual patterns, and detect potential abuse.