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Ransomware, zero-day exploits keep network security pros scrambling

Network World

The networks that enable today’s hyper-distributed enterprises face persistent and emerging security challenges. By comparison, the firm saw data theft in only about 40% of cases in a mid-2021 analysis. Another issue is enterprises’ response time after a vulnerability is announced or an exploit happens.

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Technology Short Take #50

Scott Lowe

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. Servers/Hardware.

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Unbiased third-party testing is critical for network security

CIO Business Intelligence

Cybersecurity products like next-generation firewalls , single vendor secure access service edge (SASE), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) are the best way to protect enterprise data and employees. Determining how to provide adaptive and comprehensive protection against today’s evolving threat landscape is complex.

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Technology Short Take 139

Scott Lowe

In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall?” Patrick Kremer writes about using vRealize Log Insight Cloud to monitor for firewall changes in a VMware Cloud on AWS environment.

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VMworld 2014 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

The second major pillar that Poonen discusses is enterprise mobility management. This means “anytime/anywhere” access, hybrid deployment, enterprise-grade functionality/support. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. VMworld 2014 Day 2 Keynote.

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Fountainhead: Follow IT's Money: A Survey of IT Financial.

Fountainhead

Other more sophisticated IT finance tools then allocate those costs to projects and/or organizations across the enterprise, and some even integrate that data into other finance applications (See this Blog by Paulo Prazeres on the topic). Enterprise Efficiency. IT Accounting, Charge-back, Show-back. chargeback application. Downstream.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Only large enterprises, such as AT&T, had the computing power and the developers to create their own applications.