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China Is Said to Close Major Hole in its Great Internet Firewall

Data Center Knowledge

1, people familiar with the matter said, thereby shutting a major window to the global internet. (Bloomberg) — China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by Feb. Beijing has ordered state-run telecommunications firms, which.

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China Ramps Up Censorship as it Hosts World Internet Conference

Data Center Knowledge

China will take down its firewall in just one city for three days while it hosts the World Internet Conference.

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How to eliminate the default route for greater security

Network World

If portions of enterprise data-center networks have no need to communicate directly with the internet, then why do we configure routers so every system on the network winds up with internet access by default? Also on Network World: IPv6 deployment guide ; What is edge computing and how it’s changing the network? +

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How to eliminate the default route for greater security

Network World

If portions of enterprise data-center networks have no need to communicate directly with the internet, then why do we configure routers so every system on the network winds up with internet access by default? Also on Network World: IPv6 deployment guide ; What is edge computing and how it’s changing the network? +

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Your biggest barriers to digital transformation aren’t technical…they’re cultural

CIO Business Intelligence

Overcoming growing pains Most organizations are built with hub-and-spoke networks connecting their locations to centralized data centers. Access to the internet, SaaS services, and cloud applications require all traffic to exit the network through myriad point solutions cobbled together to secure and monitor the perimeter.

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Need for Speed Drives Security-as-a-Service

CIO Business Intelligence

Organizations are using SECaaS for specific security functions such as web application firewall (WAF), web application and API protection (WAAP), distributed denial of service protection (DDoS) and API protection. And SECaaS gives you that.”

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Cybersecurity fabric vs. a security platform: Fabric wins

Network World

Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, cloud and the like allow companies to become highly agile and move with speed. INSIDER: 5 ways to prepare for Internet of Things security threats. Securing organizations used to be straight forward: Put up a big, expensive firewall at the sole ingress/egress point, and all was good.