SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The rise of personal gadgets, the shift towards remote work, the BYOD trend , and advances in AI have all contributed to home networks becoming an extension of companies' cyber defense perimeters. However, many end-users do not recognize their home networks as extensions of their company's security boundaries.

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IT Toolbox

JULY 24, 2017

I just had lunch with a long-time business colleague who specializes in IT consulting and network systems integration for small and medium-sized businesses. From servers to PBXs and everything in between, his company sells, installs, and manages entire network environments for its customers.

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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). Since 2000, secure networks have been built by segmenting traffic at the switch port level from server to server, radically limiting east-west traffic. Microsegmentation will fix this.

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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.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Cisco Systems has started releasing security patches for a critical flaw in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls targeted by an exploit linked to the U.S. The exploit, dubbed ExtraBacon, is one of the tools used by a group that the security industry calls the Equation, believed to be a cyberespionage team tied to the NSA.

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Network World

JULY 26, 2017

The security group, though, could not accept the fact that SD-WANs met the requirements stipulated by CFATS (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards) guiding the chemical industry. CFATS professionals assume MPLS and firewalls to be mandated by the standard. It’s inconceivable to many that an SD-WAN could replace MPLS.

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CTOvision

JUNE 3, 2015

According to Greg Young of the Gartner Group, many organizations are taking the “adopt first, secure later” approach to the cloud. A good deal of effort goes into migration of existing network security infrastructure, and more importantly network security policies, to support cloud services. Find out more about FireMon here.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

Even as its cloud journey reaches cruising altitude, Cathay Pacific Group IT is not slowing down. 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.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

A security group discovered a vulnerability in three models of Supermicro motherboards that could allow an attacker to remotely commandeer the server. Also see: What to consider when deploying a next-generation firewall | Get regularly scheduled insights: Sign up for Network World newsletters ].

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Cyber has been called the ultimate team sport: CIOs, CTOs, SysAdmins, Software Developers, CISOs, threat teams, red teams, testing groups, etc. Jobs like keeping software updated, tracking down holes in the firewalls, waiting for alarms to go off, being fed alerts about out-of-date software: in short lots of controlled firefighting.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 31, 2022

IT support has forever changed as more and more employees are now working from any number of remote locations — and no longer sitting behind a corporate firewall. It was very cookie cutter,” said Mark Bowker, a senior analyst with research firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). To read this article in full, please click here

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ComputerWorld IT Management

MAY 31, 2022

IT support has forever changed as more and more employees are now working from any number of remote locations — and no longer sitting behind a corporate firewall. It was very cookie cutter,” said Mark Bowker, a senior analyst with research firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). To read this article in full, please click here

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Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor - Information Technology Blog. PRTG Network Monitor from Paessler AG is a powerful network monitoring solution. This network software is not only powerful but also easy to use. Problems in the network cause emergencies in business.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

One joke said about the secretive group, widely regarded as the most skilled state-sponsored hackers in the world, is NSA actually stands for “No Such Agency.” But now a recent leak has put the group right where it loathes to be—squarely in the headlines. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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.) Workload segmentation using user-defined tags allows organizations to create custom security groups based on user-defined tags and native attributes on AWS.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Colorblind people have often not spoken up when they were unable to do something; however, advocacy groups are now being formed who are speaking up for them. If you take a look at the long list of things that a modern CIO is responsible for, securing the company’s network is right there at the top.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. href="[link] Control 10: Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. Limitation and Control of Network Ports, Protocols, and Services. Secure Network Engineering. Data Loss Prevention.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2024

The boulder is made from complex infrastructure, network connections, data stores, and devices. There are “integrated” approaches to cybersecurity threat protection and remediation, including solutions from Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, and many others. The task is Sisyphean. The mountain is IT complexity. But we can try.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 27, 2021

If you secretly add malicious code to a legitimate software update, then organizations might welcome all the code into their networks. The upgrade director points the In-Place Upgrade to the appropriate version of software located on the Content Distribution Network. These may have been posted to the bad actors CDN network.

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CTOvision

MARCH 12, 2015

CyberEdge Group surveyed more than 800 security decision makers and practitioners seeking a 360 degree view of threats, defenses and planned investments. In 2014, 71 percent of respondents’ networks were breached with 22 percent of them victimized six or more times. By Bob Gourley. Waking up to a new reality. Cyber Security'

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. But ransomware isn’t the only risk. Simplify operations.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 24, 2016

What the press release does not capture well enough is that RiskIQ is the only firm we have seen that can provide network defenders with true insights into how adversaries are using infrastructure to attack. Editor's note: We saw this news about RiskIQ and had to share. They are like the SIEM of the Internet and all mobile devices.

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Network World

AUGUST 23, 2016

The survey, conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a Chicago-based trade group for the health information technology sector, also revealed that many of the facilities' networks don't even have firewalls. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The FBI believes that variants like Blindingcan are being used alongside proxy servers, maintaining a presence on victim networks. Here's what Blindingcan has accomplished so far: "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

To do this well, IT leaders should uncover the key objectives of each stakeholder, tie those objectives back to enterprise business goals, and align everyone on common goals through top-down discussions and mandates, says Mukesh Ranjan, vice president in the IT services team at Everest Group.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2022

That is, our primary security controls of firewalls, intrusion prevention, network segmentation, and wired network security are no longer the primary method to manage technology in a COE. Organizations must adapt their security controls to home networks and even public WiFi. So how does this affect the COE?

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2023

As we can see from Russia's efforts to replenish access to critical infrastructure networks throughout the first year of the war, gaps in offensive network action should not be interpreted as the consequence of cyber groups letting up or exhausting their operational capacity.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 20, 2018

I’d checked all the “usual suspects”—AWS security groups, host-level firewall rules (via iptables ), and the application configuration itself—but still couldn’t get it to work. This lead me to believe that there was something wrong with my TLS configuration. cert /path/to/client/certificate. --key

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Galido

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Ever wonder what secures 4G and 5G mobile networks from attacks? The mobile network around the world is growing, and digital threats are more common than ever. Positive Technologies research has found that 4G and 5G infrastructures are also subject to the same attacks as older SS7-based networks. Seamless operation.

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Network World

JANUARY 12, 2017

The hacking group that stole cyberweapons suspected to be from the U.S. The Shadow Brokers made news back in August when they dumped hacking tools for routers and firewall products that they claimed came from the Equation Group, a top cyberespionage team that some suspect works for the NSA.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2022

“Organizations are beginning to realize that firewalls, denial of service attack prevention, and network security features … are insufficient to solve bot problems,” said Aite-Novarica Group, a financial services research and advisory firm, in a September 2022 report.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 28, 2021

For the AllowedIPs setting, you need to specify the VPN IP address of the peer plus any additional networks that are reachable via the peer. Double-check firewalls, network access control lists, host-based firewalls, and security groups. The peer system will have/need a similar configuration.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

Chinese government actors are using malware variants in conjunction with proxy servers to maintain a presence on victim networks and to further network exploitation. Do not add users to the local administrators group unless required. And according to the FBI, Taidoor has another feature: staying power.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Cybersecurity Executive Order, it has become a unifying force for transforming cyber security strategy from the old "castle & moat" focus on networks packets to proactively protecting users, applications, and data. They should join industry groups and seek out mentors who can serve as trusted advisors on their career journey.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As the CISO, his responsibilities included cryptography, information security policy/processes, standards and requirements, testing and network defense/response. He provides an impressive professional network and is highly respected for facilitating program and contract development. Cyber Security'

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Networking. This is a slightly older post providing an overview of container networking , but still quite relevant. Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. ” Amen!

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