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What is a firewall?

Network World

Network-based firewalls have become almost ubiquitous across US enterprises for their proven defense against an ever-increasing array of threats. A recent study by network testing firm NSS Labs found that up to 80% of US large businesses run a next-generation firewall. What is a firewall? billion by 2020. billion by 2020.

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Lenovo patches two high severity flaws in PC support tool

Network World

Lenovo has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the Lenovo Solution Center support tool that is preinstalled on many laptop and desktop PCs. The flaws could allow attackers to take over computers and terminate antivirus processes. They affect LSC versions 3.3.002 and earlier.

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CIOs Look For Ways To Fool Hackers

The Accidental Successful CIO

This new method doesn’t attempt to bar intruders from getting in, like firewalls do. Since deception technology operates within the main network and requires very little hardware or infrastructure to implement, the good news for CIOs is that it can be a much more cost-effective solution. Learn what you need to know to do the job.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical security of the Ethernet/fiber cabling, along with the switch hardware interconnecting today’s casino floors, has become a much bigger focus of IT security teams as direct physical access can often be the starting point for unauthorized access.

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The AI continuum

CIO Business Intelligence

The price-performance value of consuming AI via the tools you already use is hard to beat. Retrain and fine-tune an existing model Retraining proprietary or open-source models on specific datasets creates smaller, more refined models that can produce accurate results with lower-cost cloud instances or local hardware.

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Misconfigurations and unpatched systems – cyber criminals can purchase tools from dark Web marketplaces that will scan IT networks and devices for poor configurations and unpatched systems that they can exploit. On the hardware layer, Intel boosts the security of devices with total component traceability that starts at the factory floor.

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DOJ Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet 'Cyclops Blink'

SecureWorld News

Cyclops Blink was a two-tiered global botnet of thousands of infected network hardware devices, according to the DOJ. The DOJ discusses the operation in a recent statement: "The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.

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