5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking.
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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS.
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Cisco: Latest news and insights
Network World
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Cisco is the dominant vendor in enterprise networking , and under CEO Chuck Robbins, it continues to shake things up. And in the security arena, Cisco is building out its platform-based approach to enterprise security with elements such as its new Hypershield AI-native architecture.
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pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 2, 2022
When taking steps to ensure your business’s network security, the pfSense firewall solution and Netgear routers are top choices. The post pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences? appeared first on TechRepublic.
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4 ways CISOs can manage AI use in the enterprise
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Since then, many CIOs I’ve spoken with have grappled with enterprise data security and privacy issues around AI usage in their companies. Another method to achieve this is to download the open-source LLMs and use them locally. That column may have been the understatement of the year.
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What Executives Should Know About Shift-Left Security
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
By Zachary Malone, SE Academy Manager at Palo Alto Networks The term “shift left” is a reference to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) that describes the phases of the process developers follow to create an application. How did the term shift-left security originate? Why is shift-left security important in cybersecurity?
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Nmap security scanner gets new scripts, performance boosts
Network World
DECEMBER 21, 2016
The Nmap Project just released the Holiday Edition of its open source cross-platform security scanner and network mapper, with several important improvements and bug fixes. Give yourself a technology career advantage with InfoWorld's Deep Dive technology reports and Computerworld's career trends reports.
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Memcached servers can be hijacked for massive DDoS attacks
Network World
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
The problem was first discovered by security researchers at content delivery network (CDN) specialist Cloudflare. Since then, CDN specialist Akamai and security provider Arbor Networks have also published their findings. Also read: Getting the most out of your next-generation firewall.
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‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system
The Verge
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Security teams at companies large and small are scrambling to patch a previously unknown vulnerability called Log4Shell, which has the potential to let hackers compromise millions of devices across the internet. The vulnerability is found in log4j, an open-source logging library used by apps and services across the internet.
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The AI continuum
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 24, 2024
Deep learning AI: A rising workhorse Deep learning AI uses the same neural network architecture as generative AI, but can’t understand context, write poems or create drawings. Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.
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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?
Dataconomy
APRIL 13, 2023
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?
FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks
SecureWorld News
JULY 30, 2020
In February 2020, UK security researchers discovered a vulnerability in free, open source, automation servers that would allow cybercriminals to amplify a Distributed Denial of Service attack by 100. These larger, more destructive DDoS attacks occur when cyberattackers exploit built-in network protocols.
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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies
SecureWorld News
JANUARY 21, 2024
In reality, their perceived lower level of security makes them attractive targets to malicious actors. Additionally, nonprofits must be aware of the risks posed by inadequate security in third-party services they use, such as fundraising platforms and email services.
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94 Data Security and its Importance on the Internet
Galido
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Information Technology Blog - - Data Security and its Importance on the Internet - Information Technology Blog. Hacking and data breaches are a common thing today, especially with the rise of open source platforms and electronic transactions. Computer networks give numerous opportunities for cyber attack. Limiting Risk.
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Technology Short Take 143
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Servers/Hardware.
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Technology Short Take 136
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 15, 2021
The content this time around seems to be a bit more security-focused, but I’ve still managed to include a few links in other areas. Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Welcome to Technology Short Take #136, the first Short Take of 2021!
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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog
SecureWorld News
MARCH 29, 2024
Threat actors tend to abuse legitimate advertising networks or websites to disseminate their malicious content that may appear as banners, pop-ups, or embedded scripts on trusted web pages. These security checks often fail to identify black hat schemes, though. How does a malvertising attack unfold?
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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship
Linux Academy
MARCH 28, 2019
To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security. Kubernetes out-of-the-box doesn’t exactly default to a secure enterprise grade cluster. Server Hardening. Server Hardening. Implement RBAC.
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Technology Short Take 143
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Servers/Hardware.
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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Opening Keynote. Networking Break.
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CTOvision
JANUARY 18, 2015
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Opening Keynote. Networking Break.
Cybersecurity: Is AI Ready for Primetime In Cyber Defense?
CTOvision
JUNE 28, 2016
Today people are revisiting Marvin Minksy’s work on neural networks, and the NSA is big on Bayesian networks, which are based on Bayes’ algorithm. What’s amazing about this project is that AirBnB has released it as open source to the community so that anyone can use it. Now there are new algorithms like Decision Tree®.
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155 DockerCon 2016 Vendor Meetings
Scott Lowe
JUNE 20, 2016
While at DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, I took some time on the expo floor to talk to a number of different vendors, mostly focused on networking solutions. Using eBPF, Plumgrid has created in-kernel virtual network functions (VNFs) that do things like bridging, routing, network address translation (NAT), and firewalling.
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Technology Short Take #63
Scott Lowe
MARCH 17, 2016
Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.
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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)
Network World
JUNE 6, 2024
What today is known as secure service edge (SSE) started under a different name — secure access service edge (SASE) — with a slightly different meaning. In 2019, Gartner created the term SASE to describe a cloud-based service that combines networking and security to give remote workers safe access to internet-based resources.
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Technology Short Take #70
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 11, 2016
In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network).
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Technology Short Take #79
Scott Lowe
MARCH 2, 2017
Networking. Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. What’s that? See here.).
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 8, 2013
Networking. —but I wonder how much cooperation Big Switch will get from the major networking vendors with regards to OpenFlow interoperability now that Big Switch is competing even more directly with them via Switch Light. Just getting started in the networking field? I hope that you find something useful!
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Technology Short Take #46
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Networking. This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. Matt also recently posted part 4 (of 5) in his series on SDN protocols; this post covers OpFlex and declarative networking. I hope you are able to glean something useful.
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How to Protect WordPress Sites from Exploitation
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Its relative simplicity of use, SEO friendliness, customization potential, flexibility, and built-in security setup are just some of the reasons why web developers and marketing professionals choose it to power their websites. However, even experienced coders can make mistakes when assessing and bolstering a site's security.
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A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
Software security is a global challenge that is slated to grow worse. The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures.
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A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
Software security is a global challenge that is slated to grow worse. The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures.
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40 A REFLECTION ON FORALLSECURE'S JOURNEY IN BOOTSTRAPPING BEHAVIOR TESTING TECHNOLOGY
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
Software security is a global challenge that is slated to grow worse. The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures.
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40 Secure Chat Conversations
Galido
MAY 14, 2016
So there is no need to secure the connection, messages travels in their encrypted form inside the entire pipeline. Most people think that if a website uses a HTTPS connection (especially with the green address bar) then their “typed-in” informations are transmitted and stored securely. This is only partially true.
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Proactive cybersecurity: sometimes offence is the best defense
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 15, 2023
They need to be proactive and on the offensive when it comes to defending their networks, systems, and data. While the idea of taking a proactive approach to security is not new, it has taken on greater significance given the level of risk so many organizations face today.
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97 Technology Short Take 145
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), a bevy of security articles (including a couple on very severe vulnerabilities), Kubernetes, AWS IAM, and so much more! Networking. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility?
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How IT Can Deliver on the Promise of Cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 15, 2022
1 – Security. While many newcomers to the cloud assume that hyperscalers will handle most of the security, the truth is they don’t. Monitored your network environment for ongoing threats? Arranged for security between your workloads and your client environment? These are just some of the security challenges IT faces.
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Technology Short Take 132
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2020
My list of links and articles from around the web seems to be a bit heavy on security-related topics this time. Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Networking. I hope you find something useful!
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Incident Response in the Cloud
ForAllSecure
APRIL 4, 2023
James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security , shares his experience with traditional incident response, and how the cloud, with its elastic structure, able to spin up and spin down instances, is changing incident response. MUSIC] VAMOSI: If you haven’t been paying attention, cloud security is critical right now.
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), a bevy of security articles (including a couple on very severe vulnerabilities), Kubernetes, AWS IAM, and so much more! Networking. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility?
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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. The password protected password file clearly was not secure. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising. .”
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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. The password protected password file clearly was not secure. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising. .”
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52 The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test
ForAllSecure
MAY 17, 2023
Well, unlike large organizations, small to medium businesses lack the full accompaniment of network defenses. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They have IT contractors who can provision laptops and maintain a certain level of compliance and security. They have those security capabilities.
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For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Even in its infancy, gen AI has become an accepted course of action and application, and the most common use cases include automation of IT processes, security and threat detection, supply chain intelligence, and automating customer service and network processes, according to a report released by IBM in January.
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