Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Zero Trust architecture was created to solve the limitations of legacy security architectures. Recent critical vulnerabilities in VPNs and firewalls have exposed the risks associated with perimeter-based security measures. Security requires an adaptive model that understands the fluidity and dynamism of the modern digital landscape.

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2025

Jokel talked with Network World about three key technological trends Ciscos is actively pursuing: the rise of agentic AI, preparing for the quantum era in networking and security, and addressing the growing demand for sustainable and efficient infrastructure. AGNTCY is also the underpinning of Ciscos Internet of Agents vision.

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Network World

APRIL 9, 2025

Fortinet has expanded support for AI across its core cybersecurity platform to protect enterprise customers from evolving threats and simplify network and security operations. FortiAI is the vendors natural language, AI-based security assistant that promises to help customers better handle security operations and network management.

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Network World

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The department issued a preliminary finding last week, stating that China Telecom Americas involvement in US networks and cloud services presents a national security risk, the report said. The company was given 30 days to respond. However, there are still gaps that need to be addressed, said Sanjaya Kumar, CEO of SureShield.

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Network World

DECEMBER 4, 2024

CompTIA a+ Network and CompTIA a+ Cyber courses will provide individuals with the foundational knowledge to start a tech career in networking and security, according to IT certification and training body CompTIA. Priced at $499, the course includes some 31 hours of instruction and covers the skills to secure devices and home networks.

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Network World

MAY 6, 2025

Network and security vulnerabilities were linked to more than 60% of zero-day exploits targeting enterprise technologies in 2024, according to a recent report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The group shared its findings in the report Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a landmark shift, Arm has secured Meta as the first major customer for its internally designed server CPUs, a move that signals its entry into direct chip sales and places it in direct competition with its biggest customers, including Qualcomm and Nvidia.

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Network World

OCTOBER 30, 2024

At this week’s MEF Global NaaS Event held in Dallas, Texas, the organization released its 2025 NaaS Blueprint while highlighting significant momentum in API adoption and security certifications, marking major steps toward achieving its vision. Cybersecurity : Featuring SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) certification and integration.

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Network World

APRIL 28, 2025

Cisco today announced a range of AI-driven security enhancements, including improved threat detection and response capabilities in Cisco XDR and Splunk Security, new AI agents,and integration between Ciscos AI Defense platform and ServiceNow SecOps.

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Network World

APRIL 28, 2025

IBM has added new agentic and automation capabilities to its managed detection and response (MDR) services to help customers more quickly and efficiently secure enterprise resources. This input enables the threat hunting team to create fully tailored threat hunt reports and customized detections, IDC stated.

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Network World

JUNE 11, 2025

Secure global connectivity Since early in the company’s history, Cisco has been a trusted partner to service providers. New secure firewalls Adding to the product payload, Cisco is introducing two new secure firewall models. The Secure Firewall 200 series is directed at branches that need on-box decryption and threat inspection.

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Network World

JUNE 2, 2025

F5 has acquired agentic AI and threat management startup Fletch to bolster the security capabilities of its new Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP). The platform supports a variety of security technologies, including a web application firewall, API protection, DDoS mitigation, and SSL/TLS traffic encryption.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 4, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining security not just by creating new threats but also by becoming a threat surface itself. In the Q12025IT Trends Reportfrom JumpCloud, 67% of the surveyed IT administrators said AI is advancing faster than their ability to secure it. But tools alone arent enough.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Fortinet has expanded the reach of its AI-powered security assistant that uses genAI techniques to simplify and automate security analyses. The FortiAI assistant initially was part of Fortinet’s FortiSIEM security information and event management platform and FortiSOAR security orchestration, automation, and response product.

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Network World

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In the first half of this year, 38% of organizations had at least one cloud workload that was critically vulnerable, highly privileged, and publicly exposed, according to a study of telemetry from customers of cloud security vendor Tenable released this week. used to standardize on a security baseline.”

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Forrester IT

JUNE 11, 2025

When you can’t change the security of external technologies like IoT, OT, or power infrastructure, you must adapt your internal cybersecurity policies and controls to mitigate the risks they introduce.

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Network World

OCTOBER 22, 2024

IBM has rolled out a new platform to help enterprise customers better handle the complicated data workflows and security risks that arise when managing AI deployments, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and quantum computing systems. IBM Guardium Data Security Center is a SaaS-based offering that integrates a number of new IBM security packages.

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Network World

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Palo Alto Networks is teaming with NTT Data to allow the global IT services company to offer an enterprise security service with continuous threat monitoring, detection and response capabilities. The service is supported by a team of information security managers, threat hunters, digital forensic experts and certified security professionals.

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Network World

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While cybersecurity job demand has stabilized to pre-pandemic levels, AI-driven technology changes are altering the professional landscape for security professionals. The security skill shortage isn’t unique to the U.S. The ISC2 survey found that 90% of organizations reported having skills gaps within their security teams.

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Network World

JANUARY 9, 2025

Cybersecurity penetration testing, or pen testing, involves a security assessment in which a security professional acts like a malicious hacker would and simulates a cyberattack on a computer system or network to identify potential vulnerabilities. Testers must receive a score of 750 or higher to pass the certification test.

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Network World

JUNE 13, 2025

It encompasses power distribution units, security appliances, wireless access points and cellular connectivity under a single management plane. We have something that’s our own secure protocol between all of this, on how data gets moved up and down,” he explained. The architecture extends beyond traditional switching and routing.

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Network World

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CompTIA this week made available its CompTIA SecurityX certification program, which is an updated version of the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) cert and part of CompTIAs Xpert Series of certifications. The certification will validate the tasks performed by senior security engineers and security architect roles.

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Network World

JUNE 12, 2025

SAN DIEGO–A wide range of new AI-based software and technology from Cisco is designed to manage, secure and automate network operations as well as to cement Cisco’s place at the center of customers’ AI infrastructure plans. The Live Protect feature can be triggered or managed via Cisco’s AI assistants or Hypershield workflows.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Two of six critical vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks’ Expedition Migration tool, which the company patched in October, are being actively exploited according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The new access points, the CW 9176 and 9178, incorporate a blend of Cisco and Meraki management and security features that previously required significant integration work from the customer or a third party. AI and security aren’t just add-on features—they’re built into every layer.

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Network World

JUNE 5, 2025

This time, it disrupted 54 services , including critical components like IBM Cloud itself, AI Assistant, Account Management, Activity Tracker Event Routing, Cloud Monitoring, Security and Compliance Center, and Watson Discovery. Deeper flaws and security concerns This recent incident follows two other significant outages in quick succession.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A new gateway from F5 is aimed at helping enterprises to better manage AI security and delivery. The F5 AI Gateway offers an automated way for customers to secure and manage interactions among AI applications, APIs, and large language models (LLMs). A significant challenge is due to the non-deterministic nature of AI applications. “The

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Network World

JANUARY 26, 2025

The technology lets organizations steer traffic across multiple WAN links, such as broadband, MPLS, or cellular WAN links, to provide secure, high-quality connectivity to campus, branch, and edge locations.

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Network World

JANUARY 16, 2025

Nile also announced a new training and qualification program for customers and partners to ensure they receive the knowledge and skills to build secure, high-performance networks based on the Nile architecture. The security service is designed to prevent lateral movement inside office systems and eliminate ransomware attacks.

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Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2024

There’s been a lot of talk over the past few years about a shortage of skilled cybersecurity talent , but from where we sit at the NYC DOE Division of Information and Instructional Technology (DIIT), we see budding security pros all around us. It’s been our privilege to foster the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

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