How the quick shift to the cloud has led to more security risks

How the quick shift to the cloud has led to more security risks

Automating cloud security is a process still in its infancy for many organizations, says Unit 42. Image: iStock/Undefined Undefined The coronavirus pandemic forced many organizations to put their cloud migration projects into overdrive. Such a fast and unexpected transition to the cloud inevitably opened the door to more security threats. A report released Tuesday by Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team Unit 42 examines how the cloud migration has affected security and what organizations can…

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SAP and Onapsis detail findings of potential exploits on unprotected SAP apps

SAP and Onapsis detail findings of potential exploits on unprotected SAP apps

The advanced cyber threat intelligence is aimed at customers who need to protect mission-critical applications, the companies said. Image: istock/structuresxx Eighteen of the world’s 20 major vaccine producers run their production on SAP systems–from manufacturing to controlled distribution to administration and post-vaccine monitoring. Seventy-seven percent of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system. More than 1,000 government and government-owned organizations around the world use SAP software. They are among SAP’s more than 400,000 customers…

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Perimeter 81 launches new Firewall-as-a-Service offering

Perimeter 81 launches new Firewall-as-a-Service offering

The network defense provider joins a growing list of companies offering cloud-based firewalls. Image: iStockphoto/LeoWolfert Secure access service edge (SASE) and network-as-a-service provider Perimeter 81, announced Tuesday a new Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offering designed to enhance the company’s SASE platform. Perimeter 81’s Network Traffic Control (NTC) offering is aimed at securing the network perimeter and builds upon the company’s SASE offering, which includes its Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Zero Trust Application Access (ZTAA), and DNS…

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Tenable and HCL BigFix Leverage Risk-Based Insights to Speed Vulnerability Remediation Workflows with Strategic Partnership

Tenable and HCL BigFix Leverage Risk-Based Insights to Speed Vulnerability Remediation Workflows with Strategic Partnership

New integration accelerates the vulnerability assessment, prioritization and remediation lifecycle to secure business-critical assets Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced a strategic partnership with HCL BigFix®, a leading endpoint management platform, to bring risk-based insights to the vulnerability remediation lifecycle — from assessment and prioritization to remediation. The partnership launches with a new integration between Tenable.sc™, for vulnerability management on-premises, and HCL BigFix’s Insights for Vulnerability Remediation application, to swiftly identify and correlate…

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G4S acquisition comes to an end; Allied now 7th largest employer in world

G4S acquisition comes to an end; Allied now 7th largest employer in world

G4S acquisition comes to an end; Allied now 7th largest employer in world | 2021-04-06 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie…

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PacketFabric Deploys 400G on Cisco Silicon One – Cisco Blogs

PacketFabric Deploys 400G on Cisco Silicon One – Cisco Blogs

I recently had a virtual chat with PacketFabric CEO, Dave Ward. If you’re not familiar with PacketFabric, you will be soon. They are quickly becoming an industry mover and shaker in the Network-as-a-Service and next-gen Service Provider (ngSP) space. They’re also a customer of ours, having recently deployed the Cisco 8000 with our new 400G solutions. What follows, is an excerpt from our chat: Kevin Wollenweber, Cisco: PacketFabric is really different from the traditional Service…

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Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 2 – Cisco Blogs

Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 2 – Cisco Blogs

In Part 1 of my blog series, I gently introduced the concept of congestion and proposed an analogy between a storage area network and the highway system. In this Part 2, I will now provide some scenarios to compare. Congestion scenarios on highway system Given the above highway system analogy, consider two basic cases for congestion: Highway Scenario 1: A new shopping center opens nearby a particular exit and sends out a reasonable number of…

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Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 1 – Cisco Blogs

Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 1 – Cisco Blogs

I did not sleep well last night. My rest was disturbed by oneiric memories of old situations where I wasted multiple hours in a queue, locked in my car under the sun and without an option to reach the nearby exit. Unpleasant feelings, I have to admit. Maybe not so different from what happens to storage network administrators when application users complain of poor performance and have the habit to finger point the network team….

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Four Network Innovations to Power an Inclusive Future of Work – Cisco Blogs

Four Network Innovations to Power an Inclusive Future of Work – Cisco Blogs

We just wrapped up our virtual world tour of Cisco Live 2021. Teams from across Cisco presented more than 450 sessions and demonstrations on the best of Cisco’s technologies to a worldwide audience of over a hundred thousand viewers. Many people watched the online events from the comfort and safety of their home offices. Many other viewers were fortunate enough to have returned to their sanitized office and campus workplaces and participated from there with…

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A New Dad Thanks Cisco  – Cisco Blogs

A New Dad Thanks Cisco  – Cisco Blogs

I still remember the day. It was a Friday in March 2020, just shortly after the world had changed. We stood in line, waiting to enter the drug store. After a walk home, with mixed feelings, we took the pregnancy test – positive. Wow. We’re becoming parents!   It was a good feeling, but not without fear or concern.   Still, we knew that there was no perfect time to become a dad or a mum. Either…

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