For the longest time, or as far as I can remember, the holy grail of all networking platforms has been the need for a single pane of glass, that single source of all information that you would need to be most effective. So, what is a single pane of glass?    If you take it at face value, it simply means a window that consists of a single square frame through which you can peek…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Expanse Inc., a leader in attack surface management. Expanse brings a unique level of visibility to security through the continuous scanning of exposed assets. This functionality is both critical and timely: in the case of the SolarWinds vulnerability this week, Expanse is able to provide organizations with the ability to…

The Cloud Operating Model represents a new way of operating for IT Organizations. It enables organizations to take advantage of the benefits of cloud, through the adoption of cloud best practices and technologies, and apply them to workloads wherever they reside.     Join us at the latest “Cloud Management Monthly” podcast where we discuss how to evolve the people, process and technological capabilities of your IT organization to support the innovation demands of your…

Hot patching and isolating potentially affected resources are on the IT response schedule as enterprises that employ SolarWinds Orion network-monitoring software look to limit the impact of the serious Trojan unleashed on the platform. The supply-chain attack, reported early this week by Reuters and detailed by security researchers at FireEye and Microsoft involves a potential state-sponsored, sophisticated actor gained access to a wide variety of government, public and private networks via Trojanized updates to SolarWind’s…

Find out two steps your business can take now to prepare employees, as well as infrastructure, for possible quantum computing-related cybersecurity risks. Image: iStockphoto/a-image Quantum computers will likely become the next disruptive technology. They have the ability to reduce computer processing from years to hours or even minutes, and to solve problems heretofore unsolvable using current computing technology. There will be another type of disruption if the “powers that be” do not start thinking about…

Hackers broke into the networks of federal agencies and FireEye by compromising SolarWinds’ Orion Network Management Products. The cyber espionage group has tampered with updates released by IT company SolarWinds, which provides its products to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters agency. Nation-state actors, allegedly Russia-linked hacked, have compromised the networks of several US government agencies, including the US Treasury, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information…