firewall
Network complexity and lack of visibility contribute to misconfigurations and increased risk
Enterprises are slow to abandon manual processes, despite being short staffed, as the lack of automation, coupled with increasing network complexity risk and lack of …
DevOps firewall: How pre-configuring your cloud deployment can ensure compliance
Following the recent massive Capital One data breach, it’s clear that even some of the world’s largest and most respected companies working in the cloud are still vulnerable …
Urgent11 flaws affect more medical, industrial devices than previously thought
When, in late July, Armis researchers revealed the existence of the so-called Urgent11 vulnerabilities in Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system, they noted …
Imperva discloses security incident affecting Cloud WAF customers
Imperva, the well-known California-based web application security company, has announced that it has suffered a “security incident” involving its Cloud Web …
Released: PoC for RCE flaw in Palo Alto Networks firewalls, gateways
Palo Alto Networks has silently patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its enterprise GlobalProtect SSL VPN, which runs on Palo Alto Networks’ …
How DNS firewalls can burn security teams
It’s easy to see how DNS firewalls could have thwarted 33% of data breaches. For most IT and security teams, DNS has been an afterthought. Or, worse, not even that. The …
NSS Labs test exposes weaknesses in NGFW products
Firewalls are the most widely deployed network security devices. Enterprises expect next generation firewalls (NGFWs) to prevent exploits and malware from infecting critical …
Security spring cleaning: 5 tips for tidying up network safeguards
Networks need regular cleaning just like your home, car or garage. Why? The answer is simple – poor security hygiene can lead to major data breaches. If you don’t …
Organizations dissatisfied with WAFs ineffective protection, time-consuming management, high cost
Only 40% of organizations are satisfied with their web application firewall (WAF), according to the Ponemon Institute report released by Cequence Security. The State of Web …
Organizations investing in security analytics and machine learning to tackle cyberthreats
IT security’s greatest inhibitor to success is contending with too much security data. To address this challenge, 47 percent of IT security professionals acknowledged their …
Latest trends in automated threat intelligence-driven network security
Since the earliest days of the Internet both network threats and network defenses have been evolving. In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Todd …
Cisco SOHO wireless VPN firewalls and routers open to attack
Cisco has released security fixes for several models of wireless VPN firewalls and routers, plugging a remote code execution flaw (CVE-2019-1663) that can be triggered via a …