Moving away from VPNs as a means to protect corporate networks at the perimeter and moving toward zero-trust network access requires careful enterprise planning and may require implementing technologies that are new to individual organizations. ZTNA employs identity-based authentication to establish trust with entities trying to access the network and grants each authorized entity access […]
Secure access service edge (SASE) architecture rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources, but it’s still in its infancy. Vendors and service providers sell offerings that they call SASE, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely. […]
(Editor’s note: An August 2020 Enterprise Management Associates survey of 252 North American and European IT professionals found that most had accelerated their adoption of Zero Trust networking framework. This article by EMA Vice President of Research Networking Shamus McGillicuddy further details the results of the “Enterprise Zero Trust Networking Strategies: Secure Remote Access and […]
It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking about IoT as something that a business has to manage largely on its own – embedding sensors, building a network and connecting a back end all at once. Some kinds of IoT implementation require a lot of in-house work, to be sure; but, increasingly, there are […]
Juniper Networks has added new components to its security portfolio to help customers get a better handle on potential threats as well as improve risk detection and response. The new products are aimed at figuring out who and what devices are on the network and then offering the security intelligence to help them address threats […]
As enterprise workloads continue to move off-premises and employees continue to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing that environment remains a critical challenge for IT. At its virtual VWworld 2020 gathering, VMware detailed products and plans to help customers deal with the challenges of securing distributed enterprise resources. More about SD-WAN: How to buy […]
If you are a security admin with lots of systems running Cisco IOS and IOS XE software today is decidedly not your day. Cisco this week posted 25 “High” rated security advisories that stem from 34 vulnerabilities the company suggests should be fixed as soon as possible. The vulnerabilities impact a wide-range of Cisco gear […]
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved efficiency and security, and to provide appropriate bandwidth per application. Because it’s a cloud service, SASE (pronounced “sassy”) can be readily scaled up and scaled down and […]
Simply stated, zero trust calls for verifying every user and device that tries to access the network and enforcing strict access-control and identity management that limits authorized users to accessing only those resources they need to do their jobs. Zero trust is an architecture, so there are many potential solutions available, but this is a […]
Experts differ on whether older connected medical devices or newer ones are more to blame for making healthcare networks more vulnerable to cyberattack. The classic narrative of insecure IoT centers on the integration of older devices into the network. In some industries, those devices pre-date the internet, sometimes by a considerable length of time, so […]