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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. A Zero Trust platform ensures applications and data are not visible to the public internet and users are only provided least privilege access, preventing lateral movement and protecting against ransomware attacks.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

Its “backbone as a service” gives customers the ability to connect branch locations, cloud workloads and applications through Alkira’s fabric. The basic concept behind ZTNA overall is to make sure that all access is authenticated and that there is no implied trust, just because a user has access to a network.

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Palo Alto expands secure private 5G network partnerships

Network World

It also supports SIM-based authentication to identify 5G users and devices, enabling granular policy enforcement and utilizes artificial intelligence technology to detect and prevent sophisticated AI threats, according to Palo Alto.

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8 questions to ask vendors about Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

Network World

The increased deployment of core business applications in the cloud and the shift to remote work brought on by the pandemic have obliterated any notion of the traditional “corporate moat” style of security. Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) has emerged as the preferred approach to address today’s security challenges.

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Spy vs spy: Security agencies help secure the network edge

Network World

Digital Forensics Monitoring Specifications for Products of Network Devices and Applications , led by the UKs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), focuses on minimum requirements for forensic visibility. That may be true for firewalls, routers, and VPN gateways, but not for OT systems, she continued.

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What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security

Network World

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. billion by 2025.

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Juniper unveils EX4000 access switches to simplify enterprise network operations

Network World

In addition, the Juniper Mist Access Assurance security package can be used with the EX4000s to provide always-on identification, authentication and authorization for every device at every point of connection, verifying that only trusted users and devices access the network, Dey wrote.

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