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Cisco touts ‘Internet of Agents’ for secure AI agent collaboration

Network World

As AI gets built into every application and service, organizations will find themselves managing hundreds or thousands of discrete agents. For example, Microsoft has talked about how AI agents will impact application development. They dont just share information; they collaborate, reason, and take autonomous actions in real-time.

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Internet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity

Network World

The industry transition to 400 Gigabit Ethernet networking took a big step forward this week when the worlds leading Internet exchange operator announced plans to upgrade its New York backbone to 400G. The growth of AI and data traffic in general is also reflected outside the data centers in global Internet traffic.

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

Network World

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. In the 1990s, the internet became widely available, opening up a new frontier for cybersecurity threats.

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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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The evolving landscape of network security in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The distributed nature of todays work environments, fueled by cloud computing, remote work, and the Internet of Things (IoT), presents unprecedented security challenges. Cloud security takes center stage As businesses migrate more applications and data to the cloud, securing these resources becomes paramount.

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More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable

Network World

And, it said, “as organizations ramp up their use of cloud-native applications so, too, does the amount of sensitive data they store there increase — including customer and employee information and business IP. The flaws Overall, the study said, 74% of organizations had publicly exposed storage, some of which included sensitive data.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Operator Panda, which seems to be CrowdStrikes name for the group known as Salt Typhoon, specializes in exploiting internet-facing appliances such as Cisco switches. The group regularly exploits vulnerabilities in public-facing web applications to gain initial access.

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