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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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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

Network World

The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups. It uses AI to protect AI, Gillis added.

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Cato Networks unveils next-gen firewall

Network World

Cato Networks this week introduced its next-generation firewall as part of its secure access service edge (SASE) platform, saying the NGFW would mitigate security vulnerabilities left unpatched by manual efforts. Operating at Layer 7, it allows for detailed control over LAN applications such as RDP and SSH, among others.

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Fortinet offers integrated cloud app security service

Network World

Fortinet has melded some of its previously available services into an integrated cloud package aimed at helping customers secure applications. Managing application security across multiple environments isn’t easy because each cloud platform, tool, and service introduces new layers of complexity.

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F5 targets AI application security with renewed workload management software

Network World

F5 is evolving its core application and load balancing software to help customers secure and manage AI-powered and multicloud workloads. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform combines the companys load balancing and traffic management technology and application and API security capabilities into a single platform.

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Cisco firewall upgrade boosts visibility into encrypted traffic

Network World

The software that runs Cisco’s new Firewall 4200 Series now includes the ability to see into encrypted traffic without decrypting it, which the vendor says will allow enterprise customers to better protect hybrid and multicloud applications. version of the Secure Firewall operating system.

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The Web Application Firewall Market Is Ripe For Disruption

Forrester IT

Let’s face it: Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) rarely excite the security imagination. WAFs have been ubiquitous for at least 15 years and play an important role in detecting and blocking “OWASP Top 10” application level attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.

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