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SD-WAN to gain AI-driven deployment, management capabilities

Network World

Recent research from IDC digs into how SD-WAN will evolve with the integration of AI and machine learning capabilities to provide more advanced automation, management, and security functionality. The first is how AI will be used to improve the management of SD-WAN, says Brandon Butler, senior research manager, enterprise networks, at IDC.

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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. Based on the network and user access policies, the user will then be able to connect with the specific applications and services that they are authorized to access. “We

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Threats delivered over encrypted channels continue to rise

Network World

5 key findings on encrypted attacks The ThreatLabz research team analyzed 32.1 Zscaler eliminates this risk and the attack surface by keeping applications and services invisible to the internet. ZPA enforces granular access controls, limiting users to specific applications based on identity, context, and policy.

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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

OT security risks and ThreatLabz insights According to Zscaler ThreatLabz research, OT security risks are pervasive in large operating environments. East-West Firewalls or NAC solutions are very expensive, and many solutions force costly upgrades and require expensive downtime to deploy.

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Enhancing Private 5G Security in industrial deployments

CIO Business Intelligence

According to research by Palo Alto, three-quarters of industrial organisations globally have detected malicious cyber activity in their OT environments. The technology also facilitates network slicing, which allows organisations to create wireless virtual networks for specific applications or departments. The threat is widespread.

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Cisco data center switches feature baked-in security for AI, networking duties

Network World

Hypershield uses AI to dynamically refine security policies based on application identity and behavior. While AI applications have brought the bandwidth and latency concerns back to the top of the networking requirements, additional capabilities are also top-of-mind. The research showed that 74.4%

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How to buy SASE

Network World

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a cloud-based service that combined networking and security so that users located anywhere could safely and efficiently access applications and data located anywhere? Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge in a 2019 research report , and the name stuck.

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