Network World

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the networking arena in a number of ways, including the rise of fully automated remote offices, the need to support a "branch of one," and the growth of new communications software tools. To read this article in full, please click here One of the biggest trends we are seeing is business agility.

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Network World

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What’s the single most important thing that enterprises should know about networking in 2023? The answer is that networking is now, and forever, linked to business applications, and those applications are linked now to the way that we use the Internet and the cloud. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MAY 19, 2021

Palo Alto Networks bolstered its security portfolio with products that target enterprise network users looking to make the move to a zero-trust environment. An all-encompassing zero-trust approach to network security is critical for safeguarding productivity in the new reality of remote, mobile, and hybrid work,” he said.

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Network World

APRIL 7, 2022

Picking just 10 Linux open source security tools isn’t easy, especially when network professionals and security experts have dozens if not several hundred tools available to them. There are different sets of tools for just about every task—network tunneling, sniffing, scanning, mapping. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Enterprise infrastructure that supports data center, cloud and edge networks could someday be dominated by one of its tiniest components--the smartNIC or data processing unit (DPU). To read this article in full, please click here NaaS is the future but it's got challenges.

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Network World

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Google Cloud is rolling out new network and security features, including a service that provides Layer-7 security. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MARCH 29, 2021

5G networks that incorporate legacy technology could be vulnerable to compromise via a lack of mapping between transport and application layers, according to a report by Ireland-based AdaptiveMobile Security. To read this article in full, please click here 5G resources. What is 5G? Fast wireless technology for enterprises and phones.

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Network World

MAY 11, 2022

Here's an analysis of today's six top network threats and tips for how to identify and quash them. Ransomware is easily the greatest network threat, since it gives attackers the biggest bang for the buck with a relatively low probability of getting caught. To read this article in full, please click here Ransomware.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

(Enterprise Management Associates finds that enterprises are trying to improve collaboration between their network-infrastructure and operations teams and their information-security and cybersecurity teams. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The job of a network engineer just keeps getting more complicated. And the network itself if being extended to the cloud, the edge and to the home office. Thankfully, there are many great tools available to help network engineers complete their never-ending tasks. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The recent T-Mobile data breach , reportedly facilitated by attackers gaining access to an unprotected router and from there into the network, could have been prevented through the use of network automation. IDS, IPS, SASE, and other newer technologies get a lot more attention, but automation is critical to modern network security.

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Network World

MAY 18, 2022

Today’s hybrid workplace, where employees are on the road, working from home and maybe visiting the office once or twice a week, has forced network and security teams to adopt a more flexible approach to managing the network, identities, and authentication. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MARCH 4, 2022

The National Security Agency this week detailed recommendations for businesses to secure their network infrastructure against attacks, giving safe configuration tips for commonly used networking protocols and urging the use of basic security measures for all networks. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

APRIL 18, 2023

Cisco’s Talos security intelligence group issued a warning today about an uptick in highly sophisticated attacks on network infrastructure including routers and firewalls. To read this article in full, please click here That exploit targeted an SNMP vulnerability in Cisco routers that the vendor patched in 2017.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The WAN as initially conceived was about one simple job: the WAN was the network that “connects my sites to each other.” That is, the network connecting users in corporate sites to corporate IT resources in other corporate sites or perhaps colocation facilities. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

At its most basic level, the definition of a router is a device that connects networks to each other, forwarding data packets from one location to another until they reach their destination. Digital content is delivered across the enterprise network and the global internet in the form of packets. What is a network router?

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Network World

APRIL 24, 2023

Arista Networks has rolled out a SaaS-based service aimed at helping enterprises more network access control (NAC) more easily. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MARCH 23, 2022

Network Access Control (NAC) is a cybersecurity technique that prevents unauthorized users and devices from entering private networks and accessing sensitive resources. NAC tools detect all devices on the network and provide visibility into those devices. To read this article in full, please click here How NAC works.

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Network World

JULY 29, 2022

You’ve done everything to secure your network, and you still face threats. That’s what most enterprises say about their network security, and they’re half right. In fact, most enterprises haven’t really implemented the two foundations on which real network security must be based. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

JULY 15, 2022

It’s time to take a hard look at whether you’re devoting enough resources to securing your network infrastructure. If you work for a hyperscaler, your organization is probably doing everything it can to secure the network. To read this article in full, please click here Short answer: You’re probably not.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You—whether that means a person, or a software or hardware system—are not to be trusted simply by virtue of where you are on the network; there is no network perimeter within which you are automatically trusted to connect to services. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

APRIL 20, 2022

Why is it that over 90% of enterprises tell me that they expect to spend more on security over the next three years, and almost 60% say they expect to spend less on networking? We obviously think that network technology is getting more efficient, more competitive. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

JUNE 12, 2023

Lack of pessimism doesn’t translate to optimism, though, and optimism is a bit non-specific for network and IT planners to build on. Are they looking to make major changes in their networks, change their vendors, be more or less open? To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MARCH 9, 2023

Aruba Networks plans to prioritize development of a short list of key networking technologies – including data-center switching, private 5G , and secure access service edge ( SASE ) – that it finds are top of mind for enterprise customers. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

AUGUST 29, 2023

Google Cloud has added a new service that promises to make it easier for enterprise customers to securely network multiple cloud-based resources. To read this article in full, please click here All of this can also lead to an inconsistent security posture and drives up total costs,” Sambi said.

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Network World

JUNE 1, 2021

To read this article in full, please click here For end-users, one of the chief advantages is—at least in theory—the improved security that’s part of the usual sales pitch for open source software.

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Network World

MAY 19, 2022

Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a free and open source tool used for vulnerability checking, port scanning and, of course, network mapping. To read this article in full, please click here Nmap has maintained its preeminence because of the large community of developers and coders who help to maintain and update it.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Recently during a research interview with a small but fast-growing business, for the first time I encountered an organization with a “no-network-vendor” network. That is, instead of using Cisco or Dell or even a white-box solution for switching and routing, the company deployed only Fortinet equipment for its entire network.

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Network World

JULY 6, 2023

Network connectivity and security are key areas for IT investment as well as potential barriers to global success, according to new research. To read this article in full, please click here In addition, 49% of CIOs report that their board views global connectivity as “a business-critical asset to growth.”

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2022

Key US government security organizations are warning that industrial control system (ICS)/supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)-based networks are being threatened by bad actors armed with custom software tools. To read this article in full, please click here Dragos has posted a paper about part of the threat.

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Network World

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zero Trust is a term coined by John Kindervag while he was an analyst at Forrester Research to describe a strategic framework in which nothing on the network is trusted by default – not devices, not end users, not processes. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

AUGUST 31, 2022

Palo Alto Networks is reinforcing the security and operational features of its Prisma secure-access service edge (SASE) package. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ]

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Network World

MAY 5, 2022

NFVIS is Linux-based infrastructure software designed to help enterprises and service providers to deploy virtualized network functions, such as a virtual router, firewall and WAN acceleration, Cisco stated. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The network needed to securely support real-time, bandwidth-intensive IP security cameras. To read this article in full, please click here The business wanted IT systems to support customers ordering online and picking up at a physical store within two hours.

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Network World

OCTOBER 1, 2020

To read this article in full, please click here "But legacy security systems are no longer sufficient for organizations that are using the cloud as part of their computing infrastructure. It's time to rethink security for the cloud. Organizations need protection at the workload level, not just at the endpoint."

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Network World

OCTOBER 18, 2023

BackBox this week announced its Network Vulnerability Manager (NVM), a software add-on to its existing Network Automation Platform, that will enable network managers to automate operating system upgrades, network configuration updates, and various remediations across firewalls and other network and security devices.

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Network World

JULY 25, 2023

The Network Resilience Coalition includes AT&T, Broadcom, BT Group, Cisco Systems, Fortinet, Intel, Juniper Networks, Lumen Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, Verizon and VMware. Its aim is to deliver open and collaborative techniques to help improve the security of network hardware and software across the industry.

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