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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. Recent critical vulnerabilities in VPNs and firewalls have exposed the risks associated with perimeter-based security measures. Access is authorized based on business policies informed by identity and context.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

The platform provides visibility, control and governance over the network as well as dynamic service insertion, allowing organizations to integrate third-party services like firewalls into their network. This information is used to determine the appropriate access policies. That check validates a number of different device attributes.

Network 166
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Guidance Software Federal Summit 6 March 2014

CTOvision

As the CISO, his responsibilities included cryptography, information security policy/processes, standards and requirements, testing and network defense/response. He is a nationally and internationally recognized thought leader on cyber related policy, legal and technical issues.

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Nile unwraps NaaS security features for enterprise customers

Network World

All traffic is forwarded to a centralized policy enforcement point for precise inspection and routing, Katukam said. The new security features include built-in access control for basic authentication, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Overcoming the Equation: Security = Friction

CTOvision

Not bad, but suppose policy requires 12 or more characters; we have to pad the password: 0M4xyZ!9ptL#K. We’re not done yet, though – badges for physical access, PKI, USB keys, SmartCards, soft certs, biometrics, Network Access Control, firewalls, IPS/IDS, SIEM … I could go on and on. Now that’s secure – good luck remembering it!

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Starting zero trust without spending a dime

Network World

NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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We Need A National Cybersecurity Strategy That Everyone Can Implement

CTOvision

In a few months we’ll have a new Administration in Washington and a chance to update our national security policies. So here’s three things the nation can do to make it less vulnerable to cyber attacks: 1/ Implement 2-Factor Authentication. This can be done by configuring the internal Firewall on Internet facing application servers.

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