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Palo Alto expands secure private 5G network partnerships

Network World

The cloud-based Prisma SASE 5G package melds network security functions including secure access control, advanced threat protection, user-behavior monitoring, and zero-trust network access ( ZTNA ) with wide area network (WAN) capabilities such as SD-WAN.

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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

Network access control (NAC) Network Access Control is an approach to computer security that attempts to unify endpoint-security technology, user or system authentication, and network security enforcement. SANs were adopted to improve application availability and performance by segregating storage traffic from the rest of the LAN.

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Juniper jumps into Wi-Fi 7 with enterprise switches, access points

Network World

The AI-based Mist Cloud features Juniper’s natural-language Mist AI and Marvis virtual network assistant (VNA) technology, which can detect and offer help for network problems including persistently failing clients, bad cables, access-point coverage issues, and problematic WAN links. There have been a number of Wi-Fi 7 developments this year.

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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely

CIO Business Intelligence

SASE is SD-WAN-as-a-service and security-as-a-service. Offering more flexibility at low cost, software-defined networking, or SD-WAN, abstracts network control from the connectivity layer and enables real-time monitoring, reporting, and analytics across network nodes. Let’s look at each: Software-defined wide area networking.

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Cisco gears up to capitalize on Splunk deal, AI revolution

Network World

Some of the recent highlights: Viptela for SD-WAN , Meraki for wireless and cloud management, Sourcefire for IDS, Duo Security for authentication and identity management , ThousandEyes for network intelligence and digital experience monitoring, and AppDynamics for observability.

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Hybrid working: network managers need to take care of unfinished business

CIO Business Intelligence

But even though hybrid working is here to stay, organizations may still lack the cybersecurity controls and business-grade internet connections, like SD-WAN, that are required to support remote and hybrid workers. NTT’s recipe for hybrid working begins with zero trust network architecture, identity management and multifactor authentication.

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Zero Trust Model: How It Looks to the NSA

SecureWorld News

Authenticate and explicitly authorize each to the least privilege required using dynamic security policies.". Determine who/what needs access to the DAAS to create access control policies – "Create security policies and apply them consistently across all environments (LAN, WAN, endpoint, perimeter, mobile, etc.).".