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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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Cisco SVP talks agentic AI, quantum security and sustainable infrastructure

Network World

AGNTCY is also the underpinning of Ciscos Internet of Agents vision. Ciscos Internet of Agents describes standards-based, shared infrastructure components and an open-sourced, three-layer architecture that would enable quantum-safe, agent-to-agent communication. Thats the basic definition of a quantum data center, Nejabati said.

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Spy vs spy: Security agencies help secure the network edge

Network World

A solved problem In a not-so-subtle jab at manufacturers of products with poorly secured network management interfaces (NMIs) it also noted, It is possible for vendors to harden their products so that they remain secure with NMIs exposed to the internet. These devices are mission critical, he added.

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Threats delivered over encrypted channels continue to rise

Network World

Attackers are using encrypted channels to bypass traditional defenses, concealing malware, phishing campaigns, cryptomining/cryptojacking, and data theft within encrypted traffic. Zscaler eliminates this risk and the attack surface by keeping applications and services invisible to the internet. The report offers examples of each.

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11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

CIO Business Intelligence

11:11 Systems offers a wide array of connectivity services, including wide area networks and other internet access solutions that exceed the demanding requirements that a high-performance multi-cloud environment requires. At 11:11, we offer real data on what it will take to migrate to our platform and achieve multi- and hybrid cloud success.

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Are next-generation firewalls legacy technology?

Network World

A few years ago, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) came out of nowhere to become a network security staple. NGFWs followed in the footsteps of earlier firewalls—physical appliances installed inline to protect private networks from the public Internet. This model is changing rapidly, however. Software is eating the world.

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