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The importance of integrating security in planning and implementing SD-WAN

CIO Business Intelligence

One area that merits attention is software-defined WAN or SD-WAN. Along with the rise of SD-WAN is the growing use of edge devices, which are now targeted by threat actors. SD-WAN entails using multiple connections, which results in more potential attack points for hackers.

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We’re in the Unified SASE Era. What’s next?

Network World

Today, network security is in its third era of development—the Unified SASE Era. First era of network security: The stateful firewall In the beginning, networking was created on the principle of trusting everyone and connecting everything as fast as possible. So, we’re calling the first era of network security: The Stateful Firewall.

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IT pros need to weigh in on that ‘sassy’ security model

Network World

Similarly, a model known as SD-Branch is providing network and security functionality at the WAN edge on a single platform.

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Cisco Live: AI takes center stage

Network World

It promises to let organizations autonomously segment their networks when threats are a problem, gain rapid exploit protection without having to patch or revamp firewalls, and automatically upgrade software without interrupting computing resources. In addition, a new version of firewall software, version 7.6

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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

Firewall Network firewalls were created as the primary perimeter defense for most organizations, but since its creation the technology has spawned many iterations: proxy, stateful, Web app, next-generation. It includes the operating system, programming languages, database and other development tools.

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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)

Network World

In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SD-WAN , the network access part of the equation. As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. Palo Alto has a strong ZTNA offering, and it can provide SD-WAN for organizations that want to take the single-vendor SASE route.

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Securing the Digital-First Model for Retail

CIO Business Intelligence

WiFi and SD-WAN for flexible and enhanced connectivity. Underpinning WiFi networks at disparate locations, meanwhile, SD-WAN is able to segment network traffic to prioritize and help protect critical applications. SD-WAN also provides the agility to add more bandwidth to help improve application and system performance.

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