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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. In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is no longer an option but a necessity.

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Cato Networks unveils next-gen firewall

Network World

Cato Networks this week introduced its next-generation firewall as part of its secure access service edge (SASE) platform, saying the NGFW would mitigate security vulnerabilities left unpatched by manual efforts. The Cato LAN NGFW flips the script, delivering always up-to-date protection without the patching chaos of firewall appliances.

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SD-WAN to gain AI-driven deployment, management capabilities

Network World

An example of this is in the area of analyzing real-time network telemetry data to improve network performance as well as user and application experiences. For example, AI-powered capabilities can monitor user and application traffic flows in real time and dynamically optimize WAN path selection.

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NetBox Labs launches tools to combat network configuration drift

Network World

For example, agents placed in each network segment or across a distributed footprint can enable discovery where monolithic solutions don’t work. Beevers noted that NetBoxDiscovery uses an agent-based architecture, which has advantages over discovery solutions that are monolithic.

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO Business Intelligence

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. For example, 5G is now used in more situations, such as in factories and for drone operations. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

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Cisco SVP talks agentic AI, quantum security and sustainable infrastructure

Network World

For example, integrating small-form-factor GPUs into data center infrastructure is a concern from both a power and cooling perspective and may require modifications such as the adoption of liquid cooling and adjustments to power capacity, Cisco stated. Many of our customers may know us as a networking security company delivering firewalls.

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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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