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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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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

What is a human firewall? A human firewall is a collective effort of individuals within an organization that fights and wards off cybersecurity threats (such as phishing and ransomware), especially ones that use social engineering. It also boasts a massive advantage over hardware and software firewalls: common sense.

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Fortinet eases firewall management with hardware-as-a-service package

Network World

Fortinet is unveiling a hardware-as-a-service offering that promises to ease the stress of keeping up with the latest firewall technology. The new FortiGate-as-a-Service (FGaaS) offering lets customers choose the hardware they want the FortiGate next-generation firewalls to run on, and Fortinet will configure and manage the devices.

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The Total Economic Impact™ of Cisco Secure Firewall

Tech Republic Security

Cisco commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Secure Firewall. The post The Total Economic Impact™ of Cisco Secure Firewall appeared first on TechRepublic. To better understand the.

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SD-WAN Helping Financial Services Achieve Greater Digital Agility, Cybersecurity

CIO Business Intelligence

The shift to a digital business environment in financial services began well before the pandemic pushed it and other sectors to more rapidly embrace digital transformation. As customers have become increasingly digitally savvy, they demand that financial services firms be more responsive to their needs.

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81% of firms back a Zero Trust approach to cyber defense

Network World

With growing concerns over advanced threats, VPN security issues, network complexity, and adversarial AI, enterprises are showing increased interest in a zero trust approach to security and moving away from firewall-and-VPN based architecture. Zero trust is anticipated to be a defining trend in the cybersecurity landscape by 2025.

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The New Major Cloud Adopters: Financial Services

Forrester IT

Financial services (FS) firms are no strangers to innovation. Deep pockets and customer pressure to continually differentiate means that new digital capabilities are constantly in development. Still, this process is not unfettered.

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