Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

OT security risks and ThreatLabz insights According to Zscaler ThreatLabz research, OT security risks are pervasive in large operating environments. Often more than 50% of OT devices depend on legacy, end-of-life operating systems that have known vulnerabilities. Our unique agentless architecture protects headless machines.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

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, a typical NGFW now may be equipped with firewalling, SD-WAN, a Wi-Fi controller for SD-Branch, an Ethernet controller, and zero-trust functionality.

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Network World

APRIL 4, 2023

Tighter integration between Fortinet's SASE and SD-WAN offerings is among the new features enabled by the latest version of the company's core operating system. FortiOS version 7.4 also includes better automation across its Security Fabric environment, and improved management features.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Palo Alto Networks has acknowledged that some of its next-generation firewalls running the PAN-OS operating system are suddenly rebooting. There was an issue on certain older versions of PAN-OS where the system could crash when handling very specific traffic conditions, the company told Network World. 20 or sooner.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The new software, Macro-Segmentation Service (MSS)-Group, expands the company’s MSS security-software family, which currently includes MSS Firewall for setting security policies across customer edge, data-center and campus networks. Additionally, the company’s MSS Host focuses on data-center security policies.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The vulnerabilities impact a wide-range of Cisco gear as IOS and IOS XE are the company’s most widely used operating systems. The warnings affect firewalls, wireless access points and switches. Network pros react to new Cisco certification curriculum. For example, one of the highest rated threats--with an 8.6

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Network World

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Juniper Networks has expanded its security portfolio with an architecture design that includes AI-based predictive threat support and a new family of firewalls, all designed to protect distributed data center resources. It’s implemented in a new version of the vendor’s core Junos operating system (version 23.4)

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In particular, the switchs operating system, Junos OS, features AIOps support to drive automation and simplify configuration and management, according to a blog post by Sanjoy Dey, vice president of product management for Junipers campus and branch portfolio.

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Network World

APRIL 4, 2022

FortiOS is the vendor’s operating system for the FortiGate family of hardware and virtual components. FortiOS implements Fortinet Security Fabric and includes network security such as firewalling, access control, and authentication in addition to SD-WAN, switching, and wireless services. FortiOS 7.2,

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Network World

AUGUST 29, 2023

The vendor added the new features to its FortiSASE offering, which includes SD-WAN, secure web gateway, firewall as a service, cloud access security broker, and zero trust network access (ZTNA) , all running on top of its FortiOS operating system.

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Network World

OCTOBER 18, 2023

BackBox this week announced its Network Vulnerability Manager (NVM), a software add-on to its existing Network Automation Platform, that will enable network managers to automate operating system upgrades, network configuration updates, and various remediations across firewalls and other network and security devices.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Also see: What to consider when deploying a next-generation firewall | Get regularly scheduled insights: Sign up for Network World newsletters ]. BMCs are designed to permit administrators remote access to the computer so they can do maintenance and other updates, such as firmware and operating system patches.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“It allows users to navigate the filesystem, upload new files to the machine, as well as regular file operations like copying, moving and renaming files.” Firewalld is a commonly used Linux firewall service while notables provides filtering and classification of network packets.

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Network World

JULY 31, 2019

Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in WindRiver’s VxWorks, a real-time operating system in use across an advertised 2 billion connected devices have been discovered by network security vendor Armis. About IoT: What is the IoT?

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Network World

JULY 8, 2024

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. In the mid-1990s, the industry’s response was to create the stateful firewall, designed to control access to private networks.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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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Network World

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Installing a firewall at these locations could be cost-prohibitive, and most IoT devices don’t support agents, making security challenging. This is powered by FortiOS , Fortinet’s unified operating system, and its seamless integration with the Fortinet Security Fabric platform.

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IT Toolbox

JULY 28, 2016

I get the purpose of firewalls. Every modern operating system has firewalls installed by default these days and even the average modem has a firewall built in. In short, just about every computer under the sun has some sort of firewall built in and you cannot access the internet

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Network World

MARCH 12, 2025

Because Fortinet solutions are built as a part of the Fortinet Security Fabric with the same operating system and management console, its easy to add new solutions to address evolving needs.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. href="[link] Control 10: Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. Patching Operating Systems: Operating systems on devices and servers must be continuously updated.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Everything is safe behind the firewall. While IPD/IPS and firewall networked-technology has improved so vastly, there’s nothing like a user with an infected laptop to bring in a lulu. Obscure operating systems never get hit. Here are my favorite alternate realities: 1. Hackers only go for the gold with Windows.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

It can also encompass a constantly growing laundry list of additional features such as firewall as a service (FWaaS), browser isolation, sandboxing, data loss prevention (DLP), and web application firewall (WAF). Open Systems focuses on multinational small and medium-sized enterprises with 1,000 to 10,000 employees.

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TechSpot

MAY 20, 2024

To prove how dangerous it can be to use old and deprecated operating systems without any antivirus program, firewall or routers in 2024, YouTuber Eric Parker performed a proof-of-concept experiment by setting up a Windows XP virtual machine with an unsecured internet connection.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The crucifix : Regular backups, robust firewalls, and anti-malware software can drive away these bloodsuckers, keeping your system safe from sudden data "drain." Spooky fact : Sophos says the average ransom in 2024 is $2.73 Stake your defenses : Invest in threat detection tools that identify anomalies across your network.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

Bridge has matured to the point where customers can think of it as a digital operating system that can be personalized, if you will, for each business to integrate our services, manage their data, and gather insights or patterns they need to operate at a highly efficient way,” Shagoury said.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

At a minimum, these systems should be firewalled off from public addressing, Ellis stresses. Many of these systems are easily discoverable using tools like Shodan or Censys, which reveal IP addresses, open ports, and even screenshots of login screenssometimes with prefilled usernames. Why Are HMIs Being Exposed?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. It is essential to create standard, secure builds for your operating systems that eliminate unnecessary bloatware, plug-ins, and protocols.

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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

This is the industry’s first universal kernel bypass (UKB) solution which includes three techniques for kernel bypass: a POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) sockets-based API (Application Program Interface), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Direct and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit). Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

Public cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure publish shared responsibility models that push security of the data, platform, applications, operating system, network and firewall configuration, and server-side encryption, to the customer. Have you set up ransomware protection?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

3 Unit 42 research also found that 83% of ultrasound, MRI, and CT scanners run on an end-of-life operating system. 4 Those operating systems have known vulnerabilities that can potentially be exploited. Most healthcare providers already have network firewalls that act as enforcement points for Zero Trust device security.

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Venture Beat

AUGUST 28, 2021

Even if placed behind a firewall, inadequately secured robots may not be safe. We’ve already seen malware that breaches isolated networks. Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2022

However, employees working outside the corporate firewall and other network protections pose some big security challenges, especially for large enterprises. CIOs and CSOs still have to ensure that employees outside of the corporate firewall can do their work securely. IT admins cannot secure assets that they can’t see.

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CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

This is the industry’s first universal kernel bypass (UKB) solution which includes three techniques for kernel bypass: a POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) sockets-based API (Application Program Interface), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Direct and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit). Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

. “Among other things, this extension falsely purports to provide a firewall. In the firewall section of the extension, an animation shows that the firewall is off. The animation then shows a loading power button that turns green and then states the firewall is on. The extension does not create a firewall.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

While firewalls and other “perimeter” security defences remain critical for protecting and organisation and its assets, there has been a renewed focus placed on the importance of endpoint defences, because it is that individual’s vulnerability that is too often the easiest thing to exploit.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2023

The second vulnerability (CVE-2023-1966) allows an attacker to execute code remotely at the operating system level, potentially enabling them to change settings, configurations, software, or access sensitive data on the affected product. This vulnerability affects instruments with UCS v2.x x and has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0,

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. What are mitigation techniques for the new North Korea RAT? Disable File and Printer sharing services. Enforce a strong password policy and implement regular password changes.

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