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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, 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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Some Palo Alto Networks firewalls are spontaneously rebooting

Network World

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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Juniper delivers distributed data-center security protection, firewalls

Network World

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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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

Data center sustainability Data center sustainability is the practice of designing, building and operating data centers in a way that minimizes their environmental by reducing energy consumption, water usage and waste generation, while also promoting sustainable practices such as renewable energy and efficient resource management.

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How to choose a flexible unified SASE solution

Network World

Zero-trust enforcement: It is crucial to have zero-trust enforcement in a SASE solution because it authorizes and verifies every user and device trying to access resources. Installing a firewall at these locations could be cost-prohibitive, and most IoT devices don’t support agents, making security challenging.

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How the Pittsburgh Steelers leverage the Fortinet Security Fabric for industry-leading defense

Network World

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. The same can be said about our leadership team when they are not physically on site.

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

Network World

In 2019, Gartner created the term SASE to describe a cloud-based service that combines networking and security to give remote workers safe access to internet-based resources. Open Systems: Open Systems’ SASE+ includes the full stack as a combination of in-house, partners, and open-source components.

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