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In what could be a very virtuous trend, four of the cyber security industry’s leading tech vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec) have established a consortium focused on the furtherance of the art and science of cyber threat intelligence. Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW ). By Bob Gourley.
The Travelers insurance company has teamed up with Symantec to give policyholders cyber security assessments and consultation in order to help them manage risks. The self-assessment consists of filling out a 25-question survey and getting a written report of how well their network and data protection stacks up.
Flush with cash from a recent $150 million funding round, Corelight is one of Network World’s 7 networksecurity startups to watch for 2024. Its network detection and response platform aims to tackle NDR weak spots, including alert overload and tool sprawl.
dope.security is one of Network World’s 7 networksecurity startups to watch for 2024. It rearchitected the traditional secure web gateway (SWG) to avoid routing traffic through cloud data centers. Many legacy security solutions don’t have the ability to fully investigate and respond to cloud and SaaS threats.
Aiming to boost its consumer security business, Symantec is acquiring LifeLock, a vendor of identity protection services, for US$2.3 The deal will create what the two companies described as the world’s largest consumer security business with over $2.3 billion in enterprise value. In the U.S.
The antivirus engine used in multiple Symantec products has an easy-to-exploit vulnerability that could allow hackers to easily compromise computers. The flaw was fixed by Symantec in Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) version 20151.1.1.4, released Monday via LiveUpdate. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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Broadcom repackages VMware SASE, adds Symantecsecurity February 27, 2024: Broadcom revived the VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN branding and tied that technology with Broadcom’s Symantec Enterprise Cloud security service edge offering to create its single-vendor SASE package.
In addition, Symantec points of presence will now be integrated with VMware VeloCloud SASE, while VMware Edge Compute Stack, a runtime and orchestration platform, is now optimized to support AI workloads and traffic patterns. “And And what we’ve done is we have revamped our VeloCloud portfolio to enable edge AI workloads.”
authorities and new research from Symantec's Threat Hunter Team shed light on a sophisticated, multi-pronged cyber espionage campaign targeting U.S. telecommunications networks and other organizations. Salt Typhoon reportedly maintained access to these networks for months or longer, emphasizing their focus on intelligence gathering.
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Protecting the Enterprise So, what can security professionals do to properly safeguard the use of Generative AI tools by their employees? Symantec Enterprise Cloud enables our customers to enforce their specific Generative AI policies. Please see our Symantec Enterprise Blog and our Generative AI Protection Demo for more details.
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” LinkedIn is one of the top professional networking sites in the world. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) summer internship program for community college students focusing on cybersecurity was so successful, the department plans to ramp it up.” Is wireless the Trojan horse in your networksecurity?
By Rob Greer, Vice President and General Manager, Symantec Enterprise Division. As the GM of Symantec , I had the good fortune of being able to attend both the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit and the 2022 RSA Conference the week of June 6. More tools require extra work to manage but don’t guarantee more security.
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Cloud optimization is the new initiative in 2024,” says Rajeev Nair, general manager of IT infrastructure and security at Cathay, a major airliner and cargo carrier in the Asia-Pacific region, with headquarters in Hong Kong. It will replace the standard MPLS network, he adds.
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By Bob Gourley Leon Panetta spoke today at the Symantec government conference in DC. He held the attention of an audience of 2000 with a great overview of the state of national security, including threats, and as far as I can tell did that perfectly. This was, afterall, a conference of cyber security professionals.
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However, some concerns about cloud security risks appeared early in the industry and are still relevant today. All information traveling between your company network and the servers of your cloud provider exists, if only briefly at times, on the internet, where it could possibly be captured by malicious computers. Data Breaches.
Most security tools are focused on keeping external attackers at bay. But what about the sensitive data that lives inside your network? DLP can protect core network stores as well as connected endpoints which might have confidential information. Symantec was invited to participate, but declined.
As a nation, we must work collaboratively to ensure that cyber defense strategies are robust and effective to secure our way of life. 49 percent of respondents cited phishing as the largest threat to cyber security at their agency. 49 percent of respondents cited phishing as the largest threat to cyber security at their agency.
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Most recently, new threats have been identified through our Symantec Threat Hunter team, including Lazarus , Verblecon and Daxin. In their planning to get their security house in order, the task can be overwhelming. It also indicates how a CDC should determine and implement security services to enable the security of an organization.
By Liam O’Murchu, Director, Security Technology and Response. The ransomware threat now dominates every security discussion I have with customers. The ransomware threat now dominates every security discussion I have with customers. reportedly paying out $40 million to regain control of its network. .
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