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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Security Boulevard

On Jan 20, 2002 , exactly 20 years ago, I joined a “SIM” vendor that shall remain nameless, but is easy to figure out. That windy winter day in northern New Jersey definitely set my security career on a new course. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor.

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Disable Time Sync NOW—Ugly GPSd Bug Brings Sunday FAILs

Security Boulevard

On Sunday, you might find some equipment thinks it’s 2002. The post Disable Time Sync NOW—Ugly GPSd Bug Brings Sunday FAILs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Yet another case of critical open source code being maintained by a single unpaid volunteer.

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

Top Cybersecurity Companies Compared Vendor # of eSecurity Planet Top Product Lists Market Capitalization (2025) Overall Gartner Peer Insights Score Overall Glassdoor Score Palo Alto: Best Protection Against Network, Endpoint and Remote Asset Attack 14 $121.40 Fortinet: Best for Network Security Perimeter Protection 15 $74.33

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Architecture Matters When it Comes to SSE

CyberSecurity Insiders

More importantly, you need to understand how a particular solution deploys its network “points of presence” or PoP. To paraphrase a well-known movie from 2002, “SSE, it’s all about the PoPs.” It also, most importantly, causes the network/security engineer back into the performance vs security dilemma.

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New Nemertes Study Reveals Benefits of Zero Trust Extend Far Beyond Network Security

CyberSecurity Insiders

. “There’s little doubt that Zero Trust represents the future of network security. Since 2002, we have provided strategic recommendations based on data-driven operational and business metrics to help organizations deliver successful technology transformation to employees and customers. About Nemertes.

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New Attack on VPNs

Security Boulevard

The researchers believe it affects all VPN applications when they’re connected to a hostile network and that there are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user’s VPN runs on Linux or Android. The post New Attack on VPNs appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Elders And Digital Burden Fears | Avast

Security Boulevard

He’s had the internet since 1995, but didn’t start spending so much time on it until he retired from his position as chief helicopter pilot of the Port Authority New York/New Jersey in 2002. “It The post Elders And Digital Burden Fears | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard. It keeps my mind busy,” McGowan tells Avast. “It