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Fortinet vs Palo Alto NGFWs 2025: Comparison Guide

eSecurity Planet

Although Palo Alto won this category, Fortinet is still a great pick for teams that need more features its just being compared to the industrys best network security provider. It deserves a special callout for its documentation alone, with plenty of well-designed help pages. Palo Altos usability is also impressive, with a 4.6/5

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Measure Security Performance, Not Policy Compliance

The Falcon's View

Except, of course, that in the real world nobody ever took time to read the more detailed documents, Ops and Dev teams really didn't like being told how to do their jobs, and, at the end of the day, I was frequently reminded that publishing a policy document didn't translate to implementation. Now, note a couple things here.

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Top Third-Party Data Breaches of 2024: What You Need to Know

Responsible Cyber

The attackers used a password spray attack to compromise a legacy test tenant account, gaining access to corporate email accounts of senior leadership and cybersecurity teams. The compromise exposed sensitive card information, including account numbers, expiration dates, and cardholder names. million General Data Breach $3.86

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What Is a SaaS Security Checklist? Tips & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

Are there automated monthly reporting features that provide insight into security performance and compliance? Can the vendor give references or case studies that show effective security deployments in similar organizations? Has the response strategy been tested and updated on a regular basis, taking into account lessons learned?

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How to Perform a Cloud Security Assessment: Checklist & Guide

eSecurity Planet

Optimize account management efficiency: Streamline identity architectures to reduce the time your company spends on account and privilege management. Ensure compliance: Create an even balance of compliance and security to protect your company from penalties and other adverse effects.

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Cloud Security Fundamentals: Understanding the Basics

eSecurity Planet

Document the findings: Keep track of the discovered assets, their classification, and the rationale for priority. Implement Security Controls Following NIST’s cloud security model, develop policies, methods, and technology for protecting cloud assets, such as access control, encryption, and network security.

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Implementing and Maintaining Security Program Metrics

NopSec

In addition, doing so helps to facilitate greater accountability, increased focus, clarity, improved relevancy, and reduced waste, ensuring effective decision-making, accelerated growth, increased visibility, improved performance that ultimately result in higher financial returns. Level 2: Quantify Performance Targets.