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Q&A: The lesser role VPNs now play for enterprises, SMBs — in a post-pandemic world

The Last Watchdog

VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. However, VPN pipes have become less efficient with the rising use of personally-owed mobile devices increasing reliance on cloud-centric IT resources.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 474 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Ticketmaster confirms data breach impacting 560 million customers Critical Apache Log4j2 flaw still threatens global finance Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin ShinyHunters is selling data of 30 million Santander customers Over 600,000 SOHO routers were destroyed by Chalubo malware in 72 hours LilacSquid APT (..)

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Think of remote access as a business continuity issue

SC Magazine

They weighed the weaknesses of these approaches, from operational issues to end-user experience and poor security against other priorities related to digital transformation and cloud migrations. They began targeting VPN infrastructure, leading to a cybersecurity advisory from the FBI and CISA. User experience matters.

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Think Beyond the Edge: Why SASE is Incomplete Without Endpoint DLP

McAfee

Despite the fact that roughly half of all corporate data was stored in the cloud last year, only 36% of companies could enforce data protection policies there. Organizations have been in the midst of digital transformation projects for years, but this development represented a massive test.

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Transform your Architecture for the Cloud with MVISION UCE and SD-WAN

McAfee

However, digital transformation projects including cloud migration and ubiquitous mobile access have revealed architectural cracks, and many companies have seen the dam burst with the explosion in remote access demand in recent months. While this approach sufficed for years, digital transformation has created major challenges.

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Unlocking the Cloud: Microsoft and Thales Spearhead Passwordless & MFA for Organizations moving to Microsoft 365.

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Crucially, this award recognizes the teamwork carried out over several years by Microsoft and Thales to help organizations secure their identities when migrating to the cloud. Multi-Factor Authentication: the mandatory first step for organizations moving to the cloud.

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

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Nemertes study emphasizes three common ZTNA use cases: VPN replacement , which was the most common scenario with 44% of participants reporting they utilize Appgate SDP to modernize secure remote connections; Securing DevOps to provide developers with dynamic access to network resources, and; Cloud migration to unify access policies and controls (..)