eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. It aims to prevent unauthorized access, manage data movement, and guard against potential security threats.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Firewall rules are preconfigured, logical computing controls that give a firewall instructions for permitting and blocking network traffic. They help IT and security teams manage the traffic that flows to and from their private network.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are two of the best network security providers, offering excellent next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) with strong, independently verified security. Fortinet excels in usability and administration, while Palo Alto has an edge in advanced features and firewall capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Network security threats weaken the defenses of an enterprise network, endangering proprietary data, critical applications, and the entire IT infrastructure. This guide to major network security threats covers detection methods as well as mitigation strategies for your organization to follow.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

This surge in TLS abuse has shifted the security community’s focus back to a venerable network security tool, the firewall. Since this exposure manifests anywhere data streams into a company’s IT systems, the answer has to involve a firewall. Decryption bottleneck. Can anything blunt the trajectory of TLS abuse?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. A methodical drive has been underway for at least the past decade to affect a transition to a new network security paradigm – one less rooted in the past and better suited for what’s coming next.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 17, 2023

To combat these vulnerabilities, organizations must consider establishing hybrid workplace network security. This article will discuss types of network security breaches to watch out for. With hybrid and remote workplaces becoming increasingly normal, workplace network security must become a priority.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

Setting up a firewall is the first step in securing your network. A successful firewall setup and deployment requires careful design, implementation, and maintenance to effectively improve your network integrity and data security.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As a result, network security is a top priority for organizations in this industry. FireMon, a leader in network security policy management, offers solutions tailored to the needs of healthcare companies. FireMon’s solutions provide enhanced network security, compliance management, and real-time visibility and control.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 31, 2021

Centripetal Networks filed a lawsuit this month accusing Palo Alto of violating 12 separate patents for systems or policies designed to enhance network security. Worth noting that Centripetal has pursued – and won – patent cases against other industry titans in the past for incorporating its security innovations.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With 12 top level controls ranging from securing the CDE, to keeping eyes on your third parties, theres a lot to think about. When it comes to compliance, the list of documentation and evidence pieces is broad. How to use this checklist Maintain organisation : Categorise documents by control group for easy access during assessments.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

A DMZ network, or a demilitarized zone, is a subnetwork in an enterprise networking environment that contains public-facing resources — such as web servers for company websites — in order to isolate them from an enterprise’s private local area network (LAN).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

An application gateway, also known as an application level gateway (ALG), functions as a critical firewall proxy for network security. Its filtering capability ensures that only certain network application data is transmitted, which has an impact on the security of protocols including FTP, Telnet, RTSP, and BitTorrent.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 1, 2021

Over the past 20+ years, Snort has become the de facto standard by which all network intrusion detection systems are measured. The release of Snort 3 in January 2021 represents a significant upgrade to the tried and tested network security tool. of the Cisco Secure Firewall (formerly Firepower).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cisco Secure Firewall integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall has several new partner integrations. CyberArk reduces VPN risk with MFA enforcement on any VPN client that supports RADIUS; including Cisco Secure Firewall. The Secure Firewall app for Splunk has been updated. Read more here.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Design a DDoS Response Playbook : Prepare for how a security or operations team will respond to a DDoS attack and take additional measures for defense. Deploy DDoS Monitoring : Watch for signs of an attack and document attacks for future improvements. Limit some protocols to devices on the internal network.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The dynamic security landscape presents significant challenges for organizations, especially in multi-cloud environments. The key to combating these growing threats is network security automation. Myth 7: Security Orchestration and Security Automation Are Twins (Not Quite.)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

To help you improve your organizational communications security, consider the following tips: Implement network security controls. Network security should be managed and controlled to protect your organization from threats that may originate externally or internally. This includes all approved wireless networks.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These guidelines can help keep threat actors out of corporate networks, as well as ensure that these actors are limited in what they can do and/or see if they manage to penetrate the outermost defenses. Another component of segmentation is initializing a default-deny access-control list (ACL), which can be done at the firewall level.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Documenting and Implementing Procedures. Citrix recommends that organizations have fully documented and implemented procedures for all activities that may create cybersecurity risks. Read more : Top Database Security Solutions for 2022. Some enterprises may be comfortable with 99 percent of all security upgrades being made.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

5 Customer support: 3/5 Microsoft Defender is a free comprehensive security solution that is integrated into Windows. Aside from the antivirus feature, it offers features like a Windows firewall, smart app control, device health, family options, browser control, and robust security settings. 5 Pricing: 5/5 Core features: 3.5/5

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Cisco Security

MAY 11, 2021

Cisco is pleased to announce two new document additions to the Firepower Forensic Investigation Procedures for First Responders. These document guides help customers and partners triage Cisco products that are suspected of being compromised. Below is a summary of the released document guides, along with a brief description of each one.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Great documentation and easy to learn. Convenient for various levels, from beginners to security teams. Provides a complete documentation. WPScan is the most popular security tool for WordPress. Great documentation. Can bypass a victim’s firewall. Documented. Easy to learn and use. Accepts wordlists.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2021

Ten years after the conceptual roots of zero trust, the cybersecurity industry has four methods for implementing microsegmentation: network fabric, hypervisor, agent, or NFGWs. While all four approaches can help your organization move towards microsegmentation, some are critical to comprehensive network security. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Firewalls may allow these packets through and cause server CPUs to become overwhelmed due to resources wasted analyzing and discarding these packets. Hardening includes, but is not limited to: Block unused ports on servers and firewalls. Limit some protocols to devices on the internal network. using firewall technology.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Security Misconfigurations Inadequately designed security settings, such as open ports, lax access restrictions, or misconfigured firewall rules, might expose infrastructure vulnerabilities. Firewalls Firewalls play an essential role in enhancing the security of your system.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As networks grow increasingly complex, the demand for robust, scalable, and efficient security management solutions has never been higher. Tufin is a well-known player in this domain, providing organizations with a comprehensive suite of tools designed to manage and automate network security policies.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

Also read: Network Protection: How to Secure a Network Follina State-Sponsored Campaigns CVE-2022-30190, a.k.a. Follina , is a vulnerability in Microsoft Diagnostics Tool (MDST), exploited by persuading victims to open Word documents, which can enable the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

A Virginia judge denied a request by Cisco Systems for a new trial after the court ruled last year that the company committed patent infringement in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit filed by Centripetal Networks. Last October, U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Security solutions including web application firewalls, API gateways, API management tools, and identity and access management (IAM) tools weren’t designed to prevent attacks on APIs. That’s because securing APIs offers unique challenges: . Documentation is always incomplete and often out of date.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As networks grow more complex, the demand for robust, scalable, and efficient security management solutions is higher than ever. AlgoSec is a well-known player in this domain, providing organizations with a comprehensive suite of tools designed to manage and automate network security policies.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hybrid cloud security starts with analyzing and categorizing data and progresses to customized security measures. Hybrid cloud security generally follows best practices for network security and cloud security : Network segmentation decreases attack surfaces.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While logs are also used by developers and IT teams to address performance and operations issues, our focus is on the security uses of log data. These security logs document the events and actions, when they happened, and the causes of errors. This data assists in learning from security events and fortifying defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

A documented policy enables IT teams to create a trackable and repeatable process that meets the expectations of executives and conforms to compliance requirements. For example, for the CIS Critical Security Controls , the requirements are broad: 7.1 All policies should be living documents that evolve as the organization changes.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2022

It relays graphical screen changes while transmitting mouse and keyboard inputs from one machine to another via a network. Security firm Cyble has noted an increase in cyberattacks targeting the port 5900, the default port for VNC. Recommendations for exposed VNCs. Limit exposure of VNC over the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

SD-WAN integration with the SASE controller for Meraki, Catalyst, and others Cisco Umbrella SIG unifies firewall, SWG, DNS-layer security, CASB, and threat intelligence functions into a single and well-tested cloud service.

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