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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why castle-wall defenses utterly fail at stopping deceptive adversaries

The Last Watchdog

There are several methods of active defense that companies can utilize to safeguard their networks, and it’s time for CISOs to start picking. Traditional network security solutions, such as firewalls, are not effective at detecting and stopping lateral attack movement – and that’s where the real damage is done.

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CSTA Turns 400 – Proof That Technology Integrations Is Exactly What You Are Looking For

Cisco Security

With the addition of Kenna Security into our program we now have over 250 technology partners and over 400 integrations for our mutual customers to utilize. This exponential growth, from when we began this journey not so long ago, shows why our customers care about security product integrations and the intangible benefits they bring.

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

Overreliance on perimeter firewalls and industrial IDS tools. Organizations have been confusing deployment of IDS tools that only indicate anomalous activity as equivalent of securing networks. Additionally, perimeter firewalls are heavily relied upon with little importance to lateral firewalls.

IoT 134
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Colonial Pipeline attack spotlights risks of geographically dispersed networks in an industry that is ‘far behind’

SC Magazine

” “These are very large networks covering extensive distances but they are typically ‘flat’ from a network segmentation standpoint,” Cusimano added. “This means that once someone gains access to the SCADA network they have access to every device on the network.”. Fortress Information Security.

Risk 105
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Microsoft Targets Critical Outlook Zero-Day Flaw

eSecurity Planet

Block TCP 445/SMB outbound from your network by using a perimeter firewall, a local firewall, and via your VPN settings. “This can lead to remote code execution, posing a significant security risk.” Performing this mitigation makes troubleshooting easier than other methods of disabling NTLM.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a virtualized network infrastructure where typical network functions – like firewalls , routing, and SD-WAN – can be installed as software through abstraction. Also Read: Top Enterprise Network Security Tools for 2021. Also Read: How to Implement Microsegmentation.

Risk 137
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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains. DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Chronicled.