At the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, Thomas Lintemuth, vice president analyst at Gartner, discussed how network security tooling has evolved, blending technologies such as firewall, SSE, NDR and SASE. He covered VPNs, microsegmentation and the deployment of policy enforcement points.
A suspected Chinese hacking group used open-source rootkits to ensure persistence on compromised edge devices such as VMware ESXi servers for espionage campaigns, Google Mandiant said. The hacking group, which Mandiant tracks as UNC3886, is likely a Chinese threat group hacking for Beijing.
Chinese hackers breached thousands of vulnerable Fortigate network security appliances in a cyberespionage campaign "much larger than previously known," a Dutch cybersecurity agency warned Tuesday. Even fully patched FortiGate devices may still be infected.
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As CISO at Arista Networks, Rahul Kashyap oversees cybersecurity operations and incubates business initiatives. If you look back to 10 years ago, it was a different monolithic enterprise network, Kashyap said, emphasizing the complexity of contemporary networks.
Organizations need to bring together IT and network teams to enhance visibility into ever-expanding networks, update security policies and ensure their networks remain free of disruption, and automation can play a major role in making these tasks quick and efficient, said Tufin CEO Raymond Brancato.
Zscaler is going all in in its investment in AI to bolster its customers' ability to stay ahead of threat actors, including the company's recent purchase of Avalor and by hiring a chief AI officer, said Jay Chaudhry, the company's founder, chairman and CEO.
Researchers identified major security vulnerabilities in F5's Next Central Manager that could allow hackers to gain a persistent, undetectable presence within any organization's network infrastructure connected to F5 assets, according to a Wednesday report.
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Darktrace for $5.32 billion just 19 months after deal talks between the two sides fell apart. The take-private deal would accelerate Darktrace's organic growth and allow it to pursue acquisitions and leverage Thoma Bravo's operational best practices.
Boundary devices offering firewall and remote access capabilities remain widely used by many organizations. But unless such appliances are rapidly patched, carefully locked down and also well-monitored, many pose a clear and present enterprise cybersecurity liability, a cyber insurer warns.
Probable nation-state hackers targeted Cisco firewall appliances in a campaign dating to late 2023, the networking giant disclosed Wednesday while releasing three patches, two of them rated critical. Cisco doesn't connect the hackers with a specific country. It dubs the campaign "Arcane Door."
The National Security Agency last month issued guidance on advancing zero trust programs through the network and environment pillar, with a key focus on microsegmentation. While the concept of microsegmentation is nothing new, why is the NSA behind it? And when will others follow?
Zscaler purchased an agentless segmentation startup founded by longtime Juniper Networks executives to dynamically control access to critical infrastructure based on identity and context. Acquiring Airgap Networks will prevent sophisticated threats from moving laterally within IoT or OT devices.
Zero trust architecture is a strategic pivot for safeguarding sensitive data. MarketsandMarkets' Rahul Mergu, who recently won ISMG's Dynamic CISO Award for his zero trust implementation, discusses the inadequacies of conventional VPN solutions that pushed him to adopt a zero trust architecture.
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is commonly abused by ransomware groups. Here are methods on how we can provide context and advice for administrators and responders looking to deal with RDP.
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