Ransomware attacks grew by 80% last year, according to Zscaler's ThreatLabz findings. Further, phishing attacks increased by 47%.
In the wake of recent high-profile data breaches in Australia, the global threat landscape is top of mind for everyone from Anthony Albanese to your next-door neighbors. The pressure is...
Crosspoint Capital Partners has joined Thoma Bravo and others in the take-private cybersecurity spree, agreeing to buy endpoint security vendor Absolute Software for $657 million. The deal will allow Absolute Software to expand from asset visibility and control to endpoint resilience and access.
Over the years, most organizations acquire multiple tools for protecting data but a variety of personnel and policies make it difficult to manage enterprise-wide. Skyhigh Security’s Nate Brady says it’s time to look into the latest security service edge and secure access service edge solutions.
Complexity has made it tough for organizations to be secure and efficient, which is driving many customers to look at vendor consolidation, said Palo Alto Networks President BJ Jenkins. Organizations that deploy a lot of point solutions are stuck finding a way to make all the products work together.
Continued reliance on legacy VPNs hinders remote work performance and fails to provide users or organizations with zero trust security protection, said Netskope's Sanjay Beri. Companies often start by augmenting their VPNs to enable zero trust network access before moving to full replacement.
CISOs have gone from complaining that they don't get enough time and attention from the board of directors to presenting to the board every quarter, said Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry. Conversations with CIOs or boards tend to focus on what architectural changes can be made to reduce business risk.
Small and midsize businesses need proactive measures to ensure security just as much as any large organization. But challenges abound for SMBs as they struggle with a smaller staff and budget constraints, making them more vulnerable to cyberattacks, said SonicWall President and CEO Bob VanKirk.
The way we secure workloads today is vastly different due to remote work and the move to the cloud following the pandemic. More modern SASE solutions such as zero trust have been adopted, and organizations are moving from legacy such as MPLS to software-defined networking and cloud-based solutions.
With cloud adoption accelerating and the emergence of permanent hybrid workforces, traditional network security constructs are pushed to their breaking point. As remote work has become the new normal, users, applications and data are now everywhere, challenging traditional notions of security and performance. CISOs...
ChatGPT is "amazing" and "has reformed the way we interact with computing," says Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. But to get value from AI and to use it to make the SOC more proactive, we need to have a lot of data - and pay attention to what it's telling us, he says.
Healthcare delivery is changing to become more patient-centric, virtual, and data-driven; requiring managing complex IT infrastructure between medical centers, remote clinics, and various service providers. Adequate technical resources are necessary to ensure proper uptime, capacity, security, and performance.
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Protecting organizations from cyberattacks starts with a Network Security Platform as the cornerstone of an effective network security strategy. Security tools such as next-generation firewalls, cloud-delivered SASE, threat prevention, URL filtering, DNS Security, artificial intelligence for operations, and IoT...
The modern workplace is rapidly evolving, with a growing number of employees working remotely and a significant increase in the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) and collaboration tools. As a result, organizations face unprecedented challenges in securing their digital cloud infrastructure. Traditional security...
Cradlepoint has bought seasoned Israeli security veteran Ericom Software to bring SASE, zero trust and cloud security to hybrid 5G and wireline environments. The deal will help Cradlepoint's SASE and zero trust technology portfolio cover fixed-site, remote worker, in-vehicle and IoT use cases.
Cisco Umbrella helps you simplify, streamline, and scale your security. With flexible, cloud-delivered security, Umbrella is the heart of the Cisco SASE architecture. It combines multiple security functions into one solution, so you can extend data protection to devices, remote users, and distributed locations...
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