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Firewall-as-a-Service offers many benefits to security teams, including cost savings, more consistent remote connections, and centralized patch management.
Alkira partnered with Cisco to make the firewall vendor’s Secure Firewall Threat Defense platform deployable directly through Alkira’s Cloud Services Exchange using a bring-your-own-license model.
Security analysts say Randori’s research underscores the vulnerabilities in firewalls and VPNs and the need for the industry to adopt a zero-trust approach.
CrowdStrike formally identified a new set of espionage-minded hacking activity that is squarely directed at global telecommunications companies, relies on advanced operational security techniques and can access sensitive mobile data without planting malware or infecting devices.
CISA says blocking SolarWinds Orion servers from outbound internet traffic could have helped prevent the supply chain attack. But cybersecurity experts say that alone would not have protected organizations from being infiltrated.
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