Context In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, the need for dynamic security measures is critical. Due to Windows’s current architecture and design, security products running in the platform, particularly those involved in endpoint protection, require kernel access to provide the highest level of visibility, enforcement and tamper-resistance, while meeting the strict … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike’s Kernel Access and Security Architecture
Architecture
Building a Resilient Network and Workload Security Architecture from the Ground Up
Building network and workload security architectures can be a daunting task. It involves not only choosing the right solution with the appropriate set of capabilities, but also ensuring that the solutions offer the right level of resilience. Resilience is often considered a network function, where the network must be robust enough to handle failures and offer alternate paths … [Read more...] about Building a Resilient Network and Workload Security Architecture from the Ground Up
Bolster SaaS Security Posture Management with Zero Trust Architecture
According to AppOmni’s 2023 State of SaaS Security report, 79% of organizations reported a SaaS security incident during the preceding 12-month period. As enterprises incrementally store and process more sensitive data in SaaS applications, it is no surprise that the security of these applications has come into greater focus. Security Service Edge (SSE) solutions with Zero … [Read more...] about Bolster SaaS Security Posture Management with Zero Trust Architecture
Elasticsearch and data architecture: 4 essential tools for improved analysis and storage
Organizations are becoming increasingly more reliant on data to make effective, evidence-based decisions to drive business outcomes. Whether this be assessing market conditions and improving customer experience, ensuring application uptime, or securing an organization, data from multiple sources — including consumers and internal systems — is critical to day-to-day … [Read more...] about Elasticsearch and data architecture: 4 essential tools for improved analysis and storage
The White House Memo on Adopting a Zero Trust Architecture: Top Four Tips
On the heels of President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity (EO 14028), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a memorandum addressing the heads of executive departments and agencies that “sets forth a Federal zero trust architecture (ZTA) strategy.” My good friend and fellow Advisory CISO Helen Patton has done a great summary of the memo in a previous … [Read more...] about The White House Memo on Adopting a Zero Trust Architecture: Top Four Tips
Building a Scalable Security Architecture on AWS with Cisco Secure Firewall and AWS Transit Gateway
Comprehensive cloud support is essential when agile and efficient security at scale is required. With Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.1, we have added support for the AWS Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) to drive simple, agile, and efficient security in the cloud. This integration simplifies insertion of Cisco Secure Firewall in AWS with Geneve protocol (RFC 8926) … [Read more...] about Building a Scalable Security Architecture on AWS with Cisco Secure Firewall and AWS Transit Gateway
Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a wide range of cloud-computing services, workloads, and applications to organizations globally. With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. This scalable architecture brings … [Read more...] about Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
The Rise of Telemetry Architecture
There was a time not so long ago when you were at a party and another party goer asked the question “Oh, and what do you do for a living?” Odds are, their answer might have simply been something like “I’m an architect” and from that you could infer that they designed and authored blueprints for construction related to houses and buildings. But these days, you can be a network … [Read more...] about The Rise of Telemetry Architecture
Cisco Secure Remote Worker Architecture for Azure
Today companies are investing in empowering their workforce to have a secure connection to the resources hosted in the Cloud. Cisco provides a secure remote worker solution that uses the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Cisco Duo, Cisco Umbrella, and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client: Cisco AnyConnect Secure … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Remote Worker Architecture for Azure
Cisco Secure Cloud Architecture for Azure
Workloads and applications are moving from a traditional data center to the public cloud as the public cloud provides an app-centric environment. Microsoft Azure offers critical features for application agility, faster deployment, scalability, and high availability using native cloud features. Microsoft Azure recommends tiered architecture for web applications, as this … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Cloud Architecture for Azure