Nov 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Palo Alto Networks has released new indicators of compromise (IoCs) a day after the network security vendor confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability impacting its PAN-OS firewall management interface has been actively exploited in the wild. To that end, the company said it observed malicious activity originating … [Read more...] about PAN-OS Firewall Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation – IoCs Released
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Unifying Endpoint and Next-Gen Firewall Protection
In today’s fast-evolving cybersecurity landscape, organizations face an increasing barrage of sophisticated threats targeting endpoints, networks and every layer in between. CrowdStrike and Fortinet have formed a powerful partnership to deliver industry-leading protection from endpoint to firewall. This collaboration brings together the strengths of two cybersecurity leaders — … [Read more...] about Unifying Endpoint and Next-Gen Firewall Protection
SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation
Sep 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Detection SonicWall has revealed that a recently patched critical security flaw impacting SonicOS may have come under active exploitation, making it essential that users apply the patches as soon as possible. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10. "An improper … [Read more...] about SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation
Zero touch provisioning with Cisco Firewall Management Center Templates
As organizations expand, the need for a streamlined, scalable, and secure method of provisioning and onboarding new devices becomes increasingly important. Cisco Firewall Management Center (FMC) is at the forefront of this challenge, offering innovative solutions to simplify and accelerate the deployment process. We are excited to introduce Zero-Touch Provisioning capabilities … [Read more...] about Zero touch provisioning with Cisco Firewall Management Center Templates
SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access
Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could grant malicious actors unauthorized access to the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS score: 9.3), has been described as an improper access control bug. "An … [Read more...] about SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access
Managing Firewall complexity and Augmenting Effectiveness with AIOps for Cisco Firewall
Firewalls are a critical line of defense for any organization’s network security. But as companies grow and the threat landscape evolves, managing these firewalls becomes increasingly complex. Security teams often find it challenging to stay updated with the ongoing changes and adjustments required for firewall settings and rules to adapt to new threats, network changes, and … [Read more...] about Managing Firewall complexity and Augmenting Effectiveness with AIOps for Cisco Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall integrates with Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN) to simplify firewall insertion in Azure environments
Enterprise networks have become more complex as the number of branches, data centers, and cloud deployments have increased. The complex spiderweb of connectivity makes it challenging to comprehensively secure all the applications and workloads without needing to deploy firewalls everywhere. To help customers manage complex connectivity, Microsoft Azure launched the Virtual WAN … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall integrates with Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN) to simplify firewall insertion in Azure environments
Secure Firewall & Multicloud Defense: Secure Connectivity With Simplified Policy Across Clouds
Learn how Cisco is bringing on-prem and cloud security together into a unified platform to marry the power of Cisco Secure Firewall and Multicloud Defense. Source link … [Read more...] about Secure Firewall & Multicloud Defense: Secure Connectivity With Simplified Policy Across Clouds
SE Labs 2023 Annual Security Report Names Cisco as Best Next Generation Firewall
Cisco is honored to be this year’s winner of the Best Next Generation Firewall Award in the SE Labs 2023 Annual Report. This industry recognition validates Cisco’s continuous push towards harmonizing network, workload, and application security across hybrid and multicloud environments. I’m incredibly proud of the Cisco Secure Firewall team and am thankful for our amazing … [Read more...] about SE Labs 2023 Annual Security Report Names Cisco as Best Next Generation Firewall
Building a secure and scalable multi-cloud environment with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
In today’s security climate, NetOps and SecOps teams are witnessing increased attack surface area as applications and workloads move far beyond the boundaries of their data center. These applications/workloads move to, and reside in multi-cloud architecture, adding complexity to connectivity, visibility, and control. In the multi-cloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed … [Read more...] about Building a secure and scalable multi-cloud environment with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud