Over the last few years, adoption of hybrid and multicloud environments has grown significantly because of the added benefits they provide organizations — including lower initial costs, simplified management, and time savings. As organizations continue to relocate more of their applications to hybrid and multicloud environments, complexity begins to increase, especially when … [Read more...] about Simplify Security at the Virtual Edge with Cisco Secure Firewall and Network Edge from Equinix
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Securing Multicloud Environments 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, multicloud architecture, adding complexity to connectivity, visibility, and control. In the multicloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed … [Read more...] about Securing Multicloud Environments with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
Protecting against Log4j with Secure Firewall & Secure IPS
The Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has taken the Internet by storm in the past few days. This blog details quick ways Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Secure IPS users can protect against attacks leveraging this vulnerability while patching their infrastructure. Talos first released updated Snort rules on Friday, December 10. For customers inspecting … [Read more...] about Protecting against Log4j with Secure Firewall & Secure IPS
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
Cisco Secure Firewall named Best Next Generation Firewall in SE Labs 2021 Annual Report
Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by SE Labs as Best Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) in their 2021 Annual Report. We’re honored to receive industry recognition for excellence in the network firewall market and for making security less complex, more agile, and better able to defend against today’s and tomorrow’s threats. I couldn’t be prouder of our Cisco Secure … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall named Best Next Generation Firewall in SE Labs 2021 Annual Report
Building Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native Version 1.1
Today, companies invest in making their security controls scalable and dynamic to meet the ever-increasing demand for their network(s). In many cases, the response is a massive shift to Kubernetes® (K8s®) orchestrated infrastructure that provides a cloud-native, scalable, and resilient infrastructure. This is where Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native comes in, giving you the … [Read more...] about Building Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native Version 1.1
Cisco Secure Firewall to Support Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer
Microsoft’s recent announcement of its upcoming Azure Gateway Load Balancer is great news for organizations requiring rapidly scalable firewalls with high availability in public cloud. Cisco has partnered with Microsoft and will be supporting Cisco Secure Firewall with Azure Gateway Load Balancer. The Gateway Load Balancer makes rapid scaling of security services with highly … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall to Support Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer
Threat Trends: Firewall – Cisco Blogs
These days, protecting the network perimeter is a foregone conclusion. However, there is no longer a monolithic perimeter—there are often multiple perimeters to protect. Unauthorized attempts to cross perimeters are frequent, and the need to defend against threats is critical to protect your assets. In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard … [Read more...] about Threat Trends: Firewall – Cisco Blogs
Cisco Secure Firewall Garners a ‘Hat-Trick’
In case you’re not a sports fan, a hat-trick is a term for three goals by a player in one game. Interestingly, the phrase comes from cricket, and was first used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls. The team would present a bowler with a hat to celebrate the achievement. Along similar lines, Cisco Secure Firewall celebrates three scores in 2021: Cisco … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall Garners a ‘Hat-Trick’
Cisco Secure Firewall: Sometimes, updates are great news
I distinctly remember my desktop and mobile updates that slowed my systems to a crawl. The fine print often says something like, “May not run optimally on lower-end hardware.” Which is a pity, when a treasured custom-built system can no longer supported the latest updates, compromising its security, or a smart phone dialer needs 5 seconds to open for a phone call. But … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall: Sometimes, updates are great news