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The Firewall Metamorphosis: Infrastructures in the Cloud
The Firewall Metamorphosis: Infrastructures in the Cloud

More and more companies are moving resources and infrastructure to the cloud. In view of this development, conventional firewalls are reaching their limits. Hybrid work and network security must be combined: the firewall metamorphosis. A comment by Michael Veit, Technology Evangelist at Sophos. The current evolution of the modern workplace suggests that both traditional and cloud environments are merging into a world where hybrid security infrastructure use cases will dominate the future of network security. This is where SASE approaches can offer the highest level of flexibility for companies to interact on both sides of the spectrum and…

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SSE, SASE or CASB? The Right Security Approach
SSE, SASE or CASB? The Right Security Approach

The pandemic is forcing companies to change their IT workflow and to resort to techniques that they have not yet dealt with much. It is important to understand terms such as SSE, SASE or CASB and to use the techniques correctly. The past 18 months has prompted many companies to adopt public cloud services as lockdowns have lured them into work-from-anywhere cultures. As a result, they have been forced to accelerate the deployment of cloud technologies to enable short-term distributed work while maintaining productivity and business agility. In retrospect, the turn may seem...

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Five cybersecurity predictions for 2022
Five cybersecurity predictions for 2022

The seismic change in the world of work since the beginning of the global pandemic continued in 2021. The surge in cloud, mobility and security initiatives has proven critical for businesses to weather the emerging cybersecurity threats. The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report documents that phishing and ransomware attacks have increased by 11 percent and 6 percent, respectively, as never before have so many people worked outside of their office as in 2021. Cyber ​​criminals have taken advantage of the security issues that have emerged resulting from the new model of teleworking and collaboration. To the ...

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Cloud Exchange for stronger and more effective cloud security
Cloud Exchange for stronger and more effective cloud security

New and improved tools provide critical integrations and information sharing with partners such as CrowdStrike, Mimecast, Rapid7, and PagerDuty. Netskope launches Cloud Exchange for stronger and more effective cloud security. With Cloud Exchange, the SASE specialist Netskope is launching a suite of integration modules that make the existing security infrastructure of customers much more efficient in defending against cloud security threats: Cloud Exchange enables the cloud-based exchange of data and knowledge between security and IT teams and helps them to act faster and more effectively. Stronger and more effective cloud security The security risks in the cloud continue to increase. This trend ...

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Barracuda introduces cloud-native SASE platform

Cloud security specialist Barracuda announces a cloud-native SASE platform that enables companies to control access to data from any device, anytime, anywhere. To achieve SASE convergence, the Barracudas platform combines technologies Secure SD-WAN, Firewall-as-a-Service, Zero Trust Network Access and Secure Web Gateway. In a recent study by Barracuda, more than 80 percent of respondents said that customers have a SASE solution that runs natively with their chosen Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud provider, a third-party offering that runs another cloud -Solution requires, preferred. Customers only want to use one cloud The new ...

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Cloud environments: new priorities for data protection
Cloud environments: new priorities for data protection

As a result of the pandemic regulations, home office operations seem to be establishing themselves as a permanent organizational pillar in companies. According to the current Remote Work Report from Bitglass, for which 287 IT security managers were surveyed in January 2021, 53 percent of companies plan to permanently move certain job positions to the home office. Apparently, this gives the introduction of cloud technologies a further boost, because a clear majority relies on cloud-based IT ecosystems for home office operations: 71 percent of those surveyed state that their company is switching from on-premises applications and tools to the cloud will. There is above all ...

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Cloud security: user behavior as a risk

An unsuspecting click on the link of a phishing email, browsing a compromised website or the careless handling of SaaS applications: in theory, a thoughtless, frivolous act is enough to open the door to the company's IT infrastructure for malware. Once the system has been compromised, there is a risk of corporate data being lost. In modern IT environments, it is increasingly important to take security precautions for risky user behavior in order to protect company resources and the data located there. Accordingly, sensitizing the workforce to various attack tactics has long been part of IT-Grundschutz. Raising the awareness of the workforce Modern working methods that ...

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Data security: SASE platforms
Cloud Computing Services SASE platforms

Data security beyond the network: SASE platforms (Secure Access Service Edge). Companies are extremely adaptable, as the pandemic crisis has shown. New workflows were quickly created that keep business operations fully digital. The collaboration takes place via collaboration tools, the processing of important documents via cloud applications and personal coordination in individual cases via messenger services on private mobile devices. However, the changes in the digital work environment make it difficult for companies to ensure data security. Dynamic access to on-premises and cloud applications The requirement to be able to maintain business processes regardless of location in an emergency brings the ...

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