Tag: VPN

April 30, 2024

Firewalls and VPNs are exposing organizations to breaches. It may seem counterintuitive due to the fact that the two have been go-to security tools for decades—but therein lies the problem. They were designed for a time when work was done […]

February 2, 2024

In January, Ivanti alerted customers that hackers were exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in its Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure. This week the company revealed that two other vulnerabilities were discovered in the meantime, with one already being exploited […]

December 14, 2023

So the poet Arthur Guiterman tells us. Time marches on. The days when enterprises built their own networks using routers and digital trunks are, for all practical purposes, gone. Thirty years ago, more than three-quarters of enterprises said that was […]

October 2, 2023

As connectivity demands explode, Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is expected to play a critical role. Similar to cloud computing, NaaS eliminates the need for an enterprise to buy and manage WAN routers, switches, next-generation firewalls, VPN boxes, and more. However, enterprises that […]

July 17, 2023

Cisco announced a containerized firewall package for its venerable Catalyst switch family that’s designed to help enterprise customers with mixed IT and OT systems more easily segment network resources and save money by consolidating network and security deployments. Specifically, Cisco […]

December 13, 2022

Sometimes, budget pressures mean you just have to cut costs. Sometimes, cutting costs in one area can give you some financial elbow room to fund something in another. A fifth of all CIOs tell me that they have a mandate […]

November 8, 2022

VMware is prepping client software for individual devices to connect to its SD-WAN services without the need for remote-access VPNs. Aimed at the work-from-home or hybrid worker, the company will launch VMware SD-WAN Client software that provides secure access to […]

November 1, 2022

Security is the name of the game at Cisco’s Partner Summit gathering this week with the rollout of a new firewall and added data-loss prevention (DLP) and passwordless authentication features to its security wares. On the firewall front, Cisco announced […]

October 28, 2022

Network transformation has been one of the most important innovations in enterprise infrastructure in recent years. As companies increasingly embrace remote and hybrid work models, SD-WAN solutions have played a major role in the digitalization of businesses. SD-WAN is a […]

March 28, 2022

ZTNA replaces VPN for cloud-native hybrid work Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide enterprises with secure remote worker access, but they also present challenges in scale, flexibility and efficacy as more information is in the cloud and workers move away from […]

October 25, 2021

Examples of CNFs can include network routers, bridges, firewalls, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway services. Cloud native Network Functions replace Physical Network Functions (PNFs). PNFs are purpose-built hardware devices (with embedded software or systems) which provide essential network services. […]

October 11, 2021

Once the staple for securing employees working remotely, VPNs were designed to provide secure access to corporate data and systems for a small percentage of a workforce while the majority worked within traditional office confines. The move to mass remote […]

April 19, 2021

In the last year, due to events on a global scale, the world witnessed a significant increase in workforce mobility and businesses moving their operations online. As the number of people working from home and handling sensitive information has grown […]

February 23, 2021

With the pandemic turning the business world upside down, offices look less like hives of activity and more like ghost towns. Employees have had to make do with working from home, a dangerous proposition from the perspective of any risk-averse […]

February 8, 2021

With most companies forced to transition to remote work, even employees far removed from IT are now actively relying on VPN gateways to secure interactions with co-workers, partners, and clients. That kind of change was hardly going to evade the […]

January 13, 2021

2020 was a tough year for humans — and for networks. As daily lives were interrupted and people stayed home rather than travel or gather for work, school or entertainment, there was an accompanying flip-flop in network traffic patterns: Far […]

October 7, 2020

Juniper Networks has added new components to its security portfolio to help customers get a better handle on potential threats as well as improve risk detection and response. The new products are aimed at figuring out who and what devices […]

September 30, 2020

The advent of the work-from-home era, the rise of new cybersecurity threats, and recent advancements in cloud technologies have combined to increase the need for VPN networks with high-security standards for organizations all over the world. When it comes to […]

June 17, 2020

Companies need to be agile and able to leverage a large variety of connected devices and applications across all their employees and vendors to improve efficiency, increase revenue, and drive enhanced business outcomes. But as our networks grow to meet […]

May 12, 2020

As the work-from-home trend grows due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for secure access to enterprise resources continues to grow and with it the demand for ever-more VPN. For example demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S. […]