Category: Monitoring&Analysis

March 20, 2019

SoftNAS users should upgrade their virtual appliance immediately following the discovery of a security issue in the product’s session management. Texas pen-testing outfit Digital Defense discovered the vulnerability during an engagement and coordinated disclosure with SoftNAS. Version 4.2.2 contains the […]

March 19, 2019

With the introduction of cloud, BYOD, IoT and virtual offices scattered around the globe, the traditional architectures not only hold us back in terms of productivity but also create security flaws that leave gaps for compromise. The network and security […]

March 19, 2019

To say we’re in the early days of 5G is an understatement, but regulators and academics in the U.S. are already looking to what’s next. Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to open up frequencies from 95 GHz […]

March 19, 2019

There was quite a bit of banter about boardroom cybersecurity actions at this year’s RSA Security Conference. No surprise here; business executives understand what’s at stake and are asking CISOs to provide more cyber risk data and metrics, so they […]

March 18, 2019

As U.S. carriers invest in public safety cellular networks and stand up attendant services geared toward public safety, a major change in the way first responders work is coming. Enhancements to network capacity and latency, combined with other cutting-edge technologies, […]

March 18, 2019

Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies confirmed that it has a proprietary operating systems for both smartphones and computers, which the vendor plans to use in the event of an eventual ban by the U.S. government, German publication Die Welt reported, citing […]

March 15, 2019

It has been just 10 months since Tom Gillis became VMware’s senior vice president and general manager of its networking and security business, and in that time he has overseen some major changes in the company’s core products. Most recent […]

March 15, 2019

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is carrying out an assessment of the potential security implications in the implementation of 5G equipment by Chinese vendors, international press reported NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as saying. Stoltenberg said that allies are “consulting […]

March 15, 2019

As U.S. operators light up commercial 5G networks in select markets with plans to offer nationwide coverage in the 2020-2021 timeframe, we’re just now getting a look at how much subscribers will have to pay for an enhanced mobile broadband […]

March 14, 2019

The global optical communications community last week assembled in San Diego for the latest edition of Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC). This year’s event highlighted the market’s hot topics in a range of standing-room only business and technical […]