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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

What is a human firewall? A human firewall is a collective effort of individuals within an organization that fights and wards off cybersecurity threats (such as phishing and ransomware), especially ones that use social engineering. It also boasts a massive advantage over hardware and software firewalls: common sense.

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CRN 2020 Hottest Cybersecurity Products Include CN-Series Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

We’re proud to announce that CRN lists the CN-Series container firewall one of the hottest cybersecurity products of 2020. CN-Series is the industry’s first containerized Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) designed specifically for Kubernetes environments and addresses growing container usage.

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CVE-2020-12271: Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Sophos pushes a hotfix to address a SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. On April 22, Sophos published a knowledge base entry on the Sophos Community regarding the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in the Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. Background. Proof of concept.

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11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

CIO

In 2020, 11:11 CEO Brett Diamond noticed a gap in the market. It also delivers security services and solutions – including best-in-class firewalls, endpoint detection and response, and security information and event management – needed to address the most stringent cyber resiliency requirements.

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Palo Alto Networks a Leader in Forrester Enterprise Firewalls Report

Palo Alto Networks

We created the first Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) more than a decade ago and have continued to keep our customers ahead of fast-evolving threats in the years since then. Forrester has named Palo Alto Networks a Leader in its Forrester Wave : Enterprise Firewalls, Q3 2020 report.

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Which open source startups rocketed in 2022?

TechCrunch

Since 2020, Runa has operated what it calls the Runa Open Source Startup ( ROSS ) Index, ranking the top 20 fastest-growing open source startups. The report emanates from Runa Capital , a formerly Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that recently moved its HQ to Luxembourg. The top 50 fastest-growing open source startups in 2022.

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Threats in 2020

Kaseya

Here are the top 10 cybersecurity threats businesses face in 2020: Phishing Attacks. 1 This number, however, is likely to increase in 2020, with phishing attempts now being launched through cloud applications as opposed to traditional emails. 2020 will see the emergence of highly sophisticated and targeted ransomware attacks.

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