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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 4: The Next Generation

Firemon

The Next-Generation Firewall Market Penetration of the Next-Gen Firewall The Platform The Future of the Firewall Book a Demo Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon As hardware and software performance improved, the difference in firewall performance between the different vendors became much smaller.

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

The Rise of the ASIC The Appliance Becomes the Standard Security Goes Mainstream Book a Demo Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon By the early 2000s, proxies had lost, and stateful inspection dominated the market. As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions.

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Gathering, Understanding, and Using Traffic Telemetry for Network Observability

Kentik

Detecting malware and DDoS attacks You can detect malware and DDoS attacks by looking for unusual traffic volumes, unexpected traffic destinations or sources, or abnormal protocol usage. Correlate the data with other information, such as firewall logs, threat intelligence feeds, and endpoint security data.

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Endpoint Security Basics: What It Does, How It Works, Controls, Technologies and More

Kaseya

Because these devices connect to the internet, they are vulnerable to malware and hacking. Endpoint protection tools combine the functionality of various security solutions, such as antivirus, antimalware, firewalls, antispyware and intrusion prevention, into a single package to provide comprehensive protection.

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Busted by Cortex XDR: Network Traffic Analysis in Action

Palo Alto Networks

Join us on March 17 for our “ Leverage Your Firewall to Expose Attackers Hiding in Your Network ” webinar to learn more about how to use Network Traffic Analysis, including a live attack demo. . The story begins at a large pharmaceutical company that had Cortex XDR deployed using firewalls as sensors to analyze their network traffic.

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Concept, Benefits and Use Cases

Kaseya

MDR experts’ tool stack includes everything from firewall, antivirus and antimalware programs to advanced intrusion detection, encryption, and authentication and authorization solutions. In such an environment, relying solely on conventional security systems like firewalls and antivirus software will not meet the challenge.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

The Threat: Malware. Malware – short for malicious software, is a term used to represent computer viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, adware, spyware, etc. Any computer connected to the internet is at risk of a malware attack. Protect your devices from malware attacks by installing AV/AM software.