Remove Firewall Remove Report Remove Systems Review
article thumbnail

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.

Firewall 148
article thumbnail

5 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete

CIO

Adopting emerging technology to deliver business value is a top priority for CIOs, according to a recent report from Deloitte. Maintaining network devices like routers, switches, and firewalls by hand are examples.” For example, the Bureau of Labor statistics reports database management jobs will grow by 9% in the next decade.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

CVE-2025-23006: SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Zero-Day Reportedly Exploited

Tenable

Possible active exploitation in the wild According to SonicWalls Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), there are reports of possible active exploitation of this flaw by threat actors. According to SonicWall, SMA 100 series and SonicWall Firewall devices are not impacted.

Mobile 74
article thumbnail

Navigating Firewall Security Policy Challenges in Technology Organizations: How FireMon Simplifies Complexity

Firemon

However, these innovations also bring a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing firewall security policies. However, each change to the networkwhether adding new applications, services, or APIsrequires corresponding updates to firewall security policies.

article thumbnail

Palo Alto Networks Helps Secure Black Hat Asia 2025

Palo Alto Networks

At this years Black Hat Asia, we are providing three functions within the NOC/SOC: We will provide the NOC with network security services, including next-generation firewall capabilities, full Layer 3 dynamic routing, comprehensive network segmentation/isolation and protection of the Black Hat owned infrastructure from network attacks.

Network 91
article thumbnail

3 Keys to ensuring your cloud provider offers a sound cyber security strategy

CIO

They know how damaging a cybersecurity incident can be – the annual IBM/Ponemon Institute Cost of a Data Breach report puts it at $4.88 In practice, that could mean firewalls protecting the cloud perimeter, then identity management tools (authentication, authorization, accounting, or AAA) to ensure only authorized users are allowed in.

article thumbnail

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.

Firewall 102