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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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Nikesh Arora on Mad Money

Palo Alto Networks

The Rise of Platformization and the Renaissance of Firewall Both new and legacy security solutions are charging the way for this quarter’s success. While platformization is the wave of the future, firewalls are part of the steam that drives that engine forward. Arora emphasized the importance of platformization in the industry.

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

CIO

A new area of digital transformation is under way in IT, say IT executives charged with unifying their tech strategy in 2025. That means IT veterans are now expected to support their organization’s strategies to embrace artificial intelligence, advanced cybersecurity methods, and automation to get ahead and stay ahead in their careers.

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A Leader in 2024 Forrester Enterprise Firewall Solutions Wave

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks pioneered the Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and continues to adapt in the evolving network security space. " — The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 Today we’re excited to share that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 report.

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AI in the Enterprise: 5 key findings of AI usage and threat trends

CIO

Enterprises must rethink security strategies to account for new vulnerabilities, expanded attack surfaces, and AI-fueled cyberattacks. Traditional security approaches reliant on firewalls and VPNs are woefully insufficient against the speed and sophistication of AI-powered threats.

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

CIO

Defense in depth How the CSP attracts, trains, and retains security professionals is certainly an issue to raise when vetting providers, along with the company’s overall security strategy. Adherence to a defense-in-depth strategy should be front and center. To learn more, visit Hyland. [1]

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Just Released and Ready for Download — Software Firewalls for Dummies

Palo Alto Networks

If you want to protect applications and workloads throughout today’s complex and interrelated environments, you need software firewalls. You can better understand the extensive need and numerous use cases for virtual firewalls, container firewalls and managed cloud firewalls with our essential guide, “ Software Firewalls for Dummies.”

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