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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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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

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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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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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IT leaders see big business potential in small AI models

CIO

Tuned, open-source small language models run behind firewalls solve many of the security, governance, and cost concerns. Thats 100% accurate, says Patrick Buell, chief innovation officer at Hakkoda, an IBM company.

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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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