Organizations need to bring together IT and network teams to enhance visibility into ever-expanding networks, update security policies and ensure their networks remain free of disruption, and automation can play a major role in making these tasks quick and efficient, said Tufin CEO Raymond Brancato.
Zscaler is going all in in its investment in AI to bolster its customers' ability to stay ahead of threat actors, including the company's recent purchase of Avalor and by hiring a chief AI officer, said Jay Chaudhry, the company's founder, chairman and CEO.
Researchers identified major security vulnerabilities in F5's Next Central Manager that could allow hackers to gain a persistent, undetectable presence within any organization's network infrastructure connected to F5 assets, according to a Wednesday report.
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Darktrace for $5.32 billion just 19 months after deal talks between the two sides fell apart. The take-private deal would accelerate Darktrace's organic growth and allow it to pursue acquisitions and leverage Thoma Bravo's operational best practices.
Boundary devices offering firewall and remote access capabilities remain widely used by many organizations. But unless such appliances are rapidly patched, carefully locked down and also well-monitored, many pose a clear and present enterprise cybersecurity liability, a cyber insurer warns.
Probable nation-state hackers targeted Cisco firewall appliances in a campaign dating to late 2023, the networking giant disclosed Wednesday while releasing three patches, two of them rated critical. Cisco doesn't connect the hackers with a specific country. It dubs the campaign "Arcane Door."
The National Security Agency last month issued guidance on advancing zero trust programs through the network and environment pillar, with a key focus on microsegmentation. While the concept of microsegmentation is nothing new, why is the NSA behind it? And when will others follow?
Zscaler purchased an agentless segmentation startup founded by longtime Juniper Networks executives to dynamically control access to critical infrastructure based on identity and context. Acquiring Airgap Networks will prevent sophisticated threats from moving laterally within IoT or OT devices.
In a deep dive into the cybersecurity's industry's shift toward platformization, Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri explores the nuances of integrating multiple security services, the importance of truly integrated platforms and the future of cybersecurity architecture.
Palo Alto Networks Senior Vice President Anand Oswal details how Talon's browser technology secures unmanaged devices, enhances SASE capabilities and facilitates hybrid work. The platform security behemoth bought Tel Aviv, Israel-based based Talon in December for $458.6 million.
Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry said Palo Alto Networks' strategy of offering free products to new platform customers will "unravel over time" as firewalls become shelfware. Legacy vendors find themselves "in a defensive position" as the role of firewalls shrinks and demand for zero trust security grows.
Firewall maker Check Point Software in an earnings call touted a strong fourth quarter - and a future that won't involve co-founder Gil Shwed as company CEO. Shwed has headed the publicly traded, $19 billion Israeli pure-play cybersecurity company for three decades.
Ukraine's security intelligence chief said Russian hackers had been responsible for severing internet access and mobile communications from telecom operator Kyivstar in December, after compromising the firm's network months ago. He said the "disastrous" cyberattack had wiped "almost everything."
Fortinet plans to shift its R&D and go-to-market investments to the faster-growing SASE and security operations segments as growth slows in the network security market. The company expects "more modest growth" in the near term given that 70% of Fortinet's billings today come from network hardware.
A Chinese hacking group linked to state authorities has upgraded its capabilities to target companies with headquarters in the United States and East Asia, warns an alert from Japanese and American cyber agencies. The group, BlackTech, has a customized firmware backdoor tailored for Cisco routers.
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