In this month’s Network World Security Landscape video podcast, reporter Keith Shaw speaks with Fortinet’s Derek Manky on trends he saw at this year’s RSA tradeshow, a new Claco cross platform botnet that’s migrating from the smartphones to PCs, the recent Evernote hack and the recent trend of companies migrating to two factor authentication.
A Better Way to Manage the Configurations and Passwords of Network Devices
Enterprises depend on network availability for business continuity and network configuration data lies at the core of enterprise network administration.
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says Data Breach, Loss Top Cloud Threat List
A new survey of industry experts from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds data breach and data loss at the top of nine critical threats to cloud security. Cloud computing is more mainstream among businesses and government now than ever before. CSA’s “The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013” report details the development of the cloud service model and how it delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently.
One Product Line, Three NSS Labs Awards
Fortinet has earned three NSS Labs’ coveted “Recommend” ratings by delivering outstanding enterprise management, security effectiveness and TCO in three group tests: 2013 Next Generation Firewall 2013 Network Firewall 2012 Network Intrusion Prevention NSS Labs put the FortiGate-3600C, FortiGate-800C and FortiGate-3240C appliances through extensive real-world tests and awarded each the “Recommend” rating for providing “a very high level of protection, manageability and value for money.” These awards are a big deal for several reasons. First, NSS Labs provides solid insight into the true performance of network security devices and their ability to protect against a wide range of threats. Network security professionals understand the need to balance the potentially competing requirements of more performance and more security at an abstract level, but often lack the information they need to make informed buying decisions.
UTM 9.005 Up2Date Released
We have just released stable version 9.005 via Up2Date for Sophos UTM. This release contains many compatibility improvements and stability enhancements for your installation.
One Brand of Firewall is a Best Practice
In case you haven’t seen it, there’s an interesting research note authored by Greg Young of Gartner that posits “one brand of firewall is a best practice for most enterprises.” And, in particular we have to agree. Why? Let’s go back to 1999 and see. Taking a quote from Bruce Schneier’s, A Plea for Simplicity, “the worst enemy of security is complexity.” Thirteen years later, Gartner also seems to agree; saying basically that having different firewall platforms increases configuration and m…
The Game of Security Evasion
Evasion techniques have existed ever since attacks were created, that’s no secret.
President Obama’s Cyber State of the Union
During his State of the Union address On February 12, 2013, President Obama announced an Executive Order that pertained to Cyber Security and information sharing. He stated the need for better protection against hackers, including foreign countries that have tried in the past to collect corporate and personal information. All Things D published the executive order in its entirety. Many have questioned whether this will have little, beneficial or detrimental effects on the network security …
FortiOS Cookbook – Application Control (5.0)
In this video, you’re going to learn how to use Application Control to monitor and control applications’ access to your network. Application Control is a UTM security system that monitors and restricts applications over your network, using the FortiGuard database of applications, which categorizes apps according to popularity, networking technology, app function, and risk. You can create a list of flagged apps or select by category, and monitor or block the actions of those applications using your existing firewall policies.
Sophos RED 50 Released
We have just launched our new Remote Ethernet Device, the Sophos RED 50.