See all of A10 Networks’ videos at www.a10networks.com A10 Networks’ AX Series platforms power some of the largest carriers and ISPs in the world, with solutions including Large Scale NAT & DS-Lite, IPv4 & IPv6 Dual Stack, DNS Application Firewall and Security & DDoS Protection.
Why Retail and Consumer Goods Organizations Need Security
Retail, wholesale and consumer goods organizations face unique security challenges. Each new transaction adds information into the organization's database that can be stolen.
Why do government agencies need network security?
Government and municipalities are especially vulnerable to Internet attacks and face a complex set of challenges–protecting the security of data transactions, complying with regulatory mandates such as FISMA and guarding against malware and viruses, all while providing the benefits of web and network communication to employees. Attacks on smart-grids, government agencies and local municipalities demonstrate the vulnerability of government networks. In addition to protecting themselves from cybercriminals, government organizations also require technologies that allow IT administrators to create VPN connections and set up content filtering rules.
What is a botnet?
Since the Internet has become a staple of businesses and homes we've become familiar with the term “virus” and what it means from a technology perspective. In recent years viruses have evolved into more powerful 'botnets'. While we've discussed the effects of botnets several times in this blog we've never defined the term.
Risks of forgoing security outweigh the cost savings
When operating a small or even a medium sized business there are certain technologies your business can not do without – no matter what market your business is in. However, because of their size, many organizations forgo purchasing these essential business functions due to budgetary reasons. Depending on the type of technology, the organization may be able to get by without these tools, but there are technologies that no organization can do without.
Shift in how we store data may protect credit card information better
A recent article in CNN Money titled “Cybercrime: A secret underground economy” discussed the existence of organized crime in cyber-crime and how organized crime has turned cyber-crime into a multi-million dollar a year industry. The article provided some great insight into the black market of cyber-crime. The fact is, most of the organized crime has turned to cybercrime as the next generation of how they make money
Prevolence of Botnets and Their Zombies Encourages Spam
Dark Reading published an article titled ” Booming Underground Economy Makes Spam A Hot Commodity, Expert Says ” regarding the ease of using botnets for spam activity and how this makes spamming profitable. Some of the more startling statistics show that “For about $10, [a spammer] can send a million emails”. Even if 2 people order a product that they are selling for $10, that's a 100% profit over the cost of the use of the botnet.
AX Series: aFleX Advanced Scripting
See all of A10 Networks’ videos at www.a10networks.com The AX Series aFleX scripting tool enables advanced, highly-flexible and efficient Layer 7 traffic management. aFleX technology is based on the industry-standard TCL programming language. aFleXs do not introduce performance degradation, even when numerous features are turned on, due to AXs scalable Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) architecture that is tuned for multi-core CPUs.
A10 Networks Presents the AX 5200
See all of A10 Networks’ videos at www.a10networks.com A10 Networks presents a video demonstration of the AX 5200 next generation server load balancer/application delivery platform. The AX 5200’s capabilities include 3+ million Layer 4 connections per second (CPS) and 40 Gbps throughput, all in a 2U platform.
Network Identity Management Featuring Identity Tracking with IP-to-ID
See all of A10 Networks’ videos at www.a10networks.com Paul Nicholson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at A10 Networks talks about Network Identity Management Featuring Identity Tracking with IP-to-ID.