GDPR has organizations scrambling to improve their existing network infrastructures to meet the new standards before the May 25, 2018 deadline. That’s also created a huge market for technology vendors to rush in. Vendors have spilled industrial quantities of digital ink, posted webinars every 1.83 minutes and used scare tactics to frighten. Why is that? ...

In Forrester’s latest report: The Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem, the research firm suggests specific areas that make up the Zero Trust universe: Data, People, Networks, Workloads and Devices. In order to arrive at Zero Trust, however, any organization needs to ensure four factors are in place within their network security design and deployment: Visibility Analysis ...

One of the biggest challenges of successful migrations is simply the personnel logistics. Cybersecurity job postings are growing at 2x the rate of all other IT professionals with only 24% of enterprises reporting they have enough staff to meet their security needs. This comes into play with migrations because infrastructure (the plumbing of your network) ...

In the last decade your attack surface has been branching out in multiple directions with the rise of new computing functions such as: virtual, software-defined networking, IoT, containers, cloud (private and public) and federated networks. And a larger attack surface means more opportunities for cybercriminals to do harm. Your mission, then: Reduce Your Attack Surface. ...

Analyst: Chase Cunningham January 19, 2018 Forrester has called the current state of enterprise security a “perfect circle of failure”. In 2017, this seemed reasonable with weekly headlines on the latest breach. Now, security teams are scrambling for the best possible solutions, configured and customized to their specific needs. Forrester’s Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem provides ...

Welcome to the world of overflowing regulations and compliance standards, of evolving infrastructure and the ever-present breach. It’s a world where 72% of security and compliance personnel say their jobs are more difficult today than just two years ago. Within the security industry, we are constantly searching for a solution to the next breach while ...

Considerations for Improved Firewall Efficiency, Reduced Complexity, and Better Security Firewalls are designed to provide access control. Although there is risk associated with any access, by limiting what access is permitted the risk is limited and understood and can be evaluated against business need to effectively justify the risk. However, poor firewall management defeats this ...

“Go live” for GDPR is May 25, 2018. If you haven’t started your GDPR journey yet, now is the time. The GDPR intends to protect the personal data of individuals residing in the EU. This, in a world of BYOD, cloud, mobile and IoT, where personal data is more freely transferred and more highly valued ...

Gartner research has uncovered a number of security policy challenges for enterprises. Among these challenges are the typical assessments necessary to fortify policy for compliance and improved security posture. In this paper, we will look at each of the identified recommendations from Gartner to help overcome challenges that interfere with configuration assurance. You’ll discover how ...

Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) continues to be a difficult practice for organizations the world over. In the last 20 years, network security policies (e.g. firewall rules) have grown by more than 3,500%. Yes, you read that number correctly. Why is that? If you expand a network’s functions and capabilities, you will invariably see complexity ...