Network Security

Cybersecurity has always been a top priority for business innovators, but hybrid work and a multi-cloud world have raised the stakes considerably. According to one recent report, the global cost of cybercrime reached an estimated $5.8 trillion in 2021. New ransomware attacks, supply chain intrusions, and increasingly bold state actors are all pushing cybersecurity teams…

How one organization secured its hybrid work and online services. As with any financial institution, security threats risking reputation and financial future are inherent in Lake Trust Credit Union’s business. “Financial institutions, to some extent, live and die by their reputation,” comments Jack Martin, senior vice president information services at Lake Trust Credit Union. But…

Cisco’s cloud-based, scalable architecture underpins its end-to-end SASE solution. As the workforce has become more distributed and cloud traffic continues to soar, the demand for anywhere, anytime access has grown. How can IT leverage a simpler, more scalable method to securely connect users to the applications they need? By bringing network and security functions closer…

Single-vendor SASE delivers converged network and security capabilities to connect and secure distributed users, devices, and locations to resources in the cloud, edge, and on-premises. This September 2022 guide from Gartner details the emerging single-vendor SASE market, including key stats and findings. Gartner research offers details on the emerging single-vendor SASE market. Key findings include…

Securing today’s work anywhere organization requires a new, integrated approach. Cisco Umbrella can help. The world has made a massive shift towards a more distributed workforce, and the trend is only accelerating. People now work anywhere and everywhere, from any and every device. But now, with data bypassing centralized security, protecting users (and your company)…

Which capabilities matter most for anywhere, high-performance access? Hybrid work is going mainstream. People will return to the office, but many will continue to work remotely some of the time. That’s why so many IT teams are moving to secure access service edge (SASE), which enables companies to provide secure, high-performance access to any application…

More businesses today rely on edge computing to run their operations, and the benefits are numerous. Putting data and applications as close as possible to end users can lead to faster performance, lower latency, and ultimately reduced data storage cost. But tapping into edge computing also presents significant security risks for enterprises across industries. Businesses…

How to manage a dynamic perimeter that can change from day to day. The definition of “normality” has been in a state of flux since the beginning of Covid-19. The global pandemic that began in 2020 was followed by lasting supply chain shortages and disruption, and then a major war abroad. As a result, the…

Turn your entire network into an extension of your security architecture. In today’s digital enterprise, business-critical applications are based in both cloud and on-premises. Because users need secure access to resources from everywhere, the traditional firewall approach no longer works. For many organizations, the application is the new perimeter, and traditional firewall deployments have evolved…

Eliminate the manual work of collating endpoint information when security incidents occur with actionable device data insights. The future of work involves connecting everyone and everything across a widely distributed, global business environment. At the same time, this ecosystem must be securely resilient to mitigate threats to the rapidly growing volume of connected devices. To do that,…

Your security strategy isn’t finished until you apply the principles of Security Resilience across the organization. Data and applications live everywhere, and most organizations are operating across multiple environments to achieve greater agility and flexibility. But the unforeseen by-product of this evolution is complexity — spawning an expanding attack surface and new vulnerabilities. Adding to…

How to boost your attack posture in the age of remote and hybrid work. Hybrid work meets firewall – it’s an important conversation for all IT and security professionals. In this latest engaging episode of Cisco TV, host Jason Wright, Cisco’s Security Marketing Manager, interviews three highly knowledgeable experts on working smarter—not harder—with firewall integrations…

Q. How has the firewall market changed since 2020? A. It may be easier to say what hasn’t changed. The firewall remains a foundational security control in the enterprise network architecture. But digital transformation is the name of the game —change is the only constant, and the firewall has not emerged from the process unscathed.…

Rethink firewall as your flexible, dependable security foundation for a new world of distributed environments. Need to modernize your firewall? You’re not alone. In fact, the number of devices connected to IP networks will be more than three times the global population by 2023[1]. Now’s the time to consider a 5-step approach to updating your security…