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Without a Cybersecurity Plan Dangers are Waiting
If your company presently has a cybersecurity plan in place, you have a great start. However, simply having a plan doesn’t mean you are completely good to go. Things to consider include: Is your plan reviewed annually? As you know, threats change all the time, and the plan needs to change to address new threats. Is your plan comprehensive, and [...]
How to Avoid the Many Obstacles That can Shipwreck IoT Deployments
When we place too much importance on one attribute of something, we can lose sight of all the other elements involved. For every successful result, there are usually many elements that contribute to success. When you finally take that well-deserved cruise, you hope the ship caption is experienced and skilled and the ship recently serviced, but do you think about [...]
A Game-changing New Approach for Multiple Network Connections
Network services are somewhat new to enterprise WANs, as hardware-based network appliances, and their configurations are traditionally what made the WAN perform. These devices include routers, switches, firewalls, WAN optimizers, load balancers, proxy servers and other single-function devices positioned throughout the enterprise WAN. For decades, enterprises grew accustomed to the plethora of hardware appliances, and their accompanying maintenance and support [...]
3 Reasons Why You Need to Know the Security Health of Your Company
Do you get a yearly physical exam? If you’re in your twenties, the answer may be, no. But as you move into your thirties and forties, and even more so, into your fifties and sixties, the answer increasingly is yes. Why? Because, as we get older, our risks become greater. While, generally speaking, this is the case for most people, [...]
How to Free Networks from Single-function Device Sprawl
SD-WAN is the WAN solution long anticipated for to liberating enterprises from the complexity associated with traditional network hardware. Network and security services no longer require pre-configuration for every device, within branch locations. Instead, devices inherit policies and configurations based on their assigned role within the network. Traditional WAN Link Challenges On-premise manual QoS and bandwidth configurations on traditional network [...]
SD-WAN Improves Security for Network Traffic
Internet traffic is exploding with users, IoT and mobile devices. This tremendous growth is fueling an expanding attack surface on enterprise WANs. Malware attacks, like spyware, ransomware, and viruses that typically focus on laptops and desktop computers, are now vigorously attacking mobile devices. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 2018, the amount of new malware for mobile units increased [...]