According to a Mandiant survey of 1,350 global business and IT leaders, when trying to secure their networks against cyber threats, nearly all respondents (96%) believe it’s important to understand the threat actors targeting their organizations. That’s hardly a surprise. But then there’s this finding: 79% of respondents say that most of the time, they make decisions about cyberattacks without insights into who could be targeting their organization.

Let’s face it, your remote connectivity architecture isn’t going to cut it for much longer. Maybe you struggle with providing uniform secure optimized access, or with a patchwork of multi-vendor policies, or with network blind spots across all remote users, devices, sites, and clouds. One or all of these issues can lead to a situation that would significantly impact digital business operations. Fortunately, there’s a better way.

On January 25, Forward Networks was honored to host Cloud Field Day 16. We especially enjoy working with the delegates because of their industry experience and objective viewpoints; in fact, we launched our product at a Networking Field Day in 2017. This blog is the first in a series covering our Cloud Field Day 16 presentations.

We’ve now seen a number of different use cases for ChatGPT from marketing, sales, software development and others including from the security field. This platform continues to dominate most of the headlines and impress based on how it’s able to handle questions and topics from various backgrounds.

On October 3, 2022 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive 23-01 – Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks, a compulsory order intended to “make measurable progress toward enhancing visibility into agency assets and associated vulnerabilities.” BOD 23-01 mandates that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FEEB) agencies complete a series of required actions within six months, or by April 3, 2023.