Many AWS customers have security requirements that are well beyond what AWS Security Groups or AWS Network Access Control Lists can offer in terms of scalability and security. That’s why many of them turn to AWS Network Firewall as a common solution.
When organizations were forced to shift to remote work during the pandemic, they needed a quick-fix solution that would enable their remote employees to securely access work resources. For many, this solution came in the form of VPNs. However, VPNs were not designed for the bring your own device (BYOD) and cloud app security use cases. While VPNs can provide remote access, it may come as a surprise that they fall short when it comes to security.
Decoding the role of visibility in securing federal networks.
All secured webservers are alike; each vulnerable webserver running on a network appliance is vulnerable in its own way. On October 16th 2023 Cisco published a security advisory detailing an actively exploited vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) in its IOS XE operating system with a 10 CVSS score, allowing for unauthenticated privilege escalation and subsequent full administrative access (level 15 in Cisco terminology) to the vulnerable device.
It is no surprise that across the financial services industry a steady increase in cloud adoption has taken place in recent years. This trend is expected to continue and grow as organizations look to replace aging, traditional technology. For financial organizations, these changes taking place impact both business operations and customers. Banking, commerce, transactions — not to mention all of their corresponding data — are part of this transformation.
