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  • Scoop: Zero Trust Network Access Becomes Your Flexible Friend!

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 06 Apr 2022
  • In my last blog, I highlighted the ongoing debate within IT security that is zero trust or, to use the full acronym, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) and that – in theory, at least – it is kind of ...

  • Does Anyone Trust Zero Trust?

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 06 Apr 2022
  • Has there been a more over-used term within IT security over the past few years than “zero trust”? Answers in the virtual black box at the back of the virtual room (in the virtual universe). I ...

  • The Importance of CASB And Its Limitations

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 24 Mar 2022
  • It’s been over two years since I introduced the Gartner-defined SASE (“sassy”) to my CW readers – in that time the world has changed somewhat, but the requirement for an intensified, integrated ...

  • Security's Buoyancy Aid - Keeping Your Head Above Murky Cyber Waters With Swimlane

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 07 Feb 2022
  • Towards the end of last year, I spoke about a vendor, Swimlane, who appeared to be getting the concept of automation and orchestration absolutely on the money – and in the area where it is most ...

  • Shock horror... Humans used for security validation instead of AI/M-L!

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 08 Nov 2021
  • As a judge on the Tech Trailblazers awards, I can assure you of two security-related actuality wotsits: The onslaught of security start-ups is anything but slowing down; this year has seen a record ...

  • A For Automation

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 04 Nov 2021
  • You might think that 3+ decades into the life of dedicated IT security products that said security landscape would be clearly defined and managed. In reality, it is anything but. The problem is not ...

  • Marriages Are Back On The Agenda – Even In IT

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 08 Sep 2021
  • Ah – the return of “normality” in the UK – i.e., people are still getting ill but the government admits it doesn’t care any longer, other than by increasing taxes… But enough of the ...

  • The DDoS Battle

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 13 Aug 2021
  • In the many years I’ve been testing and analysing the security side of IT, one evident point is that the classic forms of attack: identifying common vulnerabilities and Distributed Denial of ...

  • Putting Your Sassy Money Where Your Nous Is

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 15 Jul 2021
  • I’ve been making a bit of noise in this bloggy column of mine now about sassy SASE for some time, but it seems I’m not the only one (other than Gartner wot coined the concept). The world of ...

  • Our Survey Says...

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 08 Jul 2021
  • The whole WFH/ WFA (Work From Home/Anywhere) initiative that was somewhat enforced on the world’s working population as a result of the “P” word, has largely been well received, but a new survey ...

  • Cloud - Infrastructure - Security - SASE - Discuss!

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 05 Jul 2021
  • Over the past 12 months, I’ve regularly talked about sassy SASE in this blog. But I’m not the only one. A recent Netevents interactive debate had several vendors debating SASE as part of a general ...

  • Clouds Seemingly Don’t Get In The Way Of Satellites

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 02 Jul 2021
  • Had a fascinating chat the other day with a company I really should have spoken to decades ago, but such is life. SES is probably a company wot you think you don’t know, but – for example – anyone ...

  • IT As Marriage Guidance Counsellor...

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 01 Jul 2021
  • In my last blog, I spoke about the need to get immediate access to network behaviour patterns, in order to detect anomalies. An extension of that need is the ability to make instant use of that ...

  • Elmer Fudd Goes Cyber Hunting As A Service

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 30 Jun 2021
  • Time – they say – is of the essence (if not vanilla) but never more than in network detection and response (NDR) scenarios. The problem with many products aimed at detecting network anomalies and ...

  • Computers 1 Humans 0

    Steve Broadhead - Broadband Testing 22 Jun 2021
  • It’s a reality – and one that becomes ever clearer, the more you travel and the more folk you meet – that the vast majority of people are actually quite stupid. Without getting all political, ...