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Network security strategy

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Cisco gears up to cash in on AI innovation and investments

  Networking giant plots out artificial intelligence-powered future within networks to build digital resilience and offer secure visibility, observability and insight across digital footprints, with $1bn global AI investment fund

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Haier Europe taps Orange Business to build responsive SD-WAN

  Looking to offer a scalable, secure networking infrastructure to support its growth, Fortune 500 home appliances company works with business arm of telco to deploy cloud-first platform enhancing security, visibility and agility

• June 03, 2024 03 Jun'24

  McLaren Formula 1 Team revs up network security with Cisco

  Legendary motor racing team expands global partnership with networking giant to accelerate network security for on-premise hardware and cloud-based software, including secure firewall and XDR

• May 24, 2024 24 May'24

  Networks emerge as catalyst for digital business success

  Global networking trends report for 2024 reveals continued measurable impact of the network in advancing business goals, with 72% planning on deploying integrated network management platforms over the next two years

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  Hippodrome Casino makes bet on Extreme for network upgrade

  London casino implements network infrastructure to mitigate legacy challenges and improve security, guest services and productivity

• May 17, 2024 17 May'24

  Cato Networks and e& partner to further expand SASE presence in UAE

  Global technology group forges partnership with provider to see the establishment of a second point-of-presence in UAE, extending SASE Cloud to enterprises across the region

• May 08, 2024 08 May'24

  Cyber attack ruled out as source of UK Border Force outage

  An IT outage that caused automated passport control e-gates to crash across the UK has been resolved, with a cyber attack ruled out as the cause

• May 07, 2024 07 May'24

  Versa Networks adds AI capabilities to SASE platform

  Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based secure access service edge provider enhances core solution to include GenAI firewall for threat detection and data protection

• May 03, 2024 03 May'24

  Optimising application connections, improving security posture top SD-WAN priorities

  Research looking into key drivers behind global SD-WAN investments find deployments are mainly driven by need to optimise network connections to cloud-based applications and improve overall security posture

• May 02, 2024 02 May'24

  Palo Alto Networks claims to raise bar on SASE

  Palo Alto Networks releases version 3.0 of SASE tech designed to extend zero trust to unmanaged devices, secure data with artificial intelligence and boosts application performance for partners and customers

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  Bad bot traffic in Australia grew 23% in 2023

  Traffic from bad bots that perform malicious tasks accounted for 30.2% of Australia’s internet traffic in 2023

• April 29, 2024 29 Apr'24

  Cradlepoint unveils 5G-optimised SASE to deliver agile enterprises

  Ericsson division unveils SASE solution said to enable lean IT teams to establish zero-trust networks in as little as six minutes securing environments such as roaming vehicles, IoT devices and pop-up locations

• April 25, 2024 25 Apr'24

  Extreme Connect 2024: AI in networks to live or die by trust

  Cloud networking provider unveils hub for research, development and innovation in networking previews, tapping AI to offer a new way to design, optimise and deploy networks

• April 16, 2024 16 Apr'24

  CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience

  The National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access

• April 11, 2024 11 Apr'24

  PSNI criticised after ‘utterly vague’ answers on covert surveillance of journalists

  The Policing Board of Northern Ireland has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland to produce a public report on its use of covert surveillance powers against journalists and lawyers after it gave ‘utterly vague’ answers

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing

  An emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Obituary: Professor Ross Anderson, pioneer in security engineering and campaigner

  Ross Anderson, a titan in the field of security engineering and campaigner for privacy and security, has passed away

• April 03, 2024 03 Apr'24

  Cato claims SASE speed record

  Fast cars meet even faster networks as leading SASE provider doubles throughput to double-digit gigabits per second without any hardware upgrades, attributing the landmark as underscoring value of fully cloud-native platform

• March 28, 2024 28 Mar'24

  Hybrid work drives demand for SASE, zero-trust networking

  Aryaka report finds five key trends with 70% of CISOs seeking secure access service edge and software-defined WAN convergence for simplified infrastructure management

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed

  A judge in ‘lead’ EncroChat case found that messages obtained by police from the encrypted phone network can be lawfully used in evidence

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  Cato claims first for AI-driven networking, security incident detection and response

  Artificial intelligence option from Cato enhanced to detect and identify the root cause of networking incidents and to reduce outages from hours to minutes

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  Vodafone gets down to business with growth plan

  Leading operator closes sale of Italian division and reveals go-to-market plan with pivot towards enterprise communications and business-related internet of things services in strongest current markets

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  More DDoS attacks launched against APAC financial firms

  The financial sector in Asia-Pacific saw more DDoS attacks in 2023, but no notable impact was reported, according to a report by Akamai and FS-ISAC

• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  Aryaka advances network, security convergence with SASE as a service

  Cloud-based software-defined networking and security services provider claims to transform global secure networking with unified secure access service edge solution

• March 07, 2024 07 Mar'24

  PSNI chief denies ‘industrial’ use of surveillance powers against journalists

  PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has agreed to provide a report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog

• March 07, 2024 07 Mar'24

  Western Sydney Metro deploys mission-critical communications for driverless transport

  Nokiar teams with industrial partner to provide IP/MPLS backbone communications network and security solution for new Metro line connecting Australia’s largest city to airport

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  Fancy Bear sniffs out Ubiquiti router users

  The authorities have warned users of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter products to take remedial action after a number of devices were hijacked into a malicious botnet by a Russian cyber espionage unit

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  Toshiba and Orange test quantum encryption on traditional network

  Researchers used QKD on a fibre-optic network spanning 184km to show how the technology could be used to secure networks cost-effectively

• February 21, 2024 21 Feb'24

  SITA enhances aviation SASE with automated multi-cloud networking service

  Leading IT provider in the air transport industry announces strategic collaboration with multi-cloud networking firm to gain enhanced access to secure cloud-based offerings

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024

  A zero-day in the open source WebKit browser engine that powers Safari has sparked Apple’s first major patch roll-out of the new year

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  Cato claims world’s first SASE-based XDR

  Generative AI, detection and response, endpoint protection and new incident response tools headline expansion of core secure access service edge platform beyond networking, threat prevention and data protection

• January 18, 2024 18 Jan'24

  Tech firms: Investigatory Powers review will undermine privacy of UK citizens

  Trade group TechUK argues in a briefing sent to the Home Office that proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill could have a far-reaching impact on privacy and security

• January 10, 2024 10 Jan'24

  HPE nabs Juniper Networks in $14bn deal to boost networking

  The two companies position the combined business as a major force in enterprise and datacentre networking

• January 08, 2024 08 Jan'24

  Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs

  The Met’s senior investigating officer responsible for investigating criminals using the EncroChat encrypted phone network tells the inside story of the UK’s biggest organised crime bust in a BBC podcast series released this week

• January 04, 2024 04 Jan'24

  Celona and Palo Alto partner to enhance private 5G network security

  Wireless services specialist Celona and security firm Palo Alto Networks are coming together to enhance device protection for organisations operating private mobile networks

• January 02, 2024 02 Jan'24

  China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day

  The Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas

• December 19, 2023 19 Dec'23

  Nokia and HellasQCI complete quantum-safe networks proof of concept

  Trial showcase by leading networking tech firm and communication infrastructure consortium shows hybrid approach with both classic and quantum physics key to reach goal of quantum-safe networks

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Cathay takes off with global SASE deployment

  Unified secure access service edge services provider replaces legacy MPLS network for improved performance and observability, and unified end user security, access and application performance across global sites

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security

  Infoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats

• December 14, 2023 14 Dec'23

  Cisco eyes opportunities in AI, sustainability in Australia

  Cisco is looking to tap opportunities in sustainability, AI and cyber security as it navigates Australia’s economic headwinds

• November 24, 2023 24 Nov'23

  APAC organisations warm to microsegmentation

  Nearly two-thirds of organisations in the APAC region see microsegmentation as a way to protect their IT assets, but lack the skills to deploy the technology

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  CISA reveals how LockBit hacked Boeing via Citrix Bleed

  As alarm grows around the world about the impact of the so-called Citrix Bleed vulnerability, Boeing has shared details of its experience at the hands of the LockBit ransomware crew

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  Russian cyber criminal pleads guilty to running IPStorm botnet

  Sergey Manikin faces years in jail after his illicit proxy botnet service was taken down by US law enforcement

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  US government reinforces ICBC hack link to Citrix Bleed

  US Treasury adds weight to reports that a ransomware gang gained access to the systems of Chinese bank ICBC by exploiting a critical Citrix flaw

• November 02, 2023 02 Nov'23

  Admins told to take action over F5 Big-IP platform flaws

  Two vulnerabilities in the widely used F5 Networks Big-IP platform are now being exploited in the wild

• October 31, 2023 31 Oct'23

  SEC sues SolarWinds, alleging serious security failures

  SolarWinds and its CISO have been charged with fraud and internal control failures by the US authorities amid allegations of a series of cyber security failings leading up to the 2020 Sunburst attacks

• October 27, 2023 27 Oct'23

  Tech firms cite risk to end-to-end encryption as Online Safety Bill gets royal assent

  Tech firms continue to be concerned that the Online Safety Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption despite government reassurances

• October 26, 2023 26 Oct'23

  Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler vulns reaching dangerous levels

  Observed activity exploiting two new Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this month is ramping up, and users may be running out of time to patch lest they be attacked

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Cisco hackers likely taking steps to avoid identification

  Cisco confirms that a drop in detections of devices compromised by two zero-days was likely the result of reactive measures taken by the threat actors to avoid discovery

• October 23, 2023 23 Oct'23

  Cisco pushes update to stop exploitation of two IOS XE zero-days

  Cisco releases updates to thwart exploitation of two flaws affecting users of its IOS XE software