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Implementing Cloud Native Security: Shift-Left to Increase Effectiveness

Cloud security trends like “shift-left security” and “DevSecOps” refer to new strategies and paradigms that help organizations keep workloads secure in the age of cloud-based, scale-out, constantly changing applications and infrastructure. Many in IT, security, and development probably understand what these...

Cloud Security Blind Spots: Detecting and Fixing Cloud Misconfigurations

Identifying and fixing security gaps in a cloud architecture may not appear very different from doing the same for on-premises environments. But there are a variety of nuanced differences that can be easy to overlook. If you fail to appreciate and account for them, these misconfigurations can cause security blind...

Definitive Guide to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Security

Kubernetes brings some specific security requirements to the table. For a managed Kubernetes service like GKE, users have three main layers that require action: the workloads running on the cluster, the cluster and its components, and the underlying GCP services on which the cluster depends, and more. Lack of...

Kubernetes Security Tips, Tricks and Best Practices

Organizations are using DevOps and Agile practices, coding in containers and microservices, and adopting Kubernetes at a record pace to help manage all these components. Even five years ago, the level of agility, speed, and flexibility the cloud-native stack enables was but a dream. Since Google first introduced...

The Evolution of Email Security

Ransomware, phishing, extortion scams - they all are using COVID-19 themes. But socially engineered attacks were already on the rise before the pandemic, say Olesia Klevchuk and Nishant Taneja of Barracuda, who share insights on the evolution of cloud-based email defenses. Download this eBook to learn more...

Critical Capabilities for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools

The market for IT vendor risk management tools includes products and services that automate processes in the vendor risk management life cycle. CyberGRX has received the highest score for the second year in a row from Gartner for their VRM Solution with rich assessment data. Don't just take our word for it, read...

EMA Zero Trust Networking Research Summary

In the new EMA research report, Enterprise Zero Trust Networking Strategies: Secure Remote Access and Network Segmentation, the analyst Shamus McGillicuddy explores how network-based technology is the foundation of Zero Trust. Shamus highlights that the Zero Trust model is a continuous cycle of establishing a...

5 Ways to Improve Asset Inventory and Management Using Ordr

You can’t secure what you can’t see. In fact, gaining visibility and control over all your devices is one of the most important, yet challenging tasks for IT and security teams. The number of connected devices has exploded. At the same time, there are more diverse devices – IoT, IoMT and OT—that are sometimes...

Manufacturing Solution Brief

Learn how Ordr SCE provides visibility and security of all connected devices to maximize uptime for the Manufacturing Industry. Ordr provides: Continuous and real-time visibility and classification of all connected devices from traditional servers, workstations and PCs to unmanaged IoT, IIoT and OT devices The...

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Understanding Network TAPs - The First Step to Visibility

Today's network challenge is supporting a distributed workforce and digital processes with a shrinking budget. The imperative is to ensure security and continuity of operations at the highest possible level. There's a simple solution that provides visibility into networked traffic: network TAPs. Read the...

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Securosis Report: Network Operations and Security Professionals' Guide to Managing Public Cloud Journeys

Your cloud journey is unique, but a new guide shows there are common patterns that steer you to the best approach for a successful outcome. Learn which cloud adoption pattern your organization aligns with, key risks, recommendations and important questions to ask yourself at each stage of your journey.

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2020 Gartner Market Guide for Network Detection and Response

This 2020 Gartner guide recognizes the importance of both manual and automated NDR capabilities and why enterprises should determine early on which response strategy best meets their security goals. Learn why network detection and response (NDR) must be a core component of any security strategy in today’s dynamic...

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Definitive Guide to Complete Network Visibility

Faced with uncertainty at all levels, organizations need agility to respond quickly and cost-efficiently to new and unforeseen challenges. Discover why next-generation network packet brokers (NGNPBs) are crucial to attaining agility. Providing visibility across datacenters, remote locations and public and private...

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SANS Report, Zero Trust: What You Need to Know to Secure Your Data and Networks

Security teams are doing more with less while facing an increased attack surface as millions transition to a work-from-home model. For those tasked with protecting the network, it's time to rethink strategy. As our new whitepaper makes clear, adopting Zero Trust is an effective first step toward agility and...

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TLS Versions: North-South and East-West Web Traffic Analysis

Shocking but true: 44 percent of East-West traffic is not encrypted. If you ever needed a reason to evaluate your own network, our new TLS research report is jammed with more numbers that will motivate you to do so. Researchers studied 275 billion data flows to reveal real-world metrics of SSL/TLS protocol usage, and...