Hidden Complexity is Biggest Threat to Compliance

Hidden Complexity is Biggest Threat to Compliance

| | Guest Blogs
You can’t manage what you can’t see, and when it comes to security controls, complexity is the enemy of visibility. FireMon’s 2019 State of the Firewall report uncovered a great deal of complexity related to firewall deployments at organizations of various sizes. Almost 33 percent of survey respondents reported they ... Read More
Embrace Automation to Pull Security Teams Together

Embrace Automation to Pull Security Teams Together

| | FireMon Automation, FireMon News
If you’ve ever attended a regatta, it’s impossible not to notice how synchronized the boat crew is — everyone knows their exact responsibilities that will produce the greatest strengths in the total racing effort. But when it comes to security in many organizations, there’s much less unity and little automation ... Read More
“Misconfiguration” – New Code Word for Human Error, Sets Stage for Increased Automation

“Misconfiguration” – New Code Word for Human Error, Sets Stage for Increased Automation

| | FireMon News
Digging into the results of our sixth annual 2019 State of the Firewall Report, it came as no surprise that a lack of automation remains a key challenge for security teams. But more significantly, it’s leading to firewall misconfigurations due to human error—the kind that raise the risk of a ... Read More
State of the Firewall Report 2019: Zero-Touch Automation is More Headline than Reality, Network Complexity and Lack of Visibility Are Key Issues

State of the Firewall Report 2019: Zero-Touch Automation is More Headline than Reality, Network Complexity and Lack of Visibility Are Key Issues

With data breaches on the rise and affecting every corner of every industry, from credit cards to medical testing companies, it poses the question about why these breaches keep occurring and what enterprises can do to prevent their most frequent causes – firewall misconfigurations. Did you know that misconfigurations are ... Read More
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Intent-Based Security: The Next Step for DevOps

A new model is emerging that will give developers the power to implement security themselves based on intent For decades, application development organizations have cared about two things: speed and quality. These goals have led to new development processes, with DevOps being today’s state-of-the-art methodology for rapid, high-quality development. In ... Read More
Security Boulevard
Security Gets 'Baked In' at VMworld

Security Gets ‘Baked In’ at VMworld

| | DevSecOps, security, VMware, VMworld
Another VMworld has come and gone, but the latest one was distinctly different from its predecessors—and I’m not talking about the presence of “The Mountain” from “Game of Thrones” in the Druva booth. I’m talking about security finally taking its rightful place alongside the “speed, agility, flexibility” messages that typically ... Read More
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