Change has never been a friend of network security. Neither has complication. Right now, we have too much of both. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented shift to remote work, bringing an avalanche...
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Having out-of-the-box integrations with common tools and cloud platforms are critical enablers to security, but flexibility is important too. Most enterprises have multiple vendors across their infrastructure and want access to an open API so they build their own integrations.
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Keeping pace with the rapid growth of the hybrid cloud growth is difficult for security professionals when everything’s done manually. FireMon’s State of Hybrid Cloud Security Survey found most respondents still don’t have the benefits of automation that can help security policy keep up with cloud-first strategies. Nearly two-thirds (65.4 percent) said they use manual...
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The firewall cleanup rule is the explicit rule at the bottom of a firewall policy defined as: Source = ANY Destination = ANY Service / Application = ANY Action = DROP Logging = Enabled Why...
Read MoreUpdated – January 2017 The firewall stealth rule is the explicit rule near the top of the policy denying access to the firewall beyond what is required to manage the device. It should be...
Read MoreChange is a fact of life. We can choose either to embrace or fight it. Regardless, change will happen. As John F. Kennedy stated, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only...
Read MoreFirewall policies are complex. The networks they are implemented to protect are complex. The last thing you need to deal with is extra, unnecessary complexity. Redundant rules are exactly that. They obscure the rules that...
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