This blog post was co-authored by Anupam Vij, Principal PM Manager, and Syed Pasha, Principal Network Engineer, Azure Networking In the second half of 2021, the world experienced an unprecedented level of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) activity in both complexity and frequency. The gaming industry was perhaps the hardest hit, with DDoS attacks disrupting gameplay of […]
What is cyber hygiene and why is it important?
Zero Trust is hard but worth it
At the end of last year, I heard from a long-time enterprise contact that had a major security concern. The company had installed three layers of security and just completed an audit. It showed that since thIey’d finished their installation they’d had five security incidents, and all of them had originated inside their security perimeter, […]
Endpoint security is nothing without human operators
How to buy enterprise firewalls
Enterprise firewalls have been the quintessential security device for decades, standing guard at the perimeter, inspecting all inbound and outbound traffic for malware. So, what happens to firewalls as the perimeter fades away? They evolve. Today’s firewalls are an essential piece of the enterprise security puzzle. They’ve become the foundational device upon which security vendors […]
How to shop for firewalls
Enterprise firewalls have been the quintessential security device for decades, standing guard at the perimeter, inspecting all inbound and outbound traffic for malware. So, what happens to firewalls as the perimeter fades away? They evolve. Today’s firewalls are an essential piece of the enterprise security puzzle. They’ve become the foundational device upon which security vendors […]
7 API security testing best practices, with checklist
white hat hacker
Everything you need to know about ProxyShell vulnerabilities
Log4j flaw needs immediate remediation
After nearly two years of adopting major network and security changes wrought by COVID-19 and hybrid work, weary IT network and security teams didn’t need another big issue to take care of, but they have one: Stemming potential damage from the recently disclosed vulnerability in open source Java-logging Apache Log4j software. Log4j or Log4Shell […]