posted by: Matt on October 20, 2009 7:09 PM
filed in: Firewall
tagged: application control, Firewall
Now More Than Ever.
Now more than ever, business and security teams need to align their business priorities. Case in point, highlighted by two recent articles on social networking use in the business world. The first article, published in eWeek UK, states that most CIOs are blocking (or trying to block) social networking sites.
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/cios-frown-on-social-networking-at-work-2007 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014107o-114626b,00.htm https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/home.aspx http://www.aiim.org/ …Continue reading
posted by: Matt on July 30, 2009 11:00 AM
filed in: Firewall
tagged: application control, application usage & risk report, Firewall
Traffic Analysis: P2P Found 92% of the Time
The most recent discovery of the first lady’s safe house (Laura Bush) and a detailed list of the civilian nuclear complex, including precise locations of weapons grade nuclear fuel follows closely on the heals of previous P2P discoveries of Marine One blueprints and healthcare records.
Should we really be surprised? No not really, given the findings form the latest Application Usage and Risk Report:
* An average of six P2P variants were found in 9 out of 10 organizations.
* In one extreme case, 17 P2P variants were found. …Continue reading
IPv6 Threat – Real or Perceived?
This Network World article talks about the hidden threat posed by rogue IPv6 usage. To a certain extent, this is a bit of a red herring and here’s why. For IPv6 to traverse the corporate network, the routers, switches and infrastructure components need to (a) support IPv6 and (b) it has to be enabled.
Now, assuming that the infrastructure is indeed up to date and that the IPv6 is enabled, then and only then will the rogue IPv6 become an issue. At this point, many of the security infrastructure vendors will fail to stop the use. Palo Alto Networks is different. Here is how we can help alleviate this issue before it becomes one. …Continue reading
