Don’t Get Comfortable: More Change is Coming

The year that changed everything, and how you’ll have to adapt in 2021 The pandemic will burn itself out eventually, but its effects will not. We’re different people now – we’re intimate with streaming catalogs and we’ve learned to knit, yodel, or spea… Continue reading Don’t Get Comfortable: More Change is Coming

How continuous monitoring protects complex environments by finding vulnerabilities

The Known Network How continuous monitoring protects complex environments by finding vulnerabilities as they occur Your network can be secure one minute and insecure the next. Firewall misconfigurations, policy conflicts, new intrusions, or other chang… Continue reading How continuous monitoring protects complex environments by finding vulnerabilities

3 Ways to Streamline Network Security Automation That Will Transform Your Organization

Network security automation uses machines to programmatically execute security tasks. Typically, network security automation is used to manage the low-complexity, high-volume aspects of detection, investigation, and mitigation. For instance, automation… Continue reading 3 Ways to Streamline Network Security Automation That Will Transform Your Organization

FireMon Partners with Zscaler to Ensure Security and Compliance across the Entire Hybrid Network

As enterprises move to hybrid-cloud networks, they need more than ever. But, despite the compelling business case of cloud-first technologies like Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), technology leaders often worry about . Through its new partnership wit… Continue reading FireMon Partners with Zscaler to Ensure Security and Compliance across the Entire Hybrid Network

Why We’re Thankful for You – the Network Security Professional

Network security professionals are unsung heroes. Everyday news app visitors won’t read about all the wonderful work you’re doing. On occasion, they’ll only see and read about fellow professionals having the worst days of their lives. But while the hea… Continue reading Why We’re Thankful for You – the Network Security Professional

Network Security, Performance & Scalability | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM

In this series, FireMon looks at the five most important capabilities a network operator must build into their management practices in order to keep their environments secure, compliant, and ready to grow. Here is the fourth: scale & perform. “Agil… Continue reading Network Security, Performance & Scalability | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM

Firewall Security: Is a Secure, Firewall-less Network Possible? Perhaps, But Why Would You?

Just three years ago, technology headlines were rife with articles stating that the firewall was obsolete. And maybe that prophecy would have come true if we were stuck with the same old firewalls that could only perform simple packet filtering. But ev… Continue reading Firewall Security: Is a Secure, Firewall-less Network Possible? Perhaps, But Why Would You?

Guide to Cloud Network Security Basics

What is cloud network security? Cloud network security is comprised by the policies, controls, products, and procedures that protect a cloud infrastructure, its data, and its systems. How to gain flexibility, scalability, and velocity in the cloud  Wha… Continue reading Guide to Cloud Network Security Basics

Myth #4: Real-Time Visibility Is Impossible

This is part 4 of a 4-part series addressing compliance myths and what you need to know about uniting compliance and security in a hybrid environment. Read myth #3 here. The levels of manual effort put in by security teams involved in reducing risk and… Continue reading Myth #4: Real-Time Visibility Is Impossible

Adapt to Change: Network Policy Change Management | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM

In this series, FireMon looks at the five most important capabilities a network operator must build into their management practices in order to keep their environments secure, compliant, and ready to grow. Here is the third: adapt to change.  Pillar #3… Continue reading Adapt to Change: Network Policy Change Management | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM