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Credit to Author: Phil Quade| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

In this second installment, begun with ”The Evolution of the Firewall,” we will take a look at the direction security is headed. From its humble beginnings, the firewall has evolved through several stages of development. Its latest incarnation, built on the legacy of its first two generations, implements the strategic pillars of Segmentation, Access Control, and Real-time analytics/action to realize intent-based network security. The Three Generations of the Firewall With the advantage of looking backwards in time, it’s now…

ScadaICS Schneider

July 26, 2017 admin

Power Up Your Building With These Renewable Energy Technologies

Credit to Author: Vanya Ignatova| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:00:35 +0000

The prevalence of green buildings is growing all around the world, encouraged and frequently even required by both client demand and government policies. The net-zero energy goal being widely adopted… Read more »

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Security Wired

July 26, 2017 admin

Anti-Drone Tools Tested: From Shotguns To Superdrones

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000

From anti-drone shotgun shells to a drone-snagging megadrone, security researchers put the drone defense arsenal to the test.

Security Wired

July 26, 2017 admin

Asomándonos a la Revolución Cubana de Internet Hecha por los Propios C

Credit to Author: Antonio García Martínez| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000

En Cuba, donde los datos gotean vía una red sobrecargada controlada por el gobierno—en su caso—la gente ha puesto en escena la revolución del auto autor.

Security Wired

July 26, 2017 admin

Inside Cuba’s D.I.Y. Internet Revolution

Credit to Author: Antonio García Martínez| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000

In Havana, where data trickles in via overloaded, government-controlled networks—if at all—the people have taken matters into their own hands.

ComputerWorld Independent

July 26, 2017 admin

Wasn't this supposed to speed things up?

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:00:00 -0700

IT pilot fish is moving on with his career, but before he changes employers, he comes up with an easier way for users to get on the company intranet.

“I wanted to relieve the staff of the need to memorize yet another username/password combination — or write it on a sticky note to be posted on the wall,” says fish.

“So I set up an interface that used Windows Active Directory for access authorization, with appropriate fallback in case the domain controller couldn’t be accessed. The whole thing worked like a dream.”

Fast forward a couple years: Fish is brought back in to add more capabilities to the Intranet that’s been faithfully chugging along since he left. But as fish starts on the new project, the IT director casually mentions that intranet logins have been running a lot slower. Could fish perhaps check into that too?

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Fortinet Security

July 25, 2017 admin

NSS Labs NGFW Report: Fortinet Receives 4th Consecutive Recommended Rating

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

One of the biggest security challenges organizations face is sorting through solutions from literally hundreds of vendors in the IT market to find the one that is going to provide them with the best protection at a cost they can afford. Each of these vendors claims to solve critical security issues, and they use volumes of white papers and marketing campaigns to promote their solutions. Of course, proper security is essential. As networks continue to expand and become more complex, organizations are increasingly reliant on effective…

ComputerWorld Independent

July 25, 2017 admin

Stop blaming users for security misses

Does the message to users about security need to change? Or does IT need to rebuild infrastructure so users can worry less about security? Wendy Nather, principal security strategist at Duo Security, talks with CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid about how organizations can learn to do security right.