AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom work on virtual firewall
AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom have announced a framework for a virtual firewall, or Disaggregated Scalable Firewall (DSFW). The DFSW architecture used to design the firewall should secure network traffic in the 5G era.
The DSFW allows the firewalls to be deployed as software-based pl... Read more
Palo Alto Networks wants to be the central point for corporate networks
Palo
Alto Networks is developing as a company to take a more dominant role in the
market. The cybersecurity vendor became a big player on the market with
advanced enterprise firewalls, but actually wants to solve more and more
network and security issues. This message is packaged as SASE, also know... Read more
Accelerated cloud adoption leads to misconfigurations
According to new research by Palo Alto Networks, cloud misconfigurations often occur due to poor 'security hygiene'.
Specifically, the research states that companies are automating the building process of cloud infrastructure, resulting in new 'infrastructure as code' (IaC) templates. However, t... Read more
Palo Alto Networks brings together acquisitions in Prisma Cloud
Palo Alto Networks has taken over a lot of startups lately. The technologies of these companies are now being brought together in a new version of the cybersecurity platform Prisma Cloud.
In the new Prisma Cloud, Palo Alto Networks combines the technologies of no less than five startups that it ... Read more
Palo Alto improves Prisma Access and SASE-solutions
Palo Alto Networks has enhanced its Prisma Access platform and is expanding its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) capabilities. This should happen with the introduction of new SD-WAN features and a DLP service.
A new Prisma Access SD-WAN service will be introduced, among other things. According ... Read more
Palo Alto Networks launches version 2 of Cortex XDR
Palo Alto Networks has launched the second version of its detection and response platform, Cortex XDR. This version has been extended towards data sources from third parties.
Cortex XDR is a detection and response app that natively integrates into network, endpoint and cloud data to prevent adva... Read more
‘Cybersecurity AI algorithms should become publicly available’
Algorithms and methodologies for artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning are becoming increasingly important in cybersecurity.
However, more cooperation between the various stakeholders is needed in order
to unlock the full potential of these technologies. By placing them in a public
AI F... Read more
Citrix collaborates with Palo Alto Networks
Citrix and Palo Alto will work together to deploy next-gen firewalls within Citrix SD-WAN. The firewalls are meant to create additional security for the assets of companies that are located outside of the main office.
Citrix SD-WAN is intended for setting up secure and automated networks. This s... Read more
Palo Alto Networks focuses with acquisition Zingbox on IoT security market
Palo Alto Networks has taken over startup Zingbox for 75 million dollars (about 68 million euros). The startup, created at Stanford University, uses machine learning to detect hack attempts.
With this acquisition, Palo Alto Networks is further entering the market for Internet of Things (IoT) securit... Read more
34 million vulnerabilities found at AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
Security researchers at Unit 42 claim to have found more than 34 million vulnerabilities with various cloud service providers. The vulnerabilities are in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The vulnerabilities are described in Unit 42's Cloud Threat Risk Report, cov... Read more