vArmour Closes $44M Series E, Pushes Multi-Cloud Compliance
CEO Tim Eades won’t comment on his company’s valuation. But he says the investment puts it on track for an IPO and profitability within the next 12 to 18 months.
Securing your SWIFT environment with VMware
The SWIFT Controls Framework was created to help customers figure out which controls are needed to better secure their SWIFT environment. The SWIFT security controls framework is broken down into objectives, principles, and controls. The three objectives are “Secure your environment, Know and Limit Access, and Detect and Respond”.
Customers interested in exploring VMware product alignment with the SWIFT framework should evaluate the end-to-end solution. This includes VMware products, as well as other technology that support a customer’s SWIFT platform. The following is a high-level alignment of some of the SWIFT framework controls and VMware products.
VMware Product Alignment with SWIFT Objectives
Restrict internet access & Protect Critical Systems from General IT Environment
As part of a SWIFT deployment, a secured and zoned off environment must be created. This zone contains the SWIFT infrastructure that is used for all SWIFT transaction. Two SWIFT Principles that we will discuss are
- Protect Critical Systems from General IT Environment
- Detect Anomalous Activity to Systems or Transaction Records
These controls are required to be enforced on the SWIFT infrastructure. SWIFT requires that all traffic from the general IT infrastructure to the SWIFT zone be as restricted as possible. They also Continue reading
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Cloudflare Support for Azure Customers
Cloudflare seeks to help its end customers use whichever public and private clouds best suit their needs. Towards that goal, we have been working to make sure our solutions work well with various public cloud providers including Microsoft’s Azure platform.
If you are an Azure customer, or thinking about becoming one, here are three ways we have made Cloudflare’s performance and security services work well with Azure.
1) The development of an Azure application for Cloudflare Argo Tunnel.
We are proud to announce an application for Cloudflare Argo Tunnel within the Azure marketplace. As a quick reminder, Argo Tunnel establishes an encrypted connection between the origin and the Cloudflare edge. The small tunnel daemon establishes outbound connections to the two nearest Cloudflare PoPs, and the origin is only accessible via the tunnel between Cloudflare and origin.
Because these are outbound connections, there is likely no need to modify firewall rules, configure DNS records, etc. You can even go so far as to block all IPs on the origin and allow traffic only to flow through the tunnel. You can learn more here. The only prerequisite for using Argo Tunnel is to have Argo enabled on your Cloudflare zone. You can Continue reading
Netsurion Replaces Its SD-WAN With a Unified Network Management, Security Orchestration Platform
Netsurion’s BranchSDO platform is the company’s natural evolution of its SD-WAN service. “What’s next for SD-WAN is really removing the handcuffs off of the branch and allowing this resilient, agile security solution that also delivers compliance,” said John Ayers, VP of product at...
Dell EMC Brings the Tactical Azure Stack to the Edge
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Coppell ISD Integrates Security into Infrastructure via VMware AppDefense
What do you get when you provide 12,800 kids with technology and programming classes? You get 12,800 people who are getting ready for the modern workforce of today and tomorrow. You also get 12,800 potential vulnerabilities. With the growing quantity of phishing emails, ransomware and malware that Coppell Independent School District (CISD) already had to combat with a small staff, this Texas school system was looking for smarter solutions.
“All these students who have taken programming classes, they’re often looking to bypass administrative privileges, looking for ways around the internet filters, or looking for ways to play games on the school computers,” said Stephen McGilvray, CISD Executive Director of Technology. “So, in addition to all these external threats we have to worry about, we also have a bunch of homegrown, internal threats.”
The school district recently underwent a data center refresh, which included updates for VMware vSphere, VMware App Volumes and VMware Horizon, and launched the implementation of VMware NSX Data Center. During the refresh, their VMware sales rep told them about a relatively new security product called VMware AppDefense.
At its core, AppDefense shifts the advantage from attackers to defenders by determining and ensuring good application Continue reading
Symantec CFO to Leave on a High Note
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