Managing firewalls used to be simple, back when you had a few physical appliances in a centralized data center. Today, you're likely juggling physical firewalls at HQ and virtual next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) in public cloud environments. With that kind of sprawl, managing your firewalls without a unified strategy is inefficient and risky.
IT leaders steering their IT infrastructure and the personnel that support it understand that cyberattacks have become more frequent and targeted, employing automation, AI-driven techniques, and zero-day vulnerabilities. As your organization expands across cloud, hybrid, and remote environments, the challenge of securing digital infrastructure while maintaining business operations becomes a constant balancing act. Enterprises must match their pace with equally innovative solutions.
Today, enterprise networking and security face a growing challenge stemming from an ever-expanding attack surface and company perimeter (every user and every application is a company perimeter). The front line is everywhere! With the majority of employees working off site, and the majority your enterprise data is off site in the cloud/in SaaS applications etc., each of these factors produce data leaks, resulting in a “perfect storm” for data security.
This is the final installment of a two-part series dissecting the Left of Bang strategy and mindset and how it applies to modern cybersecurity practices. Click here to read part one. Left of bang is a proactive cybersecurity approach that strengthens incident detection and response by identifying and addressing threats before they impact the organization.
To stay competitive and fulfill customer needs, today’s enterprises demand unparalleled availability and resiliency in all aspects, including data centers. At the same time, the attack surface is growing ever larger through rapid digital expansion, and cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated day by day.
Networks continue to grow in both size and complexity. Enterprises need modern security solutions that better protect their network traffic. Many organizations are retiring their traditional firewalls to implement next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). NGFWs are able to inspect traffic at a much deeper and more detailed level than their predecessors. They can also detect hidden threats in encrypted traffic. This capability is especially important as encryption technologies continue to evolve and more and more traffic is encrypted. An NGFW is a vital component of your security arsenal, but not all NGFWs are created equal. An effective firewall provides robust security through a simple management platform while meeting the speed and performance needs of your enterprise.
