How Security Solutions Enable Cloud Success Cloud applications have transformed how organizations conduct business, increasing productivity and reducing costs. However, moving to the cloud means critical data now flows outside the organization’s traditional security boundaries. Unsurprisingly, security concerns still rank as the number one reason for not using cloud services. Read the eBook to find out the five information security lessons learned from transitioning to the cloud.

All Clouds are not Equal Today’s organizations turn to the cloud for all types of productivity-gaining tools – including security. Features such as security for mobile users and data loss protection are key, but it’s also important to separate fact from fiction when looking at the infrastructure of the provider. Download the ebook to discover five common misconceptions about cloud-based security infrastructure, and what you should really be looking for in a cloud-based security solution.

Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network Your company is only as agile, connected and secure as its networks are. But making changes to your networks can feel risky, since improving security often means harming connectivity and vice versa. Even still, if your networking approach is inconsistent or labor intensive, it’s probably time for a change. Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network investigates how Forcepoint NGFW is changing the status quo and enabling digital transformation efforts: Read Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network and take the first step toward true network efficiency.

Downtime Is Not an Option: High Availability Next Generation Firewall Access to applications, data, and resources on the Internet is mission-critical for every organization. Downtime is unacceptable. Security for that network must also be highly available and not cause performance degradation of the network. The increased workload of security devices as they analyze traffic and defend users from malicious attacks strains computing resources. The next generation of security solutions must build in high availability that can scale as the business changes. Download this whitepaper to find out how high availability is at the core of the Forcepoint NGFW (Next Generation Firewall).

Forcepoint Stratgies for Distributed Network Security Financial institutions are facing increasing challenges as their organizations become more distributed, applications move to the cloud, and threats rapidly evolve. But legacy solutions are fragmented, labor intensive, and inconsistent. You need a better way. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) leads the industry with #1 security, manageability, and availability. Download our whitepaper to learn more!

Transforming Cloud Connectivity & Security in Distributed Networks Today’s digital transformation initiatives frequently begin with moving applications and data to the cloud. But traditional networking and security infrastructure, such as backhauling data from remote locations to central offices over MPLS lines, can’t keep up. Fortunately, new approaches that also move connectivity and security to the cloud are rapidly overcoming these hurdles. Technologies such as direct-to-cloud SD-WAN and site-to-site VPNs dramatically cut the cost of connectivity. However, they put pressure on other parts of the organization to adopt new ways of defending each site against internet intruders, protecting the use of web content, and securing data stored in cloud apps. In this webcast, we’ll discuss a new, integrated approach to connectivity and security. View the webinar today!

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This white paper can help you confirm that your small business or distributed enterprise needs to invest in an effective next-generation firewalls (NGFW) solution. For small businesses, the NGFW should provide an affordable and manageable entrée to advanced threat protection. In branch offices and the distributed enterprise, NGFWs should provide a detection and enforcement point, analyzing real-time threats and network traffic at scale and benefiting from an integrated and holistic view of the network of which it is a part. In both use scenarios, the NGFW should help your organization defend against targeted and persistent malware attacks, including emerging threats.

Most organizations are in the midst of some form of digital transformation (DX), transforming how they bring products and services to the market—and ultimately deliver value to their customers. But DX initiatives also bring complexity for the network operations team. With business-critical services distributed across multiple clouds, this leads to potential performance issues, especially at branch locations. Given these realities, it is no wonder that software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) technology is rapidly going mainstream. Unfortunately, SD-WAN is an example of the paradox of DX: transformative technology can potentially move the business to the next level, but the expanded attack surface it creates can expose the organization to significant risk. That is why an SD-WAN deployment, like every other DX effort, should be accompanied by a security transformation (SX) that rethinks outdated principles, broadens protection beyond the data center, and integrates the security archit

Enterprises currently face challenges regarding the price, performance, and flexibility of traditional wide area networks (WANs). Aggressive growth in the adoption of public cloud services (a projected 86% spike between 2014 and 2018)1 is forcing organizations to look elsewhere for a more effective network solution to address distributed traffic across remote sites and branch offices. Some of the specific issues organizations face with their traditional WANs include: - High total cost of ownership (TCO) - Lengthy provisioning cycles - Performance degradation with the growth of cloud traffic - Inadequate redundancy and resiliency - Lack of application-aware connectivity To better manage WAN investments, enterprises are adopting a new approach for their distributed branch office networks. Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) offers improved performance, agility, and operational flexibility plus significant cost savings. But not all SDWAN solutions are created equal.

When it comes to securing all the parts of a modern distributed network, endpoints remain the most vulnerable outlier. Mobility has brought a flood of different devices that cross in and out of enterprise networks on a daily basis. This public exposure, combined with inadequate traditional endpoint security and a high degree of user autonomy, makes these devices prime targets for malware infections and other forms of sophisticated attack that seek to exploit the broader organization. And threat actors are finding enormous success along these vectors. To stay competitive, most organizations are currently embracing digital transformation (DX)—including cloud services, smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and greater mobility. These adaptations provide organizations with faster and more seamless access to critical information, regardless of the device being used to access it. However, as distributed networks expand and become more difficult to manage, the endpoint remains a weak link i

Many distributed offices are eager to simplify a complex, unwieldy mix of heterogeneous IT equipment. The Dell ™P converges servers, storage, networking and management into an office-optimized chassis the size of a tower server.

The mobile workspace has created problems for IT, including policy enforcement, attack from untrusted wireless networks, and physical data theft. This white paper examines how cloud-based security solutions can protect distributed workers.

As enterprises become more distributed and migrate applications to the cloud, they will need to diversify their network performance management solutions. In particular, the network operations team will need to complement its packet-based monitoring tools with active test monitoring solutions to enhance visibility into the cloud and help enterprises scale monitoring gracefully and cost-effectively.

Unifying cloud and distributed network intelligence creates a completely practical, cost-effective approach to mobility. At Aerohive®, we’ve always done it this way.

IT organizations using machine data platforms like Splunk recognize the importance of consolidating disparate data types for top-down visibility, and to quickly respond to critical business needs. Machine data is often underused and undervalued, and is particularly useful when managing infrastructure data coming from AWS, sensors and server logs. Download “The Essential Guide to Infrastructure Machine Data” for: The benefits of machine data for network, remote, web, cloud and server monitoring IT infrastructure monitoring data sources to include in your machine data platform Machine data best practices

The financial services industry has unique challenges that often prevent it from achieving its strategic goals. The keys to solving these issues are hidden in machine data—the largest category of big data—which is both untapped and full of potential. Download this white paper to learn: *How organizations can answer critical questions that have been impeding business success *How the financial services industry can make great strides in security, compliance and IT *Common machine data sources in financial services firms

One of the biggest challenges IT ops teams face is the lack of visibility across its infrastructure — physical, virtual and in the cloud. Making things even more complex, any infrastructure monitoring solution needs to not only meet the IT team’s needs, but also the needs of other stakeholders including line of business (LOB) owners and application developers. For companies already using a monitoring platform like Splunk, monitoring blindspots arise from the need to prioritize across multiple departments. This report outlines a four-step approach for an effective IT operations monitoring (ITOM) strategy. Download this report to learn: How to reduce monitoring blind spots when creating an ITOM strategy How to address ITOM requirements across IT and non-IT groups Distinct layers across ITOM Potential functionality gaps with domain-specific products

When most people think of denial of service (DoS) attacks, they think of the large pipe-saturating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at the network layer. However, attacks on website or application availability are not just volumetric in nature. Many attacks are designed to cause resource exhaustion somewhere in the application stack, the application servers, middleware, or back-end database.

Your company is only as agile, connected and secure as its networks are. But making changes to your networks can feel risky, since improving security often means harming connectivity and vice versa. Even still, if your networking approach is inconsistent or labor intensive, it’s probably time for a change. Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network investigates how Forcepoint NGFW is changing the status quo and enabling digital transformation efforts: Enterprise-grade SD-WAN connectivity. Deploy and operate connections between more than 1,000 sites from a single console Security. Top-rated security that doesn’t impede performance and reliability Ease of Deployment and Operation. Built specifically for true, centralized manageability, even at enterprise scale Future-Proof Agility and Flexibility. Adapts to different environments seamlessly Read Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network and take the first step toward true network efficiency.

Eine Firma ist nur so handlungsfähig wie ihr Netzwerk. Änderungen an der Netzwerkarchitektur sind daher riskant. Verbesserungen an der Sicherheit eines IT-Netzwerkes bedeuten oft schlechtere Netzwerk-Performance und umgekehrt. Vor allem, wenn Netzwerke nicht konsistent sind und dadurch der Verwaltungsaufwand sehr hoch ist, sollte man über eine Neuplanung nachdenken. „Modernizing the Distributed Enterprise Network“ untersucht wie die Forcepoint NGFW neue Standards setzt und somit die Digitale Transformation in Unternehmen voranbringt. Enterprise-grade SD-WAN connectivity. Implementieren und Verwalten von Unternehmensnetzwerken mit mehr als 1000 Standorten zentral von einer Konsole. Höchste Sicherheit ohne Einbußen bei der Performance und Zuverlässigkeit. Einfachste Implementierung und Verwaltung mit zentralem Management im Unternehmen. Zukunftssicher, agil und flexibel. Passt sich unterschiedlichen Anforderungen und Situationen an. Lesen Sie „Modernizing the Distributed Enterpri

The security perimeter once familiar to the enterprise has become incredibly fragmented. Data and applications reside everywhere: on the network, endpoints and in the cloud. The cloud, in particular, is seeing huge growth with enterprises adopting these environments at a rapid pace. According to Gartner, 55 percent of large enterprises will successfully implement an all-in cloud SaaS strategy by 2025.1 Combined with an increasingly mobile and global workforce, and more importantly, increasingly distributed SaaS cloud environments, organizations are now faced with securing a multitude of applications, users, devices and networks – all hosting sensitive data that is critical to business growth, reputation and customer trust.

Every user’s first interaction with your website begins with a series of DNS queries. The Domain Name System or DNS is a distributed internet database that maps human-readable names to IP addresses, ensuring users reach the correct online asset (website, application, etc) efficiently. Knowing the complexities and best practices of this layer of your online infrastructure will help your organization build redundancy, improve end-user performance and establish a top notch DR plan. Download this guide to DNS top terms and actionable concepts including: Anycast vs. Unicast networks CNAME DDoS and Hijacking Load Balancing and GSLB

Is your WLAN under increasing pressure from more users, more types of connected devices, and more bandwidth-intensive applications? It’s time to consider a better solution. With Ruckus Cloud Wi-Fi you get simple, centralized cloud-based management and the best performing Wi-Fi access points for high-density environments. Your job gets easier and your Wi-Fi gets better. Get visibility and control of your distributed Wi-Fi network with bandwidth to spare.

"Every user’s first interaction with your website begins with a series of DNS queries. The Domain Name System or DNS is a distributed internet database that maps human-readable names to IP addresses, ensuring users reach the correct online asset (website, application, etc) efficiently. Knowing the complexities and best practices of this layer of your online infrastructure will help your organization build redundancy, improve end-user performance and establish a top notch DR plan. Download this guide to DNS top terms and actionable concepts including: • Anycast vs. Unicast networks • CNAME • DDoS and Hijacking • Load Balancing and GSLB Learn more! "