Today, threats are not only limited to the internet. Organizations face guests and employees who connect their own equipment into the network or take company equipment home with them. A firewall with IPS capabilities, such as a next generation firewall, is a good first measure to protect against modern day threats, but they will only protect what goes in and out at the network perimeter.
More and more organisations are struggling to keep up with the rapid IT developments and the increasing number of attacks. One thing is for sure, neither are going to get any less. That is why it is important to implement a strategy and solutions that are flexible scalable in order to continuously anticipate changes. In terms of security this can be done by combining the best of both worlds. Packet capture from the legacy world and self-learning flow monitoring from the digital transformation.
There is an app for everything, or so the saying goes. Nowhere is this truer than in the world of business. Organizations increasingly rely on their applications performing to the maximum to guarantee the happiness and satisfaction of their end users. The sheer number of web applications is astounding.
DDoS attacks have increased by 16% since the beginning of 2018, achieving record high throughput volumes (1.35Tps) and featuring adaptive mechanisms and new attack vector techniques.