Networks

The Art of Team Building: Blueprints from the Black Hat NOC

It has been a distinct honor to be a part of the Corelight team that helped defend this year’s Black Hat events. I started the event season in the Network Operations Center (NOC) at Black Hat Asia, and then capped it off at Black Hat in Las Vegas. In this blog I’ll share my experience and learnings from participating in both NOCs.

20 Best Network Security Solutions + FAQs

The best security posture is a multi-layered security posture. Enterprise security leaders understand that no single tool or solution can provide best-in-class security to an entire organization on its own. As a result, security leaders continually invest in new security tools and platforms to address a growing list of emerging cyber threats like ransomware, credential-based attacks, and malicious insiders. However, not all network security solutions work together smoothly.

SSE Is a Proven Path for Getting To SASE

Modern enterprise complexity is challenging cybersecurity programs. With the widespread adoption of cloud services and remote work, and the broadening distribution of applications and employees away from traditional corporate locations, organizations require a more flexible and scalable approach to network security. SASE technology can help address these issues, making SASE adoption a goal for many organizations worldwide. But adoption paths can vary widely.

Hybrid network security: Azure Firewall and AlgoSec solutions

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, the security of hybrid networks has taken center stage. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud solutions, like Azure, the complexities of securing hybrid networks have grown significantly. In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of the key products and solutions presented in the recent webinar with Microsoft, highlighting how they address these challenges.

20 Firewall Management Best Practices for Network Security

Firewalls are one of the most important cybersecurity solutions in the enterprise tech stack. They can also be the most demanding. Firewall management is one of the most time-consuming tasks that security teams and network administrators regularly perform. The more complex and time-consuming a task is, the easier it is for mistakes to creep in.

University of Michigan Suffers Massive Data Breach Following Network Hack

The University of Michigan (UM) hosts more than 55,000 students, 35,000 staff members, and 640,000 alums. Unfortunately, following a recent cybersecurity breach, students, applicants, alums, employees, contractors, and donors may now have information at risk. The extent of the exposure is unknown, but the outcome could impact anyone. Those in association with UM must take steps to guard themselves before the assailants can misuse their information.

CVE-2023-46747: Critical Unauthenticated RCE Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP

On October 26, 2023, F5 released security hotfixes for a critical unauthenticated RCE vulnerability (CVE-2023-46747) in BIG-IP’s Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI). If successfully exploited a threat actor with network access to the vulnerable system could bypass the configuration utility authentication and execute arbitrary system commands. CVE-2023-46747 is exploitable if the Traffic Management User Interface is exposed to the Internet.