BackBox Announces Enhanced NCM Automation Capabilities - Discover Now
I was reading a research note by Gartner, ‘Maverick Research: Risk Management Produces Bad Cybersecurity’ ($), and it brought up some interesting observations about the usefulness of BackBox NVM when it comes to security best practices. The thing that jumped out at me is the difference in language between Risk Management and Threat Exposure Management. …
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A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis All firewall vendors require that their customers keep their certificates up to date. It’s a mandatory but time-consuming and tedious administrative task that’s error-prone and usually happens at …
From 3 hours to 7 minutes per HA pair: Time Saved by Automating Certificate Management Read More »
Introduction: ransomware entry and propagation Network teams and the devices they manage are not the usual audience for discussions about ransomware. Ransomware affects endpoints and is often the purview of IT administrators and security teams. However, there are things that network teams can do to help prevent ransomware from entering the enterprise, and should it …
In early March, Fortinet disclosed five new vulnerabilities. This sort of disclosure (from network companies in general) is not unusual. However, unusual or not, it presents a challenge to network administrators trying to keep their networks secure. Here’s the fundamental challenge, from some BackBox sponsored research from last year: 92% say more network updates are …
Fortinet Discloses 5 Critical and High Severity Bugs Read More »
A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis During a planned maintenance window for firewall upgrades, a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) customer of BackBox encountered an issue that required considerable time to troubleshoot and resolve. …
How an MSSP Turned an Upgrade Issue into a Customer Confidence Builder Read More »
A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis A Managed Service Provider (MSP) customer urgently needed to activate licenses across 92 Palo Alto firewalls. Compounding the challenge, this had to be done within two days, but …
From 10 hours to 30 minutes: The Hidden Value of Automating One-off Tasks Read More »
Network engineers remain under considerable pressure to secure their networks. Even more so now that the FTC (in the US) has expanded rules on security breach reporting. Now when breaches occur, it’s more than just an obscure security or network team that deals with the fallout, it’s the boardroom that gets involved. Suits in the …
On November 13-14, 2023, in Denver, CO, I had the unique experience of participating in the Network Automation Forum (NAF), the first conference dedicated to network automation. I have to admit that when I first heard of the event, also referred to as AutoCon, my mind immediately jumped to Optimus Prime from the Transformers. As …
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