Originally published in VMblog on September 3, 2024 In today’s world of evolving cyber threats, resilient network infrastructure is crucial for businesses. VMblog recently spoke with Amar Ramakrishnan, VP of Product Management at BackBox, about the importance of network automation for cyber resilience. BackBox, a security-focused network device automation platform, is transforming how enterprises and […]
Originally published in Cyber Defense Magazine on September 2, 2024 Cyber Defense Magazine recently interviewed Rekha Shenoy, CEO of BackBox, at the BlackHat conference. Her insights into the technology industry and network security are truly inspiring. This article explores Rekha’s dedication to tackling the complex challenges that network engineers encounter today. As networks become more
Originally published on August 7, 2024 by Packet Pushers and edited for length and clarity This discussion concerns network configuration compliance in the face of never-ending common vulnerabilities and exposures, or CVEs. If you can automate that compliance, you have a shot at keeping pace with the bots attacking those CVEs and attempting to breach
Insert at the top: Originally published on August 6, 2024, by CyberRisk TV and edited for length and clarity. This discussion focuses on the disconnect between security monitoring, which has become more mature over the years, and remediating security vulnerabilities, which are still stuck in the Dark Ages. My guest is Rekha Shenoy, who will
Network automation has become an essential resource for support departments and change management teams, delivering significant operational efficiencies while also reducing security risks. However, managing these processes can be challenging in environments that are geographically distributed and involve multiple vendors. Check out the latest review from Network Computing on BackBox’s Network Automation Platform, which offers
This blog series spotlights real-world moments in which network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis A Managed Service Provider (MSP) customer faced an urgent need to activate licenses across 92 Palo Alto firewalls. To make matters more challenging, this had to be accomplished within two days,
This blog series spotlights real-world moments in which 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 BackBox Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) customer encountered an issue that required considerable time to troubleshoot and resolve. This included escalating to
This blog series spotlights real-world moments in which 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. This mandatory but time-consuming and tedious administrative task is error-prone and usually occurs at an inconvenient time, making
Abstract: Network configuration management (NCM) is an important part of network device administration. Software updates, compliance, backups, integration with the rest of the Network Operations Center software stack… all are critical elements of a network configuration manager. However, legacy solutions are starting to limit NCM effectiveness due to a lack of automation. As such, industry
NOTE: Originally published on November 15, 2023. Network Vulnerability Manager is now called Network Vulnerability Intelligence. The post below was updated on March 26, 2025, to reflect this. The BackBox network cyber resilience platform helps network superheroes track and remediate network and security device vulnerabilities (CVEs and more) in a way especially designed for IT