High availability (HA) refers to a system or component that is operational without interruption for long periods of time. High availability (HA) is measured as a percentage, with a 100% percent system indicating a service that experiences zero downtime. High …
To ensure uptime and continuous availability in the event of disaster is a required key feature for any production environments be it servers, networks and other computing equipment. All Cisco devices majority support high availability (HA) also known as failover. …
Some protocols like HTTPS use Secure socket layer (SSL), transport layer protocol (TLS) to encrypt traffic for secure transmissions. As the system cant inspect encrypted connections we first must decrypt to apply access roles which consider higher layer traffic characteristics …
In the evaluation of next generation firewalls (NGFW), the next leap made by Cisco FTD is (Unified Firepower threat defence) software which includes not just NGFW but also Next generation Intrusion prevention systems (NGIP), Advanced Malware protection (AMP) and many …
Introduction to Web Application Vulnerabilities Web application vulnerabilities are glitches or imperfections found in the system. These can lead to security risks, such as cyber-attacks or data breaches. Sadly, these risks occur more often than network or asset dangers. According …
Career in Cybersecurity In this digital world, data is everywhere. This ensures that there are ample opportunities for people who have a passion for ethical hacking, known as “ethical hackers” to find jobs with companies that need their services. A …
Companies of all sizes are becoming increasingly aware of the need for stronger user authentication to reduce the risk of cyber attacks. This is particularly true in light of recent high-profile attacks on accounts from Internet users such as celebrities, …
Below are the key profile types provisioned in Palo Alto Firewall. Lets discus all the profile types one by one – Palo Alto Security Profiles & Security Policies While security policy rules enable to allow or block traffic in network, …
What Are Firewall Policies? Firewall policies define which traffic matches them and what FortiGate does when traffic does match, should the traffic be allowed? Initially FortiGate basis this decision on simple criteria, such as the source of the traffic then …
A firewall policy outlines the way an organization’s firewalls should handle the traffic that comes into and out of the specified IP addresses and address ranges, protocols, applications and content types governed by the organization’s security policies. Organizations should carry …
Introduction to Hashing Data structure often contains a lot of data that is difficult to search through. Hashing is an effective solution that can be used to map these large datasets to much smaller tables by utilizing a unique Hash …
Before starting to explore Checkpoint NGX Firewall technologies, it is critical to comprehend Checkpoint 3-Tier architecture. This architecture describes the relationships between the components of Checkpoint, as well as how they work together as a harmonious unit. Each element has …
NAT Type 1 vs 2 vs 3 Nowadays, the 2 major gaming console types used extensively around the globe are Sony PlayStation Microsoft Xbox NAT stands for Network Address Translation, which represents the ability to translate a public IP address …
(Diagram depicting Palo Alto vs Fortinet Firewall) Organizations need to keep pace with rapid increase in technology demands such as remote working, anywhere connectivity, lower latency , increased availability along with protection of infrastructure from a never ending list of …
Firewalls have always been the first line of defence, traditional firewalls have a set of rules to keep bad traffic and requests from malicious hackers away from organization networks. The role of traditional firewalls is however changing and getting replaced …
(Diagram depicting firewall acting as Egress Gateway) As enterprises are moving onto cloud their critical business applications, infrastructure services and use of hybrid clouds have evolved, secure networking is the demand of time along with performance and scalability of networks …
If you want to earn a certificate in cloud computing, there’s no doubt that Microsoft is the most popular organisation among others. Azure AZ 500 is one such certified exam that perfectly fits those looking for a career in this …
In order to access the Internet, we need one public IP address; however, we can use Private IP address in private networks. The Network address translation (NAT) allows multiple devices to access the Internet with a single public IP address. …
Checkpoint Firewall Packet Flow In the above image Checkpoint Firewall packet flow is shown. Let’s start with Anti-spoofing. Anti-Spoofing Anti-spoofing is a technique which can identify the packet and drop it if the packet has a FAKE/False source address. Let’s …
FortiGate packet flow is also known as Life of a Packet. This is the process when the packet enters the Ingress interface and exits from the Egress interface. Stages of FortiGate Packet Flow FortiGate packet flow consist of 4 stages …
What is Palo Alto Prisma Access? Palo Alto Prisma Access is a Cloud service provided by Palo Alto Networks. This service provides secure access to Internet and business applications that may be hosted on SASE, a corporate headquarters, Data Centres, …
Enterprises are moving their workloads on cloud infrastructure. Gartner forecasts that globally public cloud spending will increase by 18.4% in 2021 to a total of $304.9 billion. As organizations shift IT spend more and more on cloud services, they are …
CASB vs SASE: Introduction As more and more data moves onto the cloud new tools and methods are evolving to control data and adhere to security regulations. Coronavirus pandemic is becoming an acceleration factor as all around the world companies …
Virtual Private Network is referred to as VPN. Your internet traffic is encrypted by VPN software, which also uses a secure connection to deliver your data to a remote server. The info then makes its way to the internet from …
Introduction to Reset Palo Alto Firewall Firewall is a network security device which grants or rejects network access to traffic flowing between untrusted zone (External networks) to trusted (Internal networks) zone. Starting from initial days of Stateful inspection firewalls and …
Let’s understand the difference between “Reset” and “Factory-Reset”. Reset – Admin can only wipe-out the configuration Factory-Reset/Default – Admin can wipe out the configuration of device and put the device in default operation/firmware. For Example, when you buy a Firewall, …
Today, a lot of people use proxy servers to access their accounts, so they may alter their IP addresses and stay out of trouble. The same cannot be said for all IP addresses. There are two types of IP proxies …
Factory default means resetting the device to the original default configuration and deleting all customized configuration from the firewall/device. Why do we need to reset the firewall to factory default? Device is crashed and need to remove from network Remove …
DNS Working Before understanding the Split Domain Name System, let’s discuss how normal DNS resolution works for Internet traffic. However, DNS works to resolve names to IPs. When an Internet client open a Web-browser and type www.networkinterview.com Internet Client will …
Network architecture refers to the structured approach of network, security devices and services structured to serve the connectivity needs of client devices, also considering controlled traffic flow and availability of services. Network devices typically include switches, routers and firewalls. Palo …
Introduction to Firewall In todays digital scenario, where businesses demand agility and information are hosted on cloud infrastructure security of data is one of the primary concerns of business and protection of data from unwanted sources is the prime objective. …
SD-WAN Local Breakout SD-WAN is a virtual interface which connects different link types using a group of member interfaces. Using SD-WAN simplifies configuration for administrators who can configure a single set of routes and firewall policies and deploy them to …
Configuring SD WAN Load balancing Below is the network setup on which we will configure FortiGate SD-WAN with load balancing for two different ISPs. Parameters which we have taken are LAN Port & Segment -> LAN Port 3 & 10.10.10.108 WAN …
Cloud native technologies are helping Development teams to build and deploy applications faster than before. However, this open architecture increases challenges to Security teams. Cloud workloads are spread-out across Virtual Machine Containers Serverless and many points in between security devices …
You must have heard the word ‘hacker’ multiple times in cybersecurity. The organizations have trained security staff to take care of cybersecurity threats. Hacking is generally referred to as someone gaining access to your network and systems by unauthorized means. …
Introduction to Penetration Testing Tools & Software Identifying weaker controls in systems via attack simulation help organizations to gather information about the different ways hackers can gain unauthorised access of systems and sensitive data and information or may get engaged …
To have faster time to market and bring in business agility organizations are more and more relying on technology. Technological advancements have one side facilitated business to grow faster and quickly adapt to changing needs of businesses and on other …
Understanding each Encryption Technique When we dive in-depth to explore more about wireless key management and encryption technologies, then we would find that network protocols play an imperative part in it. As we are dealing with the technologies that are …
Though it’s been a while since cloud technology was introduced into our world still there is much confusion surrounding Network Security and Cloud Security. If you are one of those who can’t find the difference between these two terms: Network …
Objectives FortiGate1 has two WAN links and FortiGate2 has single WAN link Create site-to-site route based VPN with Redundant Connection Configure Dead-Peer-Detection failover Configure Link-Health Partial Redundancy is where we don’t have primary and secondary WAN connections on both peer1 …
FortiAnalyzer: Security Management Platform FortiAnalyzer aggregates log data from one or more Fortinet devices and creates a single platform to view all the reports and events. It can fetch logs from the Fortinet devices once devices are registered to FortiAnalyzer. …
Before digging deep into Palo alto SSL Decryption, let’s first understand what is Decryption? What is Decryption? Palo Alto firewalls can be decrypt and inspect traffic to gain visibility of threats and to control protocols, certificate verification and failure handling. …
UTM-Unified Threat Management UTM (Unified Threat Management) is a feature of a firewall in which multiple security profiles combine and provide protection from threats and attacks. These features are antivirus, web filtering, IPS, anti-spam etc. UTM is the consolidated solution …
Objectives Routing in Fortinet FortiGate Configuration Steps of Static Routing Configuration Steps of Dynamic Routing (BGP) Policy Base Routing Routing Monitor GUI Troubleshooting Commands for Routing in FortiGate Routing in Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Routing means how a packet can …
FortiGate fundamentals and principles involve high security infrastructure and provide a secure set up to the client. FortiGate Firewall is the most respected and highly used security product in the market. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to achieve …