Cyber Attack Technologies Various forms of cyber attacks are prevailing these days and method of attack sophistication has reached new levels where now attackers are not limited only to fake websites, messages or emails but also focus is on theft …
This is a series of short interview question & answers that will help you in understanding the basic IT concepts to most advanced IT technologies. **STAY TUNED** Short Interview Questions: Que 13 What are False Positives and False Negatives in …
This is a series of short interview question & answers that will help you in understanding the basic IT concepts to most advanced IT technologies. **STAY TUNED** Short Interview Questions: Que 12 What is NAT Masquerading?
(FTD Deployment Modes: Routed, Transparent, Inline, Inline with tap, Passive SPAN, Passive ERSPAN) Cisco FTD design and deployment implementation involves setting up firewall, SSL inspection, NAT, IPS and active/standby HA. Deployment model determines placement of FirePower into the network as …
The Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) are two types of security appliances that provide various features and capabilities to companies. These appliances were created with the intention of safeguarding businesses from cyber threats. Today …
Objectives IPSec IKE Site to Site VPN between two FortiGate Sites Phase I and Phase II Parameters Tunnel Configuration Troubleshooting Commands IPSec VPN Configuration: Fortigate Firewall IPsec: It is a vendor neutral security protocol which is used to link …
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 …
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 …
Malware software is a constant concern in the digital age. Cyber criminals continuously come up with innovative ways to break into computer systems and steal personal data, cause disruption to businesses, ask for ransomware, cause data destruction. Malware software is …
Data security is a major concern for enterprises especially dealing with sensitive data. Creating a safe and secure environment becomes top most priority for them. In 2023 cyber attacks worldwide increased by 7%. Each company experiencing on an average 1200+ …
There are various types of Cyber Attacks on rise. As physical boundaries are diminishing rapidly and majority of enterprises rely on Internet and other emerging technologies such as cloud computing, GenAI etc. to run their businesses bad vectors are taking …
Traditional firewalls have come a long way by providing a clear overview of network traffic jams. Allows or blocks traffic according to port, state and protocols and filters traffic as per rules specified by firewall administrators. NGFWs have eventually changed …
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 …
Evolution of Firewalls: Sonicwall Firewall Firewall technologies have evolved at a very rapid pace since its inception and from initial packet filtering firewalls which use to inspect packet traffic and took decision to allow or reject packets, which is then …
Authentication is the first step at entry level for ensuring security and it is required for managing user identification and providing access control for seamless operational experience in a secure manner. Individual authentications are not only restricted to passwords and …
Firewalls are network perimeter security devices which separate internal networks from external public networks such as the Internet to reduce the risk of external attacks. Firewalls use access policies and identify types of information, in addition they also control ports …
Secure Socket layer (SSL) certificates is one of the most widely used and popular mechanisms for public website security. SSL certificates keep data of users secure, verify ownership for the website, prevent attack vectors from creation of a fake version …
In our previous post, we have already discussed the IPSec VPN Configuration in Fortigate Firewall. Here in this post we will understand how to trouble shoot the FortiGate VPN tunnel IKE failures. We are using below topology to troubleshoot the …
Cyber Attacks Cyber attacks are on rise since Covid 19 at a more rapid pace compared to before. Various forms of cyber attack techniques being used by hackers to gain access to organizations resulting in devastating effects such as unauthorized …
It is not possible to 100% prevent the router attacks. However, there are possibilities of few things that could be done for preventing the occurrence of most common attacks of routers on the network and the system. Widespread attacks are …
Leaked or stolen credentials are primary sources being used by cybercriminals in breach networks and steel company confidential and sensitive data. Normal authentication involving a username and password is an old technique and no longer provides protection against sophisticated attacks …
Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities to penetrate your networks. Protection against direct, external threats require extensive network security functions deployed on the edge. Protections on the edge are provided by stateful and next generation firewalls (NGFWs) which offer features …
(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 …
As cyberattacks are on rise and thousands of Internet users and organizations are targeted by attack vectors, safety and security of data is a major cause of concern. The secure socket layer (SSL) certificates are widely used by websites for …
Secure Socket layer (SSL) certificates are used widely by organizations to secure websites and every business needs to have a valid SSL certificate to safeguard client’s security and credibility of brand. Secure Socket layer (SSL) is an encryption protocol and …
Introduction to Palo Alto Panorama Palo Alto Panorama is the centralized management server that offers a global visibility and control over the multiple Palo Alto Networks next generation firewalls from web interface console. Panorama manage multiple Palo Alto Networks firewalls …
Centralized network management and analysis of network devices is one of the vital requirements of enterprise networks. Individual network component monitoring in larger networks brings a lot of overhead in terms of skills, resources, expertise and not a viable solution …
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. …
Data is the lifeline of organizations and they rely on a variety of data to run their businesses. Since data is critical to run businesses, it is important to safeguard it from unauthorized access, improper usage. Different approaches are adopted …
Majority of organizations are moving to cloud based infrastructure to run their IT operations. Cloud service providers require to provide multi-tenancy services and require to have products which support multi-tenant scenarios. Networking is one of the crucial aspects of the …
Network protection is enabled from malware by utilizing the SSL proxy component. It is used to prevent malware which is hidden in encrypted traffic. It is used to perform SSL encryption and decryption between server and end client in a …
Firewalls perform the processing of traffic for packets which enter and exit a device. Juniper SRX firewalls have a wide variety of filtering and traffic shaping features including policies, screens, network address translation (NAT) and services based on flow. Processing …
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 …
Network based security landscape is changing drastically and becoming more and more complex and dynamic in operations. New challenges in the cyber security domain related to web based and social network applications, sophisticated cyber-attacks, social engineering attacks are on rise …
Data breaches are costing organizations very expensive and every year exposing millions of people’s sensitive data resulting businesses to lose millions. Data breaches in year 2021 estimated to average cost of $4.24 million. Personally Identifiable and sensitive personal information is …
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, …
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 …
Today, we are using the internet more than ever before. The usage has increased considerably with the emergence of streaming devices like Firestick, Roku, and Chromecast. Spending time online lets us access the content of our choice. But it also …
A remote access VPN (virtual private network) allows clients who are working remotely to firmly access and utilize applications and servers that deploys in the office Data Centre and head office, encrypting all VPN traffic the users send and receive …
Encrypting SSL traffic is critical for user privacy and to securely conduct business across the net. Indeed we have seen a huge rise in websites shifting to SSL in recent years. This is a good thing however traffic can be …
What is Checkpoint VSX? Checkpoint VSX full form is Virtual System eXtension (VSX), a product that runs multiple virtual firewalls in the same hardware firewall. You can purchase hardware appliances with Licence of Virtual firewall. Using one hardware you will …
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 …
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 …
Cisco FTD NAT: Introduction An IP address is the basis of every communication over the network and Internet. Each computer device is assigned an IP address within an IP network which identifies the host as a unique entity. But due …
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 …