Security News > 2021
Cisco Secure unveiled the future of simple and effective security with infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication by Duo. Integrated seamlessly into the existing Duo authentication experience used by more than 25,000 organizations globally, Duo passwordless authentication will enable enterprise users to skip the password and securely log into cloud applications via security keys or biometrics built into modern laptops and smartphones.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and RingCentral are joining forces to launch Rainbow Office, powered by RingCentral, a Unified Communication as a Service solution, in Ireland. Stemming from a strategic partnership between RingCentral and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, announced in August 2020, Rainbow Office, powered by RingCentral, will combine the very latest in UCaaS technology from RingCentral, with market-leading networking, communication, and cloud solutions and services from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's portfolio, making it a unique offering in the market.
New research by FireEye's Mandiant cyber forensics arm has now revealed a previously unknown persistence mechanism that shows the adversaries made use of BITS to launch the backdoor. Introduced in Windows XP, BITS is a component of Microsoft Windows, which makes use of idle network bandwidth to facilitate the asynchronous transfer of files between machines.
Optiv Security unveiled its Enterprise Internet of Things Lab in response to a growing and ever-present pain point for client security leaders - the proliferation of IoT devices on organizational networks. Show organizations how to discover IoT devices present in their environment, assess devices for vulnerabilities, and mitigate outstanding security issues.
NETGEAR announced the availability of the GS316EP and GS316EPP PoE+ Gigabit Ethernet Plus switches that deliver small businesses, retail shops, and home-based businesses with larger Power-over-Ethernet budgets and more convenience. The GS316EP has a total PoE budget of 180 Watts while the GS316EPP supports a maximum PoE budget of 231 Watts, making them amongst the most versatile switches for powering WiFi 5 and WiFi 6 access points, IP cameras, IoT devices, IP speakers, IP phones, IP LED lights, point of sale systems, and other IP devices.
This is the next important step in Cisco's journey to radically simplify security and networking by helping network operations and security operations teams securely connect users to applications. Cisco introduces the ability to purchase all core SASE product components in a single offer with the flexibility to easily transition to a single subscription service in the future, enabling organizations to start using Cisco's integrated architecture immediately.
WitFoo announced the release of version 6.1.5 of its Precinct product. The 6.1.5 release adds advanced indexing and search algorithms that leverage the innovations from natural language processing to find infrequent records in the data lake with efficiency improvements greater than 99 percent.
Arm introduced the Armv9 architecture in response to the global demand for ubiquitous specialized processing with increasingly capable security and artificial intelligence. Armv9 is the first new Arm architecture in a decade, building on the success of Armv8 which today drives the best performance-per-watt everywhere computing happens.
Cloudentity and Okta are delivering on the promise of zero trust authorization for open banking services. Open banking enables customers, partners and employees to access applications, data and services regardless of their location, device or network.
HYAS announced technology integration between HYAS Protect and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The combined solution increases Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's proven security coverage and efficacy, offering comprehensive endpoint protection for our joint customers.