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Versa Networks announced a new capability connecting Versa Secure SD-WAN, on-premises, and cloud branches with applications and resources in Amazon Web Services using the new high-performance AWS Transit Gateway Connect feature, an AWS Transit Gateway attachment type that enables AWS customers to connect third-party SD-WAN hubs and network virtual appliances with AWS Transit Gateway. Versa Director now integrates with AWS Transit Gateway Connect APIs to deliver an automated, one-click solution for connecting Versa Secure SD-WAN, on-premises and multi-cloud branch locations to each other and with Amazon VPCs. Versa customers can now easily connect Versa Secure SD-WAN with AWS Transit Gateway for a high-performance and simplified connection between their branch offices, applications and resources in Amazon VPCs. The native integration with AWS Transit Gateway Connect allows customers to deploy high-bandwidth Versa Cloud Gateways in AWS leveraging the Versa centralized management and orchestration.
Due to the rising adoption of IoT and the growing utilization of big data, the valuation of the global SD-WAN market is predicted to increase from $1.4 billion to $43 billion from 2019 to 2030. Between the solution and service categories, under the offering segment of the SD-WAN market, the former is expected to register higher revenue growth in the market in the coming years.
Researchers at cybersecurity consulting firm Realmode Labs have identified vulnerabilities in SD-WAN products from Silver Peak, Cisco, Citrix and VMware, including potentially serious flaws that can be exploited to steer traffic or completely shut down an organization's network. Realmode Labs has published four blog posts this month describing the vulnerabilities found by Ariel Tempelhof and Yaar Hahn in SD-WAN solutions from VMware, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak, which HP acquired earlier this year.
VMware has patched critical vulnerabilities affecting its ESXi enterprise-class hypervisor and has released a security update for its SD-WAN Orchestrator, plugging a handful of serious security holes. Vulnerabilities in ESXi hypervisor exploited during a hacking competition.
VMware on Wednesday patched a total of six vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN Orchestrator product, including flaws that can be chained by an attacker to steer traffic or shut down an enterprise network. Three of the vulnerabilities were reported to VMware by Israel-based cybersecurity consulting firm Realmode Labs.
Red River unveiled a fully managed software-defined wide area network solution. Red River Managed SD-WAN leverages the company's award-winning Managed Services and Cisco SD-WAN technology to deliver advanced enterprise networking capabilities to the public sector and enterprise markets.
Masergy announced that it is strengthening its SD-WAN Secure solution to offer Secure Access Service Edge capabilities. Masergy is taking a best-of-breed approach to SASE, combining security technologies from leaders in their respective Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrants to deliver a converged network and security solution.
Three security bugs in the Citrix software-defined-WAN platform would allow remote code-execution and network takeover, according to researchers. The first vulnerability allows unauthenticated RCE with root privileges in Citrix SD-WAN Center, according to Citrix.
Silver Peak's Unity Orchestrator, a software-defined WAN management platform, suffers from three remote code-execution security bugs that can be chained together to allow network takeover by unauthenticated attackers. The issues are present In Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator versions prior to 8.9.11+, 8.10.11+, or 9.0.1+. Orchestrator instances that are hosted by customers - on-premise or in a public cloud provider - are affected, Silver Peak said.
Windstream Enterprise announced updates to its WE Connect portal, giving customers heightened visibility across their SD-WAN networks. "With the enhancements to WE Connect Insight Engine, customers now have even more perspective and analysis across their SD-WAN environments, allowing them to easily visualize, identify and respond to anomalies before they become business or network problems," said Mike Frane, vice president of product management at Windstream Enterprise.