This isn’t a pivot for the SDN pioneer, but rather an “expansion of the field of view,” said CTO and co-founder Brandon Heller.

Arm announced technical specifications for its Confidential Compute Architecture; Illumio reached a $2.75 billion valuation; and ONF shared three branches of its private network project.

“We can’t just spend all that money on detection and assume we’re gonna catch everything, because the math no longer works,” Illumio CEO Andrew Rubin said.

Cato launches its new managed detection and response platform; Red Hat reveals an open RAN bridge for 5G operators; and T-Mobile expands its 5G coverage to 150 million people.

“I need to connect [the edge] to the rest of my enterprise, and this is where Project Aurora brings it brings it all together,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri said.

Red Hat is using two variants of Intel’s Smart Edge in OpenShift; Ericsson teases late 2022 mid-band vRAN support; and Splunk security cloud adds threat intel and automated responses.

HPE also introduced Project Aurora, a zero-trust security initiative that builds on its existing silicon root of trust, that will be available as a product later this year.

AT&T adds Palo Alto Networks to SASE arsenal; Trend Micro touts zero-trust risk insights; Red Hat readies for mass VM migrations.

A handful of technologies support zero trust, and Trend Micro’s builds on its XDR platform, which collects telemetry across email, clouds, networks, and SaaS applications.

Huawei wants to prove security critics wrong; ransomware gangs provide security tips; and Verizon pushed private 5G for enterprises.

The latest update to Cisco's DNA Center management console delivers ThousandEyes integrations, machine learning insights, and lower barriers for zero-trust networking.

Dell pushes open telecom; what the heck is open XDR; and Verizon taps Versa, Zscaler for managed SASE.

NetFoundry's latest Oracle Cloud integration makes it easier for developers to build zero-trust security into their apps.

“I know that we say no one ever got fired for buying Cisco or IBM, but those days are ending. People are going to get fired for choosing a

CrowdStrike and EY fight ransomware; 5G operators slog through multi-cloud complexities; and a chip shortage fix remains years away.

Ransomware is likely top of mind for most businesses, and CrowdStrike and EY say it’s a key focus of their alliance.

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AT&T Cyber hunts government threats; Netflix and VMware talk security lessons learned; and Palo Alto Networks zeroes in on zero trust.

Also at the RSA Conference, the security vendor published new attack surface data that found global enterprises expose a new, serious security vulnerability every 12 hours.

Biden’s directive requires federal agencies and software suppliers to report breach information, and it establishes a Cybersecurity Safety Review Board to analyze major hacks.

Microsoft VP charts zero-trust Course; VMware names a new CEO; and Salt shifts API security posture left.

“One of the most important first steps in a zero-trust journey is to establish strong authentication,” Microsoft's Vasu Jakkal said.

VMware's zero-carbon cloud plan takes off with Microsoft and IBM; Sophos makes the EDR to XDR leap; and IBM adds zero trust and SASE with Zscaler.

The new Zscaler partnership fits into IBM’s zero-trust, hybrid-work blueprint, and it also marks IBM’s move into SASE.