“What we think lies ahead is the need for security to stop bad actors midflight, real time, as it's happening,” Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora said.

Analysts from both Forrester and Gartner have noted Cisco's struggle to integrate and unify its secure access service edge portfolio in their recent reports.

As networking and security converge, “that's where a single policy and a single set of controls becomes very powerful,” VP Larry Lunetta said.

Black Hat can be a target for attendees to try attack techniques; the network ops center ensures the conference network remains stable and protected.

The report also found victims of multiple ransomware attacks were over six times more likely to experience a second attack within three months.

Cisco, Google, Microsoft and IBM are among the companies who made their commitment to the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.

Cisco taps Cohesity for its backup and recovery capabilities; plans to add more partners to expand its extended detection and response platform.

The vendor found its original container security strategy was “the wrong approach,” not resonating with their core user base — the Carbon Black users, VMware's Jason Rolleston said.

The Network Resilience Coalition has been launched to address the persistent lack of network hardware and software security resilience and patching.

Regulated data, passwords and keys, and intellectual property are other common sensitive data types sharing with generative AI tools, Netskope found.

The White House is developing an Executive Order and pursuing bipartisan legislation to regulate the AI industry.

The FortiGate 3200F and 900G series firewalls are built for hyperscale data centers and the mid-range market, respectively.

The plan outlines more than 65 high-impact federal initiatives involving 18 different agencies and designed to combat cybercrimes.

Oort has raised $15 million in funding and Cisco has been a strategic investor since 2022.

Dell’Oro's Mauricio Sanchez noted security services edge players Zscaler, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks have a multiyear head start on Microsoft.

These two vendors argue their public cloud and telecom software-as-a-service offerings can address telcos’ data resilience and security concerns.

Honeywell plans to integrate SCADAfence’s technologies into its Forge Cybersecurity+ suite to enhance its OT security portfolio.

Francisco Partners will remain the controlling shareholder in Forcepoint's commercial business, focusing on its secure access service edge offering.

Security experts noted Bishop Fox’s findings reflect the overall trend of delayed patching and the need for easier and automatic patching processes.

For now, the vendor has not released any software updates to address this high-severity vulnerability in its Nexus 9000 fabric series switches.

The vendor found global ransomware attacks increased by more than 37% compared to the previous year, with ransom demands averaging $5.3 million.

The survey showed 90% of respondents consider the use of a single cloud security platform with one dashboard to be moderately to extremely helpful.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman aim to connect an “AI factory” next to customers’ data warehouses.

“Judging CISOs is an instinctive reaction from a lot of people," said Google's Anton Chuvakin and Sumo Logic's George Gerchow argued it's "super unfair."