December 5, 2023
On October 20, 2023, Okta disclosed a security incident affecting their customer support management system. In a note following that disclosure Okta said that from September 28, 2023, to October 17, 2023, a threat actor gained unauthorized access to files inside Okta’s customer support system associated with 134 Okta customers, or less than 1% of Okta customers.
Sr. Systems Engineer. Versa Networks
November 2, 2023
In recent years we’ve witnessed transformative changes in both technology and the retail industry. The retail world has seen tremendous ups and downs over the past several years thanks to the impact of COVID. In addition to challenges such as store closures, reduced foot traffic, and supply chain problems, digital disruptions include an increasing shift to e-commerce and new types of cyber threats that have dramatically changed how people shop and how retail businesses should operate. In the technology world, numerous stunning innovations such as AI/ML-assisted network operations and threat detection are making people’s jaws drop because of their capabilities…
Senior Threat Analyst, Versa Networks
October 26, 2023
Summary On October 16, 2023, Cisco reported two new vulnerabilities in the web UI for its Cisco IOS XE operating system that runs many of its routers and switches, CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273. These vulnerabilities were initially being exploited by unknown hackers and affected more than 10,000 devices at the time of its first known existence. However, in the following days the attack was leveraged to affect more than 50,000 devices, and that’s when a free software fix was identified by Cisco to keep a check on devices. Cisco released the updated version 17.9.4a on October 23 to fix the issue….
CEO, Versa Networks
October 26, 2023
The future will rely on an authentically Unified Zero Trust Networking platform – a singular, integrated platform meticulously crafted to seamlessly converges networking and security. What must Zero Trust Networking deliver?
Sr. Systems Engineer. Versa Networks
October 24, 2023
Today, AWS announced Tunnel-less Connect on Cloud WAN. This new capability provides customers with a simple, high-performance mechanism to build a global SD-WAN architecture using AWS Global Network as a middle-mile transport network. With this capability, SD-WAN appliances can natively peer with Cloud WAN using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) without the need for tunneling. Native BGP support between SD-WAN appliances in a VPC and AWS Cloud WAN, without the need for tunnels, simplifies the extension of SD-WAN deployments in AWS cloud and enables access to AWS’ high bandwidth global network for branch-to-cloud connectivity. As part of this announcement, Versa Secure…
Head of Product Management, Versa Networks
October 24, 2023
As cyber-attacks become increasingly sophisticated and the likelihood of threats in the infrastructure rise, our customers have explored new ways to not only secure the initial point of access but also mechanisms to continuously monitor their security posture.
CEO, Versa Networks
October 18, 2023
This article is structured as a two-part blog series. The first part explores the evolving digital landscape. We’ll discuss the limitations of traditional security and networking models in the face of a hybrid environment that seamlessly interconnects WAN, LAN, Cloud, and Data Center. The second part introduces the concept of Zero Trust Networking – an approach to address the nuanced challenges of modern enterprises by seamlessly integrating security and networking components across WAN, LAN, Cloud, and Data Center. The Need for Zero Trust Networking Digital transformation and an increased cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving the needs of a cloud…
Sr. Systems Engineer, Versa Networks
October 11, 2023
SSL Break and Inspect (B&I) has always been a point of contention in the security world. On the one hand, we have the network security teams saying, “We should inspect everything on our network and not allow anything that we cannot inspect.”
Sr. Director, Versa Networks
September 18, 2023
For years, Versa and Intel have partnered on innovations that have continually pushed the boundaries of what has been possible in our industry. Building on these efforts, we are excited to share a sneak peek of our Versa Secure SD-NIC at Intel Innovation 2023 on September 19-20.
August 21, 2023
Harness ChatGPT for productivity and secure against data leakage, credential abuse and privacy risks.