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Networking News: Security Spring Cleaning + Public Cloud

Written by Chris Bihary | 5/14/19 12:00 PM

The networking world is ever changing, with new monitoring and security tools entering the market, companies introducing exciting new technology, partnerships being formed to create disruptive solutions, and more. With so much note-worthy news, here are some of the most important news stories and updates in the industry this month and what that could mean for the industry as a whole. 

 


Spring Cleaning Your Network Security

Spring is the perfect time to dust off your network security policies, re-evaluate them, and gauge whether they are still effective. When using various tools to monitor, these is a rise of valuable data being collected and everyone becomes a potential victim of varied cybersecurity attacks. Even though it is impossible to build a network that is guaranteed 100% safe from intrusion, organizations must take necessary steps to address some of the most basic vulnerabilities such as preventive measures against breaches, keeping IoT devices secure, having firmware tools and hardening guides for technological partners and effectively managing product life cycles.  Read More

 

 

 

Riverbed announces new brand identity at annual Partner Summit and Awards

As a digital performance company, Riverbed, has announced its new brand identity centered around ‘Advancing Human Experiences in the Digital World’, at its inaugural Middle East Partner Connect in Dubai. Presentations held through the first half of the event focused on how partners could leverage the recently enhanced Riverbed Rise Partner Program, the Riverbed Digital Performance Platform and the company’s new corporate brand identity, to drive the digital transformation that their customers need, and grow their business as a result.“Using the Riverbed Digital Performance Platform, our partners can empower their customers to deliver superior digital customer experiences and achieve new levels of operational agility,” he added. Read More

ExtraHop joins AWS consulting partner private offer program to deliver enterprise security in the cloud

ExtraHop announced that it has joined the Amazon Web Services Consulting Partner Private Offer Program (AWS CPPO). Through this program, ExtraHop will work with leading security partners to deliver enterprise-class cloud security globally. The AWS CPPO Program was designed to bring together leading-edge cloud technologies with the experience and knowledge afforded by value-added resellers. AWS customers can now leverage the robust ExtraHop’s Reveal feature set supported by channel partners' deep domain expertise in cloud security architectures. The inside-out approach to cybersecurity coupled with leading technologies like ExtraHop Reveal proactively gives its clients the robust detection and investigation capabilities they require to simplify their processes and optimize their people. Additionally, the AWS CPPO Program allows extending those capabilities easily across consultative and managed digital transformation engagements. Customers are offered the best-of-breed solutions to help them protect their applications and data wherever they reside.  Read More



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