A New Cyber Security Certification: SonicWall Network Security Administrator Course

March 21, 2018 By Michele Campbell

SonicWall has spent the last 12 months deeply focused on training and enablement for our partners, customers and employees. Based on student feedback and market requirements, the company’s Education Services Organization is introducing the SonicWall Network Security Administrator (SNSA) course; a completely new training course and certification exam that will replace the Network Security Basic Administration (NSBA) class.

Industry News and Events

SonicWall CEO Bill Conner Joins Cyber Security Panel on Capitol Hill

February 28, 2018 By Robert (Bob) VanKirk

Cybercrime is a lucrative and booming industry, with recent reports estimating $600 billion in damages to businesses. With the introduction of innovative cyber security technologies and new cyber attack variants, the race is on for private and public organizations to arm themselves for a battle that is being waged in a dynamic threat landscape.

Wireless Security

Wireless Security: Why You Need to Take It Seriously In 2018

February 13, 2018 By Srudi Dineshan

When waves of cyber attacks hit last year, such as WannaCry and Not Petya ransomwares, businesses lost billions of dollars in high-profile breaches. In addition, more than half of the U.S. population’s Social Security information was compromised in the Equifax breach. It was a record-breaking year. Perhaps the only good that came out of these fiascos is that users became more aware of the importance of cyber security.

Industry News and Events

SonicWall’s Steve Pataky, Chris Auger Named to CRN’s 2018 Channel Chiefs List

February 12, 2018 By Terri O'Leary

Today CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, named two SonicWall executives, Chris Auger and Steve Pataky, to its exclusive 2018 list of Channel Chiefs. CRN’s editorial staff chose the executives on this elite annual list on the basis of their professional accomplishments, industry reputation and dedication to the channel partner community.

Network Security

SonicWall and our Channel Partners Team to Deliver New High-Value Security Professional Services to Fight the Bad Guys

November 14, 2017 By Steve Pataky

I can only imagine the pressure that comes with the job of being responsible for a company’s network security. These individuals are not only entrusted with protecting company and customer data, but the reputation of the company and its brand. In the case of smaller businesses, the stakes are particularly high, where a network breach and data loss can threaten the very existence of the company.

Network Security

SonicOS 6.5, the Biggest Update in Company History, Delivers Powerful Security, Networking and Usability Capabilities

September 28, 2017 By Ken Dang

Keeping organizations running safely, while improving business and user productivity in today’s accelerating threat environment, continues to be a non-trivial task for IT leaders. At the current pace of cyber attacks, we understand all too well that the effects of recent events, such as the Equifax, WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, have demonstrated their capacity to change the global business environment from normal to total hysteria in the blink of an eye.

Network Security

SonicWall Delivers More Speed, Security Across Entire Portfolio

September 26, 2017 By Robert (Bob) VanKirk

New SonicWall NSA 2650 Firewall, and SonicWave Access Points Take Security, Speed and Analytics to Elite Levels Defending your business is job No. 1. But with so many vectors and end points, it’s an arduous challenge to identify and mitigate known and unknown threats across multiple locations, networks and endpoints — particularly as the need for wireless and mobile access scales to untold heights.

Network Security

SonicWall Expands Scalability of its Next-Generation Firewall Platforms and DPI SSL to Address Encrypted Threats

August 29, 2017 By Sohrab Hashemi

Day after day, the number of users is growing on the web, and so is the number of connections. At the same time, so is the number of cyberattacks hidden by encryption. SonicWall continues to tackle the encrypted threat problem by expanding the number of SSL/TLS connections that it can inspect for ransomware.

Network Security

NSS Labs Affirms SonicWall Excellence in Security Value Map

August 14, 2017 By John Gordineer

On June 6, 2017, NSS Labs published its annual 2017 Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Test Report and Security Value MapTM (SVM). For the first time in five years, NSS Labs did not place SonicWall in its “Recommended” quadrant of the SVM. In response, SonicWall immediately resolved the identified issues, automatically updated our firewalls worldwide, and was then publicly retested by NSS Labs to place in its upper right quadrant.

Advanced Threats

Petya 2.0? Or PetWrap? Or NotPetya? Is This the New Normal in Cyber Security?

June 28, 2017 By John Gordineer

Updated July 6, 2017, 11:51 AM PT When the latest massive global cyber attack first hit on June 27, the security community observed that the payload behavior closely matched Petya ransomware, which emerged back in 2016, so we initially called this a variant. However, SonicWall Capture Labs researchers confirmed that this is definitely not Petya ransomware.

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