Is Your Firewall Ready for the IoT Era? The 3 Tough Questions to Ask

April 13, 2018 By Scott Grebe

My wife was out of the country recently, so I took the opportunity to nudge our house a little further into the 21st century by installing a Nest thermostat. It won’t solve my family’s disagreements about the temperature, but it’s a cool gadget that makes me feel like I’m modernizing a house that was built well into the last century.

Network Security

8 Cyber Security Predictions for 2018

January 9, 2018 By Alex Dubrovsky

In preparation for the upcoming publication of the 2018 Annual SonicWall Threat Report, we’re busy reviewing and analyzing data trends identified by SonicWall Capture Labs over the course of 2017. The SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research Team gathers, analyzes and vets cross-vector threat information from more than 1 million sensors around the world, performs rigorous testing and evaluation, establishes reputation scores for email senders and content, and identifies new threats in real-time.

Network Security

Home Automation Security: Is it too late?

December 19, 2017 By Stefan Brunner

In a casual conversation with my realtor friend, I learned that many upscale tract builders now include home automation to increase margin. We’ve come a long way since the X10 days. Home automation is still a splintered industry. No end-to-end solutions exist. There are, of course, the commercial integrators targeting custom estates with project cost measured in the percentage of home values.

BYOD and Mobile Security

3 Disruptive Trends Driving Demand for Automated Cyber Security for SMBs

December 11, 2017 By Mark Hewett

Organizations typically struggle to provide a holistic security posture. There are many security vendors providing exciting and innovative solutions. But from a customer perspective, they often become various point solutions solving several unique problems. This often becomes cumbersome, expensive and unmanageable. Some of the most recent trends in this area are discussed in this blog, which could bring about even further complexity to an organizations security posture.

Network Security

Are You Seeing This? Uncovering Encrypted Threats

May 22, 2017 By Scott Grebe

Night vision goggles. Airport x-ray machines. Secret decoder rings. What do they all have in common? Each helps you find something that is hidden, whether it’s an object or code that someone may not want you to discover. Your organization’s security solution needs to perform in a similar manner by inspecting encrypted traffic.

Network Security

SonicWall at Dell EMC World 2017: Secure More. Fear Less.

May 2, 2017 By Michael Clough

SonicWall is thrilled to be a silver sponsor at Dell EMC World (May 8 – 11 in Las Vegas) in booth #1515. While we are now a separate organization from Dell, we continue our close longtime partnership. This year’s event theme is “Realize your Digital Future.” Organizations today are looking to transform their business to drive IT innovation, enhance workforce mobility and reduce risk.

Advanced Threats

Practical Defense for Cyber Attacks and Lessons from 2017 SonicWall Annual Threat Report

February 13, 2017 By Dmitriy Ayrapetov

The 2017 SonicWall Annual Threat Report, published last week, covers the evolution of the cybersecurity landscape through 2016. Based on the data from the SonicWall Capture Labs Threat network, the report highlights the advances of the criminal and the defense sides of the global cyber security landscape. For example, law enforcement apprehended the writers of the popular Angler exploit kit and POS malware dropped significantly, as the industry adopted better security practices and technology.

Network Security

SonicWall Annual Threat Report Reveals the State of the Cybersecurity Arms Race

February 6, 2017 By Bill Conner

In the war against cyber crime, no one gets to avoid battle. That’s why it’s crucial that each of us is proactive in understanding the innovation and advancements being made on both sides of the cybersecurity arms race. To that end, today we introduced the 2017 SonicWall Annual Threat Report, offering clients, businesses, cybersecurity peers and industry media and analysts a detailed overview of the state of the cybersecurity landscape.

Industry News and Events

RSA Conference 2017: Prevent Breaches, Stop Ransomware and Block IoT Hacks with SonicWall

February 6, 2017 By John Gordineer

The 2017 RSA Conference opens at Moscone Center in San Francisco next week, February 13-17. One of the biggest cybersecurity events of the year, the conference allows thousands of industry professionals to interact with leading security experts to learn about the latest threats, strategies and techniques to combat increasingly more devastating cyber-attacks.

Customer Success

iPower Technologies Arrests Hidden Malware from Body Cameras with SonicWall Firewalls

December 15, 2015 By Guest Author

Note: This is a guest blog by Jarrett Pavao CEO iPower Technologies Inc., a Premier Partner for SonicWall Security, in South Florida. Every day viruses, malware and trojans infect IT infrastructure through a growing number of mobile devices. With the growth of Internet of Things (IoT), this threat is rapidly increasing.

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