Sean Michael Kerner

The Firefly Suite includes both existing and new products that aim to deliver security for virtual network and SDN deployments. One part of the suite is the Firefly Host solution which was formerly known as vGW Virtual Gateway. That technology originally came to Juniper in 2010 by way of the $95 million acquisition of Altor […]

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning of an increased risk from DDoS attacks that leverage the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to amplify the attack volume. NTP is a widely deployed Internet protocol that is primarily used as a time-keeping technique for clock synchronization. Simply requesting the time from an NTP server […]

Cloud security vendor CipherCloud announced last week that is has acquired privately held stealth startup CloudUp Networks. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. With the acquisition of CloudUp, CipherCloud gains enhanced data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities that provide improved security to cloud users. DLP technology tags and monitors content for access, […]

The simplest way to avoid attacks and exploitations in the modern connected world is often just to pull the plug. When it comes to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), just pulling the plug isn’t enough, according to new details published this week. In a Jan. 14 New York Times report that was based on […]

The Powered by Intel Cloud Technology badge is similar in many respects to the Intel-Inside campaign that Intel ran for years on consumer PCs as a branding effort, emphasizing that what’s inside matters. Raejeanne Skillern, Director of Cloud Marketing at Intel, told Datamation that the ‘Powered by Intel Cloud Technology’ badges will be displayed on […]

Verizon lodged an appeal against the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to eliminate the network neutrality order, formally known as the “Open Internet Order” (25 F.C.C.R. 17905 (2010). Network Neutrality, as defined by Verizon in its complaint, “imposes disclosure, anti-blocking and anti-discrimination requirements on broadband providers.” The basic idea is that the network should be a […]

At the top of the list with the most fixed vulnerabilities and widespread impact are 36 security fixes for Oracle’s Java. Oracle first began to include Java security fixes as part of its main CPU release in October of 2013. At that time, Oracle fixed a total of 127 vulnerabilities, with Java accounting for 51 […]

According to a new study from enterprise security vendor Fortinet, conducted last month by Lightspeed Research, PCI compliance is far from ubiquitous among small businesses. The study found that 22 percent of small business retailers were not PCI-DSS compliant, and 14 percent were not sure whether or not they were compliant. Chris McKie, Fortinet’s director […]

Initially, A10 will offer three Thunder TPS boxes, starting with the Thunder 4435 TPS, which provides 38 Gbps of throughput and includes 16 x 10 GbE ports. The Thunder 5435 TPS will deliver up to 77 Gbps of throughput and also includes 16 x10 GbE ports, as well as 4 x 40 GbE ports. The […]

The Nginx Plus 2.0 platform now includes improved support for Java applications as well as enhanced application health monitoring and high-availability features. Nginx users have long been able to have a high-availability Web server, but what the Nginx Plus 2.0 release does is it makes that process easier with a new configuration utility to rapidly […]

Microsoft released its first Patch Tuesday security update for 2014 yesterday, issuing four security bulletins that address six different Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) issues in Windows, Office and Dynamics AX. As Microsoft forecast in its advance notification last week, there is no Internet Explorer (IE) update, which is a surprise to some security experts. […]

According to a new study from Trustwave, conducted by Osterman Research, for most organizations Web surfing is the top entry point for malware. The report found that 74 percent of respondents got a malware infection through Web surfing. In contrast, 64 percent said email was the route by which they had been infected by malware. […]