This Week in Technology

This Week in Technology

By Eric Corcoran
Posted in Technology Week in Review
On June 19, 2023

Monday 6/12

Fortinet Converges NGFW and SD-WAN to Protect Traffic Traversing the Entire Azure vWAN Environment (Fortinet)

Azure vWAN is a cloud service that brings together networking, security, and routing under a single operational interface, and customers typically use it to provide connectivity between their on-premises data centers, branch offices, and Azure vWANs.

https://bit.ly/3p2h1z2

Tuesday 6/13

F5 Published Cybersecurity Research: Performance and Effectiveness on ML/AI Frameworks (F5)

Organizations can utilize this research to implement AI-accelerated cybersecurity by selecting robust infrastructure (combination of processing units and ML/AI frameworks) to process data at a large scale to obtain inference results in a fast and scalable manner.

https://bit.ly/3qBX6Yd

Challenge, Meet Radically Simple Data Storage (Pure Storage)

https://bit.ly/3qw9yZt

Wednesday 6/14

To Retain Or Not To Retain? That Is The question.

https://www.gothamtg.com/blog/to-retain-or-not-to-retain-that-is-the-question

How to Inventory your vSphere Environment using RVTools

If you're unfamiliar with Robware's RVTools, you're definitely missing out. This practical tool provides a clean and uncomplicated interface to view essential information about your Virtual Machines.

https://www.gothamtg.com/blog/how-to-inventory-your-vsphere-environment-using-rvtools

How Endpoint Privilege Security Helps Organizations Protect Against Threats (CyberArk)

As attackers find new ways to exploit an organization’s vulnerabilities, IT security teams find themselves under pressure to act quickly, often searching for new tools. However, when security solutions are bolted together hastily, problems arise.

https://bit.ly/3NrdfsA

Compliance in the Cloud | Navigating the Complexities of Cloud Security Regulations (SentinelOne)

Enterprise businesses continue to undergo digital transformations, finding new ways to connect with their client base, embracing hybrid and work-from-home strategies, and scaling their operations through innovative technologies. Though cloud adoption has been a key driver for these transformations, the unique challenges of securing cloud environments remains a top concern amongst enterprise leaders and security professionals.

https://bit.ly/440LZX8

Thursday 6/15

The Top Cyber Attacks of May 2023 (Arctic Wolf)

May often heralds the start of summer — warm weather, long days, and plenty of cybersecurity workers taking much needed time off. Cybercriminals however, are always at their monitors and love to take advantage of times when they know defenses may be down and this month was no different.

https://bit.ly/43F8GAl

Organizational Scalability and Flexibility: Azure Virtual Desktop vs Windows 365 (Nerdio)

As the paradigm of remote work continues to gain momentum, the demand for highly scalable and flexible solutions has become paramount. Microsoft, a leading player in the technology landscape, offers two powerful contenders in this space: Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365.

https://bit.ly/3CsJscK

Friday 6/16

3 Reasons You Should Augment Microsoft 365 Native Email Security (Proofpoint)

There is no silver bullet to stop the growing threat of cyber attacks. That’s why a layered, integrated approach to Microsoft 365 native email security is so essential for protection in today’s environment.

https://bit.ly/46b90c3

Authentication in the Time of Generative-AI-Strengthened Attacks (HYPR)

Generative AI is brilliant at making repeatable tasks extremely fast and effortless. Let’s put ourselves into the shoes of a hacker and consider the “Before AI” and “After AI” scenarios of the typical attack vectors that one would consider.

https://bit.ly/46lsWJp