by Bob Walder | Oct 9, 2014 | Blog
In my previous blog about the Palo Alto Networks results in our recent NGFW test I expressed the hope that “Palo Alto Network executives will take this issue seriously and move quickly to protect their customers.” Well, they did. Both NSS and Palo Alto Networks...
by Bob Walder | Oct 1, 2014 | Blog
We don’t follow up every NSS Labs test with a blog response to a vendor, but after the fun and games following our recent BDS test, we find ourselves in a similar position. This time it is Palo Alto Networks blogging about our NGFW group test, the results of which...
by Bob Walder | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog
Where the goal of cyberprevention has been to reduce the probability of an attack against the organization, cyber resilience looks to reduce the impact of these attacks through cyber risk management. Assuming that a breach is likely, cyber resiliency of systems and...
by Bob Walder | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog
As the volume and value of customer and corporate data increases, attackers are more determined than ever. This data has value attached to it, which can be insured, much like any asset would be. However, it can be more difficult to assess the value of digital assets,...
by Bob Walder | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog
Following publication of our new breach detection systems (BDS) test results, FireEye responded somewhat forcefully in a blog post by Manish Gupta. Not everyone can end up in the top right quadrant of the NSS Labs Security Value Map™ (SVM), so it is not unusual for...
by Bob Walder | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog
Within the past decade, massive data breaches have become more frequent and the number of records that are lost has increased. Data breaches of US companies alone exposed more than 500 million records in 2013. However, users that share the same password on different...