network - Blog - Global Risk Community2024-03-29T07:17:26Zhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/networkTeam Resilience In the Midst of COVID-19: Turbocharging Your Organization Against Disruptionshttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/team-resilience-in-the-midst-of-covid-19-turbocharging-your2020-07-20T08:30:00.000Z2020-07-20T08:30:00.000ZJoseph Robinsonhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/JosephRobinson808<div><p></p><p>The uncertain times, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have spur leaders to reflect on what kind of organization, culture, and <a href="https://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pic-1-Team-Resiliency-300x200.jpeg" target="_blank"><img src="https://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pic-1-Team-Resiliency-300x200.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="300" class="align-right" alt="Pic-1-Team-Resiliency-300x200.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>operating model they need to put in place. This is to avoid returning to previous patterns of behavior and instead, be able to embrace the next normal.</p><p>In this rapidly changing environment, people in organizations need to respond with urgency, without senior executives and traditional governance slowing things down. Waiting to decide, or even waiting for approval, is the worst thing to happen. Today, some level of coordination across teams and activities is crucial for the organization’s response to be effective.</p><h3><strong>Getting Ready for Business Resilience</strong></h3><p><a href="https://flevy.com/business-toolkit/business-resilience">Business Resilience</a> is a management approach that integrates many disciplines into a single set of integrated processes. It is an enterprise-wide term that encompasses Crisis Management and Business Continuity.</p><p>Business Resilience enables organizations to face a wide range of risks—risks that can cause long-term harm, from a financial penalty to reputational damage. This is further emphasized with the global economy greatly affected by COVID-19, a pandemic that has overturned business and rattled the entire global business environment.</p><h3><strong>Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic</strong></h3><p>Leaders across industries cannot treat the Coronavirus pandemic like any other event. COVID-19 is unlike any other event. No single executive has the answer. In this rapidly changing environment, organizations need to respond with urgency. There are several initiatives that can be undertaken and integrated in <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/stream/strategy-development">Strategy Development</a>. One of these initiatives is to build <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/team-resilience-4173">Team Resilience</a> through the creation of a Network of Teams.</p><p>A Network of Teams is a cohesive and adaptable network of teams that are united by a common purpose. It is empowered to operate outside of the current hierarchy and bureaucratic structures of the organization.</p><h3><strong>The 4-phase Approach to Creating a Network of Teams</strong></h3><p>The Network of Teams needs to be created in phases for it to be effectively cohesive and adaptable.</p><p><a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/team-resilience-4173" target="_blank"><img src="https://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pic-2-Team-Resilience.png?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="700" class="align-full" alt="Pic-2-Team-Resilience.png?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p><strong>Phase 1: Central Team with Response Teams</strong>. Phase 1 begins with a Central Team launching a few primary response teams very quickly. There are several key considerations that must be underscored in Phase 1.</p><p>Organizations must create teams that will tackle current strategic priorities and key challenges facing the organization. The model that is to be built must be flexible and capable of shifting when mistakes happen. The network must be created to learn, using the information to update actions and strategies. It must spur experimentation, innovation, and learning which is done simultaneously among many teams. There must be spontaneous learning in the face of challenges and opportunities at the individual, team, and network-wide levels.</p><p>Team leaders must be creative problem solvers with critical thinking skills, resilient, and battle-tested. Having teams that can respond to the dynamic demands of the external environment is one of the strengths of the network approach.</p><p><strong>Phase 2: Hub and Spoke Model</strong>. The Hub and Spoke Model emerges when additional teams are launched to address rapidly evolving priorities and new challenges.</p><p>After the initial set of teams are created, leaders must shift toward ensuring that multidirectional communication takes place. There should be steady coordination with the central team hub in a daily stand-up meeting. Central Hub must make sure that support teams are using first-order problem-solving principles.</p><p>Leaders must take the role of catalyst and coach. The primary goal is to empower teams and support them at the same time, without micromanaging.</p><p>The next phase is Phase 3: Hub and Spoke with Subteams and Phase 4: the <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/team-resilience-4173">Network of Teams</a>. The Hub and Spoke Model evolves into a Network of Teams when peripheral teams start connecting and collaborating directly with another.</p><p>With the Network of Teams, all self-organizations are turbocharged ready to face any disruptions the business has to encounter.</p><p>Interested in gaining more understanding of <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/team-resilience-4173">Team Resilience</a>? You can learn more and download an <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/team-resilience-4173">editable PowerPoint about Team Resilience here on the Flevy documents marketplace</a>.</p><p><strong>Are you a management consultant?</strong></p><p>You can download this and hundreds of other <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library/frameworks">consulting frameworks</a> and <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library/consulting">consulting training guides</a> from the <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library">FlevyPro library</a>.</p></div>All You Need To Know About Software Defined Perimeterhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/all-you-need-to-know-about-software-defined-perimeter2020-05-11T09:54:00.000Z2020-05-11T09:54:00.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p>With the introduction of cloud technology, workforce accessibility, and increased inter-organizational cooperation, the threat surface of network attacks against device networks is increasing. Around the same time, traditional perimeter defence techniques dependent on trust can't fully cope with the security demands of the current decentralized enterprise. This combination makes the network unacceptably fragile. A new network security model is required that replaces the concept of a trusted network inside or beyond the corporate perimeter.</p><p></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028314667,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028314667,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028314667?profile=original" /></a></p><p></p><p>The purpose of a <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/software-defined-perimeter-market/">software defined perimeter</a> (SDP) is to implement perimeter features for dynamically configured perimeters for cloud, hybrid environments, and on-site data centre infrastructures. There is always a complex tunnel that is created automatically during the session. That is a one-to-one mapping between the requesting party and the trusted network.</p><p></p><h2><strong>What is software defined perimeter?</strong></h2><p>Software Defined Perimeter (SDP), also known as the Black Cloud, is a network technology strategy that emerged from the research performed by the Defence Information Systems Agency (DISA) under the Black Core Network Global Information Grid (GIG) program around 2007. The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has developed a software defined perimeter architecture to monitor identity-based access to services. Connectivity in the SDP technology is based on a need-to-know paradigm under which the device's status and identity are checked before access to the network infrastructure is granted.</p><p></p><p>Application infrastructure is essentially "black" (a DoD term meaning that the network cannot be detected) without identifiable DNS or IP addresses. The inventors of these technologies say that the Dynamically Specified Perimeter mitigates the most popular network-based attacks, including server inspection, access denial, SQL injection, operating system, and device bug exploits, pass-the-hash, man-in-the-middle, pass-the-ticket, and other attacks by unwanted users.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Why does security need a software defined perimeter?</strong></h2><p>The decentralization of industrial businesses is an established reality. Cloud benefits — cheap computing, pay-per-use billing, disaster recovery, and on-demand resources — are expected to continue to fuel usage rates for some time. Equally evident is the truth of security breaches, which tend to be growing in regularity (if not severity) with each new attack. There is a disappointment with the number of data leaks in the cloud, which negatively affects the use of perhaps the most creative technology of this time.</p><p></p><p>In order to strengthen the cloud value proposition, there is a growing need for a security model that is as robust and latent as the very possibilities and challenges cloud computing offers. This should reduce the surface area for threats while preventing detection by intruders; it should be profoundly rooted within an entity to protect the data as the properties of the enterprise they are.</p><p></p><p>Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) is a radical defence architecture that provides these and other advantages. When fully deployed, the network layer secures gateways to and from clouds for unassailable authentication with veiled micro-tunnels that malicious hackers cannot see or track.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Components of a software defined perimeter:</strong></h2><h3><strong>Access control</strong></h3><p>Access management software helps you to monitor when individuals can join. Day and day are regulated by the role of the calendar. Once an individual joins the access control program, you will appoint them to a group, and then arrange the group with the days, hours, and holidays you like.</p><p></p><p>Many people use access management to do so than ever before — and the industry has made improvements in access control technologies to thank for that. Functions that were formerly hardware-based can now be supported by cloud-based applications, making access control more affordable; and application programming interfaces (APIs) allow access control applications to be combined with other programs, such as video or enterprise requirements planning (ERP), making access control more efficient and scalable.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Performance management and reporting</strong></h3><p>Performance management includes tracking, documenting, and managing change – from people who work with a business and the enterprise as a whole – with a view and enhancing results. Examples of performance improvement systems or resources include performance evaluation, key performance indicators (KPIs), and improvement dashboards.</p><p>Essentially, performance improvement is what companies are doing to make them more efficient and remain ahead of their rivals. Since it covers such a wide field, performance management is typically split into two sub-disciplines: organizational performance management and human performance management.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Security compliance and policy management</strong></h3><p>Security Policy Management is the method of defining, enforcing, and maintaining the rules and procedures that all entities will follow when accessing and utilizing the IT assets and services of an entity. The purpose of these network protection policies is to resolve security risks and enforce techniques to minimize IT security weaknesses, as well as to determine how to recover from a system breach or when a network intrusion occurs.</p><p></p><p>In addition, the policies offer guidance to employees about what to do and what not to do. They also determine who has access to what properties and services and what the implications are for not complying with the laws. Increasing the use of network security policy management tools is one of the key developments in the security policy management industry.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Trends and innovations in the technology</strong></h2><p>Over the years to come, technological innovation and growing investments are expected to drive the global market. Significant developments in telecommunications and increasing internet and broadband penetration have further accelerated the development of the IoT industry. It is observed that tech giants and corporate investors make important investments in the Internet of Things market. Employees have shown a greater tendency to use a single device for both personal and professional purposes to prevent the hassles created by bringing separate dedicated devices like theft and inconvenience.</p><p></p><p>The need to bring multiple devices, or switch between work and personal devices, is completely removed in such an environment. It has been predicted that increased penetration of smartphones and the roll-out of services such as 4G LTE would drive market growth in both the developing and developed economies. As employees get more familiar with their own devices, they can perform tasks more effectively, and in doing so, improve productivity at work.</p><p></p><h2><strong>To conclude</strong></h2><p>The Software Defined Perimeter Market has established technologies that offer a complex architecture that reshapes the potential of network defence. Our software-defined perimeter system provides easy cloud migration protection, smooth access to infrastructure and safe connectivity to cloud environments – like Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), and more.</p><p></p><p>Using the Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) architecture, enterprises can safely provide customers using access to their IaaS services without impeding enterprise customers or IT productivity. Nevertheless, when correctly implemented, SDP deployment will be a tool for improving how network security is done across the whole enterprise – both on-site and cloud-based.</p><p></p><p><strong>Free Valuable Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/software-defined-perimeter-market/">Global Software Defined Perimeter Market to reach a market size of USD 10.7 billion by 2025</a></p><p></p><p>With SDP, companies will provide a standardized and policy-driven network management framework that protects their entire networks (both on-site and cloud) and their entire user base. This is a convincing dream – but one that can be easily accomplished with the SDP. Many companies around the world have used SDP to improve their protection, reduce their threat surface, increase the efficiency of a company and IT workers, and their burden of enforcement – while saving money.</p></div>Delivery Not Keeping up with Consumers Demand? Put Agility in Your Supply Chain Network Designhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/delivery-not-keeping-up-with-consumers-demand-put-agility-in-your2020-03-27T07:00:00.000Z2020-03-27T07:00:00.000ZJoseph Robinsonhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/JosephRobinson808<div><p>No free lunch was ever served quickly. Traditional supply chain cannot offer both low prices and fast delivery.<a href="http://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pic-1-Agility-in-Supply-Chain-Delivery-Design-300x214.jpeg" target="_blank"><img src="http://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pic-1-Agility-in-Supply-Chain-Delivery-Design-300x214.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="300" class="align-right" alt="pic-1-Agility-in-Supply-Chain-Delivery-Design-300x214.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>Online retailing has changed. Before, we see e-commerce companies fulfilling consumer demand from a small number of large-scale warehouses that carried a similar catalog of items. Inventory for low-volume products was maintained in a few locations as possible while maintaining service levels that met customer expectations.</p><p>Today, consumers are demanding more than just low prices. Consumers are also demanding that products ordered be delivered quickly. As a result, the demand for quick day delivery is now pushing retailers to experiment with new <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/stream/strategy-development">Strategy Development</a> and operation models. Notably, known retailers such as Amazon.com, Nordstrom, and Macy’s are redesigning their distribution networks. Retailers today have recognized that the terms of competition have changed.</p><h3>The Shift from Traditional Online Retailing to Fourth Industrial Revolution: Why the Need for Agility in Supply Chain Network Design</h3><p>The early days of online retailing were not as competitive as today. Inventory costs were kept low and economies of scale that large fulfillment centers provide are taken advantage of. Consumers were willing to wait for deliveries as proximity and speed were less important than cost savings.</p><p>But today, customer expectations go beyond lower prices. The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13504373/">Fourth Industrial Revolution</a> has changed the terms of competition in online retailing.</p><p>Achieving same-day delivery has moved retailers to use third parties (local city-specific delivery services) and crowdsourcing (paying individuals by the task to shop for and deliver groceries). Retailers are also looking at setting up physical lockers where customers can retrieve their packages or use of physical store networks to fulfill online orders. Others are adding warehouses near major urban markets and IT solutions are now being used to access real-time sales data and inventory information.</p><p>The chain in the online retailing landscape has changed and there is now an increasing need to achieve <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/agility-in-supply-chain-network-design-4029">Agility in Supply Chain Network Design</a>.</p><h3>Understanding Agility in Supply Chain Network Design</h3><p>What is putting Agility in Supply Chain Network Design or Distribution Agility? It is the ability to invest in real-time sales and inventory information, coupled with advanced analytics to accommodate fluctuations and changes in the business environment quickly. This is Agility in Supply Chain Network Design.</p><p><a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/agility-in-supply-chain-network-design-4029" target="_blank"><img src="http://flevy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pic-2-Agility-in-Supply-Chain.png?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="750" class="align-full" alt="pic-2-Agility-in-Supply-Chain.png?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>Putting Agility in Supply Chain Network Design requires a 3-phase process. Let us take a look at one of the 3 phases: The First Phase.</p><p>The First Phase is to <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/agility-in-supply-chain-network-design-4029">Reinvent Network Design Thinking</a>. This phase has an important implication on cost performance as they relate to customers. It requires redesigning the physical distribution network and the information network for it to be able to support the Supply Chain Network Design. The first phase ensures that the real-time information system is in place that incorporates data on sales by time and location.</p><p>Once the first phase is undertaken, this will facilitate an immediate response to agile and traditional systems. This is what Amazon.com Inc. did. Amazon opened 43 small-scale delivery stations and 53 hubs to augment a distribution network of 101 fulfillment centers and 29 sorting centers. They applied real-time stock visibility across the network and intelligent product replenishment and fulfillment to mitigate the cost of trade-off. As a result, it allowed them to effectively and immediately respond to changing consumer demands. While not all online retailers can be like Amazon, yet all can have an Agile Supply Chain Network to make them competitive in today’s digital era of <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/stream/transformation">Business Transformation</a>.</p><p>Putting the other 2 phases in place will complete the entire process of ensuring an Agile Supply Chain Network Design. Why is agility important? Agility in Supply Chain addresses the outmoded conflict between low prices and fast delivery. It enables organizations to build strategies that can make adjustments both at the planning and operation levels.</p><p>Interested in gaining more understanding of <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/agility-in-supply-chain-network-design-4029">Agility in Supply Chain Network Design</a>? You can learn more and download an <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/agility-in-supply-chain-network-design-4029">editable PowerPoint about <strong>Agility in Supply Chain Network Design</strong> here</a> on the <a href="https://flevy.com/browse">Flevy documents marketplace</a>.</p><p><strong>Are you a management consultant?</strong></p><p>You can download this and hundreds of other <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library/frameworks">consulting frameworks</a> and <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library/consulting">consulting training guides</a> from the <a href="http://flevy.com/pro/library">FlevyPro library</a>.</p></div>What are the key trends that run the data center networking market?https://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/what-are-the-key-trends-that-run-the-data-center-networking2019-11-18T14:06:12.000Z2019-11-18T14:06:12.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028303892,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028303892,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="8028303892?profile=original" /></a></p><p>Modern <strong><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/data-center-networking-market/">data center networking</a></strong> aims to manage clients with multiple data center workloads. In such a network, servers are the components that provide the necessary services to users (and the programs that run on their behalf).</p><p>Responses to API function calls may be the most basic forms of such networking services. Servers can provide applications for users/clients via Web protocols, language platforms, or virtual machines that will provide full desktops to users.</p><h2>What is a Data Center?</h2><p>A data center is a facility that centralizes the IT services and resources of an enterprise, as well as where the data is processed, handled and distributed. Data centers store the most critical systems of a network and are essential to streamline day-to-day operations. Therefore, a top priority for organizations is the safety and reliability of data centers and their information.</p><p>Although data center designs are different, they can generally be categorized as data centers that are internet-oriented or enterprise-oriented (or “internal”). Internet-facing data centers generally support relatively few applications, are mostly browser-based, and often have undisclosed numbers of users. Enterprise data centers, on the other hand, serve fewer users but host more applications that range from off-the-shelf to custom applications.</p><h2>What is data center networking?</h2><p>Currently, on single computers, few business workloads–and increasingly less product and entertainment workloads–are executed, which implies the need for data center networking. Networks provide a common map for servers, users, applications and middleware to position workload execution and also to control access to the data they generate. The workflow that involves data center networking between resources is the organized work between servers and clients in a network.</p><p>Data is shared between servers and users, even though there is no central supervisor of such exchanges for modern data centers. A traditional data center network includes servers that handle workloads and respond to client requests. It also includes switches that link devices together; routers that execute packet forwarding functions, controllers that handle workflows between network devices, and gateways which serve as junctions between data center networks and the wider Internet.</p><h2>Software-Defined Data Center Networking</h2><p>In a software-defined network (SDN), data center workflow dynamics switch to a more effective accommodation of varying workloads. Essentially, the workflow is divided into two categories: the content of documents and media used by clients (the data plane) and the guidance on how this information should be accommodated by the network (the control plane). It allows an SDN controller to make grand changes to how the data plane is mapped, even while a process is underway.</p><p>Processes are executed without compromising the control plane and the connections that link the network components together. Nevertheless, enterprises and public services tend to view their data centers in common use as the collection of servers running on-premises they own or rent. But, even this concept is worn off by new realities, the most popular of which is the proliferation of cloud-based services and applications made available to “as-a-service” companies–offered on a subscription basis, or pay-as-you-go basis.</p><h2>Data Center Networking Trends</h2><ol><li><strong>Network Agility</strong></li></ol><p>The networks of today need to be incredibly flexible to meet customers' connectivity needs. It is crucial to the success of any organization to be able to access data and services when they are needed. This applies in particular to businesses that rely on multiple suppliers and platforms to provide their customers with services. Institutions leave themselves open to the severe effects of system downtime without inefficiencies in place to ensure network availability.</p><ol start="2"><li><strong>5G Infrastructure</strong></li></ol><p>The 5th-gen technology is finally beginning to roll out in select markets after decades of promises. It has become by far one of the highest-profile trends in data center networking. Telecom carriers already are heavily investing in infrastructure and technologies that will take full advantage of 5G, and any data center that delays in preparing for this trend in the industry may find it difficult to compete. As the reach of 5G networks grows, consumers would expect this innovative technology to provide the lightning-fast service they have been told to expect.</p><ol start="3"><li><strong>Edge Computing and IoT</strong></li></ol><p>The growing proliferation of devices from the Internet of Things (IoT) has caused many companies to reconsider their network architecture. Since data is limited by physics laws, it takes time for it to travel back and forth to the center of the network, adding latency into the process and weakening device efficiency.</p><p>Edge computing architecture that pushes core processing functions nearer to the outer edges of the network where most data is collected and where many users access digital services, enables devices to respond much more quickly based on the data they observe. Whether using neighboring edge data centers to streamline analysis or process information using their internal hardware, using edge computing networks, IoT devices can significantly improve performance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Click Here For Free Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/data-center-networking-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/data-center-networking-market/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>The bottom line</strong></p><p>The data center networking market is significantly taking root. Cloud computing is expected to improve the demand for these technologies through expanded use in various industries over the forecast period. The industry of the data center is in the middle of a massive transformation. Due to the accessibility and availability of the infrastructure for cloud computing and SaaS services, any company can deploy applications and technology with just a few clicks.</p><p>It is anticipated that the growing IoT applications will further boost market growth over the coming years. The notion of "center" becomes almost entirely elusive as the essence of data center networking is increasingly disaggregated. Instead of a place where assets are managed and operated, a network of data centers can now be no more substantive than the collection of information technology resources accessible through one another - owned or leased by a business or subscribed to. The <strong>Global Data Center Networking Market</strong> is projected to surface over the coming years, at a market growth of 12.3% CAGR.</p></div>Why is a Network Security Firewall Important for Your Enterprise?https://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/why-is-a-network-security-firewall-important-for-your-enterprise2019-06-26T07:35:58.000Z2019-06-26T07:35:58.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p>A <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/network-security-firewall-market/">Network Security Firewall</a> acts as a barrier to keep destructive forces away from computers on a network behind the firewall. A network firewall is similar to a physical firewall which prevents a fire from spreading from one area to the other. Firewalls protect against several security threats like denial of service attacks, unauthorized remote logins, and viruses and worms which are spread over a network.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294291,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028294291,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028294291?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND BY ‘NETWORK SECURITY FIREWALL’?</strong></p><p>Firewalls are network security systems that monitor and control network traffic based on predetermined security rules. A firewall creates a barrier between trusted internal networks and untrusted external networks like the Internet. Firewalls are categorized as either network firewalls or host-based firewalls. A network firewall filters traffic between multiple networks and runs on network hardware. Host-based firewalls can be run on host computers and they control a network’s traffic in and out of those machines.</p><p>Network security firewall is a security system created for preventing unauthorized access to private information on a network. Firewall can be utilized as software or hardware and can separate a specific network and its data from an outside network to maintain the privacy of a specific network’s data. There are several advantages that are associated with the utilization of a firewall in a network, especially the easy installation and the high speed. Employing a firewall for a network is relatively inexpensive than to secure each computer individually.</p><p></p><p><strong>THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIREWALL ARCHITECTURES:</strong></p><p><strong>Circuit-Level Gateways</strong></p><p>As another simplistic firewall type that is meant to quickly and easily approve or deny traffic without consuming significant computing resources, circuit-level gateways work by verifying the transmission control protocol (TCP) handshake. This TCP handshake check is designed to make sure that the session the packet is from is legitimate. Along with being extremely resource-efficient, these firewalls do not check the packet on their own. Thus, if a packet holds malware, but had the right TCP handshake, it would pass right through. This is why circuit-level gateways might not be enough to protect your business by themselves.</p><p></p><p><strong>Next-Generation Firewalls</strong></p><p>The recently-released firewall products are being advertised as “next-generation” architectures. Nevertheless, there is not as much consensus on what makes a firewall truly next generation. The common features of next-generation firewall architectures involve deep-packet inspection (checking the actual contents of the data packet), TCP handshake checks, and surface-level packet inspection. Next-generation firewalls may include other technologies as well, such as intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) that work to automatically stop attacks against your network. The issue is that there is no one definition of a next-generation firewall, so it’s important to verify what specific capabilities such firewalls have before investing in one.</p><p></p><p><strong>Packet-Filtering Firewalls</strong></p><p>Being the most basic and oldest type of firewall architecture, packet-filtering firewalls create a checkpoint at a switch or traffic router. Firewalls perform a simple check of the data packets coming through the router - inspecting information like the destination and origination IP address, port number, packet type, and other surface-level information without having to open the packet to inspect its contents. If the information packet fails to pass the inspection, it is dropped. These firewalls aren’t very resource-intensive, which is a good thing about them. This means they don’t have a major impact on system performance and are simple.</p><p></p><p><strong>Click Here For Free Insights:</strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-security-firewall-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-security-firewall-market/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>WHY DOES A FIREWALL MATTER?</strong></p><p>As cybercrime is expanding and threatening businesses across the globe, it is apparent that your organization needs firewall security. Without you realizing, your organization might already be having a firewall management program set up. Initially, the term firewall referred to a wall (literally), which was design to put a halt to the spread of a fire. In computing firewall protection, firewalls can be understood as a network device which can block certain kinds of network traffic. This can form a wall between a trusted and an untrusted network. It is similar to physical firewalls, the only difference being, preventing the spread of computer attacks.</p><p></p><p><strong>THE BOTTOM LINE</strong></p><p>The network security firewall market is mounting at a rapid pace due to a wide range of factors. Factors promoting the adoption of this industry are growing demand for privacy and network security across the globe. Being the first line of defense and protector against lethal attacks and traffic that passes in and out of a network, firewalls are vital components that help in securing private systems of home systems, organizations, etc.</p><p>Network security firewalls have significantly enhanced their ability to integrate threat intelligence and defense to protect against various threats like control and command servers, advanced persistent threats (APTs), botnets, and zero-day threats. Firewalls will persist to develop, and it’s evident that their range of capabilities and functionalities will expand as well. Firewalls have been around for three decades, but they’ve evolved drastically to include features that used to be sold as separate appliances and to pull in externally gathered data to make smarter decisions about which network traffic to allow and which traffic to block. Owing to the emerging trends, the <strong><em>Global Network Security Firewall Market</em></strong> is being estimated to emerge as a market <strong><em>growth of 12.3%</em></strong> over the forecast period.</p></div>Network Management System: Improve Network Performancehttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/network-management-system-improve-network-performance2019-05-01T11:32:22.000Z2019-05-01T11:32:22.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p><strong>All about Network Management Systems</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/network-management-system-market/">Network Management System (NMS)</a> are an application or set of applications which allows network engineers to manage the independent components of the network within a broader network management framework. A network device (wireless as well as wired) is identified, configured, monitored, updated and troubleshooting in a company's network. A system control application shows the performance data from each network component, which can be changed as needed by network engineers. It includes hardware and software, but usually an NMS is used to manage a network with a software.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028287695,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028287695,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028287695?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>Why do networks need management systems?</strong></p><p>If management system is fragmented, network management in large provider-grade environments can be a difficult business. Ops Managers and engineers need to handle consistent IT services including monitoring, optimization, security and expansion of customer-free networking environments effectively and efficiently. But networks are growing and also increasingly difficult to manage. There is a need for integrated network management systems that simplify the tasks of running a large-scale operation without adding overhead.</p><p>In order to ensure that systems provide services optimally around the clock, service providers need end-to-end visibility in multi-provider networks. The integrated system management solutions go as far as systems require. Numerous NMS offers are excellent in one aspect of network management but are limited in other aspects. It's hard to find a management solution that does it all, leading to IT departments investing in widely disparate and over-complex systems that sooner or later become white elephants.</p><p></p><p><strong>Network Management Systems for SMEs and Large Enterprises</strong></p><p>Due to limited technical know-how and staff, small companies have different network management needs and expectations. They want low cost, easy to install and use tools and rich features. The management requirements are generally small with small companies and home networks. Some instances may, however, require a certain amount of setup and notification.</p><p>Network management's ultimate objective is to reduce risk, eliminate downtimes, reduce variability and actively support business expansion. The number of businesses carried out that do not rely on networks that are available is small and declining. An important asset that protects the company against slowdowns and disastrous failures that would have a major impact in business is considered as a good network management system.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Click Here For Free Insights:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-management-system-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-management-system-market/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Network Management Systems Solutions</strong></p><p><strong>Performance Management</strong></p><p>Performance management aims to assess and report the behavior and effectiveness of the network objects managed. A network monitoring system can measure and display the network condition, for example collecting traffic volume statistical information, network availability, response times and performance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fault Management</strong></p><p>Fault management involves detecting, isolating and revising abnormal operations which can cause the OSI network to fail. The main objective of fault management is to always make the Network available and to fix it as quickly as possible when a malfunction occurs. Faults must be separate from mistakes. In general, an error is only one event, while a fault requires management attention and is an abnormal condition. For example, the physical line cut is a fault, whereas a single bit error on a line is an error.</p><p></p><p><strong>Security Management</strong></p><p>Security Management prevents unauthorized access and security attacks by networks and systems. Authentication, encryption and authorization are included in security management mechanisms. Security management also involves generating, distributing and storing encryption keys and other security information. The management of security may include security systems including firewalls and intrusion detection systems that provide real-time event logs and monitoring.</p><p></p><p><strong>Network Management Systems for industry verticals</strong></p><p><strong>Healthcare</strong></p><p>Medical providers continue to struggle to reduce patient costs, to offer higher quality services, to make patient connectivity more accessible, etc. The medical sector is now looking closely at IT solutions to address these problems. A network of healthcare providers involves all the doctors, physicians, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies etc. that have been contracted to extend medical attention and care to their members within a specific plan. In this plan, healthcare providers are referred to as network providers. Healthcare and medical service providers who are not a part of any specific plan are referred to as “out of network providers”.</p><p></p><p><strong>Manufacturing</strong></p><p>Industrial production steps across the walls of the individual companies, so that new management approaches are required to coordinate the work of the various manufacturing companies. To balance out the production and maximize the profit of a group of SMEs based on the holonic paradigm, a new manufacturing networks model is proposed.</p><p>The network is conceptualized as a set of equal rights operational nodes, coordinated by a central unit that communicates with customers, distributes tasks to nodes on the basis of prefixed criteria and up-to-date node state and reliability information, and informs each node about their position in the network with respect to the manufacturing process.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Bottom Line</strong></p><p>There is an increased need for a secure and agile infrastructure to work effectively in a sophisticated business environment to boost demand over the prediction period for these solutions and services. NMS solution distributors are also expected to experience significant prospects over the forecast period, since small & medium-sized enterprises continue to implement wireless and wired LAN infrastructure across cloud-based solutions, reduce global infrastructure costs and facilitate data access. In addition, they are expected to be able to achieve greater efficiency. The bottom line is that the worldwide market for <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/network-management-system-market/">Network Management Systems</a> is being estimated to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% in the years to come.</p></div>Network Encryption Technology Changing the Futurehttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/network-encryption-technology-changing-the-future2019-04-29T11:50:15.000Z2019-04-29T11:50:15.000ZKBV Researchhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/KBVResearch<div><p><strong>What is Network Encryption?</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/network-encryption-market/">Network Encryption</a> is a network security process that uses network transfer layer cryptographic services above the level of data link but below the level of application. Network transmission capacities are Layers 3 and 4 of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), the layers for connectivity and for routing between the two endpoints. Network encryption is invisible to the end user and is operated by any other encryption process using existing network services and application software. The data is only encoded during transit and exists on the hosts of origin and destination as plain text.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028287884,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028287884,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="8028287884?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>Do networks need encryption?</strong></p><p>Encryption is an efficient and popular way to protect network data. The process of encryption hides data or the content of a message so that only through the corresponding decryption process the original information can be recovered. Encryption and decryption are common cryptography techniques - the scientific field behind secure communication.</p><p>There are many different processes of encryption and decryption (called algorithms). Especially on the Internet, the details of those algorithms are very difficult to keep secret. Cryptographers are aware of this and design their algorithms to function even if their details are publicly available. Most encryption algorithms provide protection through key use.</p><p></p><p><strong>Traditional Transmission</strong></p><p><strong>Coaxial Cable</strong></p><p>Coaxial cables are copper cables specifically designed to block signal interference, with metal shields and other components. Cable TV companies mainly use this to connect customer homes and companies to their satellite antenna systems. A single, thicker wire includes a coaxial cable. Many people who use this kind of cable claim that twisted pairs have a better bend radius are much more flexible in their choice of network topology.</p><p></p><p><strong>Twisted Pair Cable</strong></p><p>Twisted pair cabling is a type of cable in which two single-circuit conductors are twisted together in order to improve electromagnetic compatibility. Experts say that twisted pair cables are often used to prevent certain types of signal interference. In various types of installations two different types of twisted pairs, unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) shielded and twisted pairs (STP) are used. Cable STP can also contribute to grounding. The STP cable also can provide grounding.</p><p></p><p><strong>Radio waves & Microwaves</strong></p><p>Radio waves form part of the electromagnetic spectrum. They do not need a medium to travel. An electric wave and a magnetic wave is composed of a radio wave. The 2 waves move together, creating one another as the wave goes through any medium, be it air, wire or what we call space. Radiofrequency is a form of wireless electromagnetic transmission. RF signals between 3 kHz and 300GHz are easily generated. Their property allows them to penetrate objects and travel far distances in wireless communication.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Click Here For Free Insights:</em></strong> <em><a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-encryption-market/">https://www.kbvresearch.com/news/network-encryption-market/</a></em></p><p></p><p><strong>Network Encryption Hardware</strong></p><p>Risks and threats are increasing, and companies and other essential infrastructure are constantly being hampered. Businesses around the world are therefore always looking for economically viable and robust products that enhance the security of the network and offer customers enhanced experience. Hardware devices are vital for performing processing functions, such as high speed and low latency, in the network encryption market and provide robust safety. In addition, hardware components provide enhanced safety against endpoints, networks and applications threats.</p><p></p><p><strong>Emerging verticals and Network Encryption Technology</strong></p><p><strong>Telecom & IT</strong></p><p>IT solutions and services providers, consultancies, Internet service providers (ISPs) and communication companies form part of the telecommunications and IT verticals. Bring your own device (BYOD) has increased the necessity to secure data transfers over the network and comply with the industry's regulations by developing innovative technologies and increasing use of the internet and moving devices within an organization. The network encryption solutions of telecom companies and the IT services providers also provide business-critical information for security. In addition, online fraud is a key issue for cyber experts, network operators, service providers and users around the world. Companies are conducting employees and customers data security awareness programs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI)</strong></p><p>The BFSI vertical is vulnerable to data violations in a digitally interconnected world. The vertical processing and transaction technologies are constantly upgraded and require end-to-end security solutions to optimize operations against both internal and external threats. The safety of payment data transmitted over the network becomes a priority for an organization in BFSI vertical with services such as smart banking, internet banking, and mobile banking. It makes the industry an appealing target for fraudsters to exploit sensitive customer data. Network encryption solutions are employed in this industry to control and secure customer-sensitive data and deliver protection to their company from data breach risk.</p><p></p><p><strong>Media & Entertainment</strong></p><p>Digital broadcasting requires continuous encryption and decryption in real time for streaming applications, to ensure content is not compromised in transit. This content is protected by a conditional access system (CSA), ensuring that certain criteria are met before a film or series is accessed. Each segment of the data stream needs cryptography with a constantly changing, encrypted "control word". Keys have to be generated and forwarded ahead of the content. Latency must be addressed in order to provide a seamless experience, and the high-performance HSM is a suitable tool for this. In fact, high-quality keys are rapidly being generated, stored and used to secure the associated data transfer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Government</strong></p><p>Government offices can protect themselves sensibly from known threats. For example, firewalls can be set up to prevent incoming attacks and VPNs and HTTPS can be used to protect in transit data. However, the weakest line of defense for a department is its own employees. Governments and companies both rely on strong (highly secure) encryption to protect personal information, intellectual property, and state secrets. Legislative efforts to weaken this encryption threaten critical data security and integrity. Government agencies must have adequate defenses, and robust encryption can form a strong first (and ultimate) defense line.</p><p></p><p><strong>To Sum Up</strong></p><p>Network security has always been more important than users know. Fallback, surveillance and filtering have always been available but were invisible. Many application owners feel that their systems work on a pure IP infrastructure, but there is nothing more to do with the truth that business networks are highly structured. Today's network products feature a wide range of one-point security solutions from simple authentication mechanisms to comprehensive identity management. The bottom line is that, the <a href="https://www.kbvresearch.com/network-encryption-market/">Global Network Encryption Market</a> shows a high potential of rising at a CAGR of 11.4% over the estimated period.</p></div>Voice of the Customer – is it heard in insurance?https://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/voice-of-the-customer-is-it-heard-in-insurance2016-09-12T09:52:45.000Z2016-09-12T09:52:45.000ZFrancesca Lehninghttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/FrancescaLehning<div><p>As customers demand more, the insurance industry has to listen or lose out. An effective voice of the customer programme (VoC) will not only create an environment for continuous improvement, but also provide a competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded market. With more insurance companies conducting their own customer research, PEX Network spoke to Lisa Schilling, Vice President, Health Care Performance Improvement, Kaiser Permanente, about bringing the <a href="http://www.operationalexcellenceinsurance.com/voice-of-the-customer---is-it-heard-in-insurance-mc?utm_source=global%20risk%20community&utm_medium=mediapartner&utm_campaign=-external-blog&utm_term=content3&utm_content=text&mac=24190.003_global_risk_blog&disc=24190.003_global_risk_blog" target="_blank">voice of the customer into the heart of the process</a> to remain competitive in the digital age.</p><p><a href="http://www.operationalexcellenceinsurance.com/voice-of-the-customer---is-it-heard-in-insurance-mc?utm_source=global%20risk%20community&utm_medium=mediapartner&utm_campaign=-external-blog&utm_term=content3&utm_content=text&mac=24190.003_global_risk_blog&disc=24190.003_global_risk_blog" target="_blank">Download Lisa’s interview now</a></p><p>This interview took place ahead of <a href="http://www.operationalexcellenceinsurance.com/agenda-mc?utm_source=global%20risk%20community&utm_medium=mediapartner&utm_campaign=-external-blog&utm_term=agenda&utm_content=text&mac=24190.003_global_risk_blog&disc=24190.003_global_risk_blog" target="_blank">PEX Network's 3rd Annual Operational Excellence in Insurance event</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028251692,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028251692,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="500" alt="8028251692?profile=original" /></a></p></div>The Security Costs of being too Socialhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/the-security-costs-of-being-too-social2015-02-25T14:30:02.000Z2015-02-25T14:30:02.000ZRobert Sicilianohttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/RobertSiciliano<div><p>One of the arguments against being very virtually social is that nobody is SO important that everyone wants to know, for instance, that this person is going to be at the local sports bar watching the Super Bowl (or <em>almost</em> nobody; sad to say, some celebrities have half the world following them).</p><p><img src="http://activerain.trulia.com/image_store/uploads/agents/robertsiciliano/files/14D.PNG" alt="" align="right" height="312" width="310" /></p><p>Another argument, however, against tweeting and posting your every move is that this tells burglars when you’ll be away from your house.</p><p>So, you’re important enough to post every detail of your life on Facebook…but NOT important enough to be the victim of crime, right?</p><p>WRONG.</p><p>Maybe you’re not so virtually chatty, but other people actually tweet and post from the sports bar to keep followers updated about their emotions regarding the big game. At the same time, these folks are letting burglars know they’re away from home and not returning too soon.</p><p><strong>Why You Should Curb Cyber Socializing</strong></p><ul><li>It’s true: People <em>have</em> been burglarized because the thieves found out they were on vacation or away via their social media posts.</li><li>Because posting your whereabouts in social media could lead to a burglary, you’ll have to pay for the natural fallout of the crimes, such as a homeowner’s insurance deductible and a higher premium rate due to multiple claims.</li><li>You could even lose any claim-free discount on your policy.</li><li>Though carriers won’t deny coverage if your car was stolen as a result of something you tweeted, the carriers want you to know how potentially risky it is to make personal posts, such as, “Hey, the whole gang’s going to my Uncle’s lake house to watch the Super Bowl on his monster flat screen!”</li><li>Save the mundane updates for after the event, when you get back home: “Hey y’all, just got back from watching the game at Uncle Budd’s…I’m gonna call in sick tomorrow ‘cause I’m so upset that we lost!” Which as you can see, is just as stupid, because you’ll get fired.</li></ul><p>Robert Siciliano personal and home security specialist to <a href="http://besthomesecuritycompanys.com/">BestHomeSecurityCompanys.com</a> discussing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nD6i-NqV0">burglar proofing your home</a> on Fox Boston. <a href="http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/">Disclosures</a>.</p></div>Crown Equity Holdings CRWE-PR Network Reaches Milestone of 400 U.S. Community Websiteshttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/crown-equity-holdings-crwe-pr-network-reaches-milestone-of-400-u2014-04-13T05:35:54.000Z2014-04-13T05:35:54.000ZArnold Sabahttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/ArnoldSaba<div><p><object width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data="//www.youtube.com/v/TlmfyW8s3pI?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" ></param><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/TlmfyW8s3pI?version=3&hl=en_US" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" width="560" height="315" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="//www.youtube.com/v/TlmfyW8s3pI?version=3&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param></object></p><p></p><p>Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: CRWE) has been experiencing momentum that coincides with the development of the CRWE-PR Network<br /><br />The network is a portal for local news, city data and content of interest within the community. Communities are searchable by name and zip code.<br /><br />National, world, sports and general topics are also covered with up to the minute updates across all sites. The CRWE PR Network offers - local business listings, restaurant deals, coupon deals, classified ads, real estate listings, rentals, foreclosures, auctions, a jobs board, hotel specials, travel specials, airline information plus more. Regional and national ad revenue will be a main stay in the business model.<br /><br />In April of 2014, the CRWE network reached a major milestone by finishing it's 400th local community website - the company's expectation is to complete the entire state of California by the end of the month.<br /><br />CRWE-PR's website community includes coverage of the greater state of California, Nevada and 9 provinces in Canada. In the future, the company is continuing their development with the addition of the Eastern United States upon completion of California. The long term goal is to achieve complete coverage of the United States and Canada as well as establish a presence across the globe <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.CRWE-PR.com">www.CRWE-PR.com</a><br /><br />The CRWE Network’s business model is based on selling advertising to local businesses.<br /><br />Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: CRWE) provides marketing solutions that boost customer awareness and merchant visibility on the Internet.<br /><br />Disclaimer at <a href="http://www.crownequityholdings.com/disclaimer.html">www.crownequityholdings.com/disclaimer.html</a></p></div>