Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of January 19; VulnCheck, Vercara, Nokia, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy endpoint security and network monitoring news for the week of January 19. This curated list features endpoint security and network monitoring vendors such as VulnCheck, Vercara, Nokia, and more.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant endpoint security and network monitoring news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last month in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy endpoint security and network monitoring news items.

Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of January 19

VulnCheck Unveils IP Intelligence Platform Feature

VulnCheck, a cybersecurity solutions provider, this week announced the launch of IP Intelligence, a new feature set designed to provide real-time tracking of attacker infrastructure and vulnerable IP’s on the internet. VulnCheck IP Intelligence compiles data from popular Internet-Connected Device (ICD) datasets and cross-references it against VulnCheck exploit and vulnerability intelligence information to generate unique threat intelligence insights around ICDs and attacker command and control (C2) infrastructure. VulnCheck’s IP Intelligence integrates seamlessly out of the box with NGFWs (Next-Generation Firewalls) from Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Fortinet and Check Point, and is generally available today in VulnCheck’s Initial Access Intelligence solution.

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Vercara Launches UltraSecure Suite

This week, Vercara, a provider of cloud-based network security solutions, introduced UltraSecure bundles. These flexible packages offer enterprise-grade, custom solutions that protect critical applications, secure online properties and increase web performance. “Mid-size companies are often challenged by budget and talent constraints when it comes to their cybersecurity defenses, but are facing increasing threats that stand to cripple their businesses entirely. The solutions to prevent these attacks are often cost-prohibitive,” said Gavin Mills, Global Sales Director at Safenames, a renowned global domain name registrar and Vercara partner. “UltraSecure makes these powerful solutions more accessible and affordable. As a longtime partner to Vercara, we’re pleased to support an industry solution that provides a natural and necessary extension to the cybersecurity posture of these organizations.”

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Salt Security API Protection Platform Receives Major Update

Salt Security, a leading API security company, this week announced multiple advancements in discovery, posture management and AI-based threat protection to the Salt Security API Protection Platform. “APIs sit at the core of today’s modern applications, connecting enterprises to vital data and services,” said Roey Eliyahu, CEO at Salt Security. “However, with the ever-growing abundance of APIs, businesses are struggling to keep track of the APIs they have within their environment and even more so, are unsure of their current API posture against best practice policy and their own custom policies. By providing the industry’s first API posture governance engine, Salt is helping organizations govern their API-first journeys using API intelligence to discover and effectively manage API assets, ensuring that corporate standards and industry best practices are followed throughout an API’s lifecycle.”

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Nokia and Zayo Achieve New North American Distance Record for Transmission on a Live Network

Nokia and Zayo have announced the successful completion of a live field trial of Nokia’s sixth-generation Photonic Service Engine super-coherent optics (PSE-6s), demonstrating a North American transmission record of 800Gb/s over a single wavelength from LA to El Paso on a 1866km link. The companies also achieved a 1 Tb/s transmission on Zayo’s LA to Phoenix route over 1004km, also using the Nokia PSE-6s. “Nokia is very pleased with the performance of the PSE-6s in the trial and its ability to enable 800G everywhere and deliver 1T between key cities over long spans at over 1000km. We are delighted to partner with Zayo on this achievement in preparation for growing network demand. With the PSE-6s, the Nokia optical portfolio pushes the limits of super-coherent performance to deliver massive network scale and service reach while ensuring more sustainable growth,” said James Watt, Vice President and General Manager, Optical at Nokia.

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Implementing GenAI the Right Way

“Whether to implement GenAI isn’t really a question. The value it provides employees to streamline their jobs means it’s almost a forgone conclusion. But that must be balanced with the risks GenAI could pose when proprietary or other potentially sensitive information is fed into these systems. To ensure they remain compliant with data privacy standards, whether or not regulatory bodies enact AI-specific rules, IT leaders need to provide guardrails to employees that will limit the likelihood that they accidentally expose something they shouldn’t.”

-Ajay Bhatia, Global VP & GM of Digital Compliance at Veritas Technologies