Palo Alto Networks has unveiled an enterprise edition of its Okyo Garde network security gateway as a way to extend secure access service edge (SASE) functionality to remote workers’ entire homes. Originally released last summer, Okyo Garde is a low-profile Wi-Fi 6 router embedded with Palo Alto’s security stack and threat intelligence. The appliance is controlled by a mobile app, enabling user provisioning, and is available as a subscription that includes hardware, software and security services. “The benefits of working remotely also come with the shared responsibility between employees and employers for protecting networks. At-home use of personal devices, email and social media accounts increases the risk of cyberattacks on the enterprise,” said Kumar Ramachandran, senior vice president of products at Palo Alto Networks. Citrix Systems recently introduced Secure Private Access, a cloud-delivered, zero trust network access (ZTNA) offering that provides protected access to apps and data from managed, unmanaged and bringyour-own devices, enabling employees to work in a secure, reliable and productive manner, wherever they happen to be. Citrix Secure Private Access allows contextual access to IT-sanctioned applications whether they are deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Using the solution, IT organizations can provide zero-trust network access to all apps, with adaptive authentication to continually evaluate access based on end-user roles, locations, device posture and user risk profiles. Palo Alto Doubles Down on WFH Security with SASE Citrix Modernizes Security to Accommodate Hybrid Work Bad Bots are Shifting Toward Mobile Bad bots, which are software applications that run automated tasks with malicious intent, remain true to the most popular Web browsers, mostly impersonating Chrome. But researchers at application security platform provider Imperva have seen an increase in usage of mobile browsers such as Mobile Safari and Mobile Chrome. The preference for mobile doesn’t end there, as Imperva observed a growing popularity of bot attacks being launched from mobile ISPs. Data centers are still responsible for the majority of bad bot traffic, with 54 percent of bad bots originating from them. But that is a significant decrease from last year (70 percent). The trend of bad bots originating from residential ISPs that has been going for four years in a row continued in the most recent Imperva bot report, rising from 27.8 percent in 2019 to 30.9 percent in 2020, and bad bot traffic from mobile ISPs increased significantly in 2020, accounting for a staggering 15.1 percent of traffic. That’s an increase of 556.5 percent from 2019 (2.3 percent). Most bad bots (68 percent) are self-reporting as either Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer. This is lower than the previous year (79.4 percent), as mobile user agents gain popularity, with a substantial rise from 12.9 percent in 2019 to 28.1 percent in 2020. $1.07 Million The average cost of breaches where remote work is involved is $1.07 million higher than breaches where remote work is not involved, show finding from Info-Tech Research Group. And cost of a data breach rose by nearly 10% in the past year, the highest rate in more than seven years. SECURITY How will you approach SASE technology selection? Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 23% Access to same benefits as oce workers 22% Reimbursing costs for maintaning a home oce 20% Remote brainstorming and workshops 18% Social events for remote workers 17% Reimbursing costs of space in coworking sites Bad Bot Reported User Agent Types, 2016-2020 Source: Imper va (Percent saying it’s critical) 0% 5% 0% 5% 0% 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 75.9% 83.2% 78.1% 79.4% 68.0% 16.1% 10.4% 13.9% 12.9% 28.1% 8.0% 6.4% 8.0% 7.7% 3.9% Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari Mobile User Agents Other User Agents 44% 19% 19% 18% eparate vendor for networking and security Single vendor for networking and s curity Consumer via an MSP or Telco Unclear; still determining how 14 REMOTE WORK SOLUTIONS rwsmagazine.com
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