Egress URL Filtering: The Most Important Cloud Security Control You’re Probably Missing As we kick off 2023, we wanted to explore important cloud security controls organizations should think about but might not be. This is part 1 of 2 articles…
This is the third blog in our series on GCP security. If you haven’t parts 1 & 2, definitely have a look for more context on part 3. In part 1, we discussed the lack of a comprehensive approach to…
The second blog in our series on GCP security is about "GCP security best practices". If you haven’t checked out the first part, check it out for more context on part 2. Now that we’ve identified the missing pieces to…
Security in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is straightforward, right? GCP gives you everything you need to secure your workloads? If your answer was ‘No’, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Part 1 of the Valtix blog series on GCP.…
In Part 1 of this blog, I described the purpose, need, and requirements of a controller. I also differentiated a controller from a device manager and compared a controller (and the infrastructure it oversees) to a self-driving car: give it…
As a co-founder at Valtix, I think a lot about control planes and more specifically, controllers. Recently, I’ve spoken to several customers about our SaaS-based controller – and what it can do. Those conversations have been stimulating and productive –…
This week, Palo Alto Networks (PAN) announced a new Cloud NGFW offering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide PAN next-generation firewalls managed by AWS Firewall Manager. I found several things interesting about this announcement – first, a confirmation of…
Verizon DBIR continues to be an extremely valuable analysis of security incidents and breaches year over year (and some of the embedded humor definitely makes for easy reading). Here’s what stood out in 2021 in relation to public cloud security:…
At the end of last year, Valtix released our first annual 2022 Multi-Cloud Security Report based on an independent research survey of 200 IT leaders. Since then, the feedback we’ve received from customers has been outstanding with a variety of…
For enterprises, security-related visibility in the cloud is critical. For many, especially as they try to gain an understanding of what they have in the cloud, how it’s set up, and what’s happening, often across multiple clouds. Given the distributed…
