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Table Stakes Security Services for 2023

By Jim Mundy, Director of Security Operations, Segra

Most business owners may be aware of cybersecurity defenses such as firewall, DDoS prevention, or
various endpoint protection solutions, and assume some form of each may be included in the security
package sold to them by a carrier or managed IT service provider. However, due to the advancement of
IoT, a more remote workforce, and increases in the sheer number and complexity of cyberattacks, there
are next generation versions of each of these forms of protection available to owners and IT leaders that
are now table stakes security services to protect their business.

Last year, 61% of small to medium sized businesses admitted they experienced a cyberattack, according
to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations report. As we enter 2023, small and medium sized
businesses will need to make sure they (and their stakeholders, customers, etc.) are protected against
traditional attacks such as DDoS and phishing along with more current and sophisticated attacks such
as ransomware.

General Firewall vs Next Generation Firewall

When we are talking about cyber security in a business, people think about a firewall. Firewall has gone
from a simple box that essentially did much what a router did in the past, plus some extra security
features, but the industry has now moved to a more robust solution called next generation firewall.

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