Happy New Year! This month, we are talking about Pigeonholing. As a species, we like to categorize things, as it is helpful to break things down and group things together – divide and conquer. However, sometimes, we take this too far and start pigeonholing unnecessarily. With cybersecurity, at the start, there were firewalls, then UTMs and NGFWs. Today, we have a plethora of buzzwords –  SIEM, EDP, EDR, XDR, MSSP, MDR, SASE, PAAS, WAF, SOAR, SECaaS, SD-WAN, Edge Security, and dozens more small contenders. The bottom line is that this is all marketing fluff. On pages 2 to 3, we cut through all the buzz and hype, and highlight what is truly important in protecting you.

On page 4, we highlight the set of enhancements and fixes to be released in this month’s Patch Tuesday for Network Box 5 and our cloud services.

In other news, Network Box Hong Kong participated in Tradelink’s Cyber Security 360 event, and the Digital and Quality Development Forum hosted by the Internet Professional Association. Additionally, Network Box’s Michael Gazeley gave a cybersecurity seminar at the Hong Kong Baptist University School of Business. Finally, Network Box was the cover story of the latest issue of Banking Today.