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5G as Primary WAN: Making 5G Enterprise-Ready with Versa Secure SD-WAN
5G as Primary WAN: Making 5G Enterprise-Ready with Versa Secure SD-WAN For years, 5G was treated as a backup connection, the link you activated when the main circuit went down, then ignored until the next outage. That made sense when cellular networks were inconsistent and performance was unpredictable. But that’s no longer today’s reality. 5G has matured into a viable primary WAN technology. The speeds are there. The coverage is there. What’s been missing is the management foundation to run 5G like a primary enterprise WAN connection: unified policy enforcement, multi-carrier flexibility, intelligent traffic steering, and end-to-end visibility. That changes…
CVE-2026-41940: Inside the cPanel/WHM Authentication Bypass
Introduction Hosting control panels operate with near-total authority over a server: websites, databases, DNS, email, and the account lifecycle are all driven from one place. That privilege makes them a high-value target—when a control-plane bug appears, compromise can extend far beyond a single site. CVE-2026-41940 is a pre-authentication bypass affecting WebPros cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) and WP2 (WordPress Squared). In practical terms, it lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker reach administrator-level control without supplying valid credentials. Background: What Is cPanel/WHM? cPanel is a widely deployed, Linux-based hosting panel. WHM is the higher-privileged layer used by resellers and server administrators to…
Compliance: Mapping the Coast Guard’s MTSA Cyber Rule to VersaONE
Here is how Versa Unified SASE platform translates 33 CFR Part 101, Subpart F into controls for compliance.
The Complexity Tax: What Enterprise Fragmentation Is Actually Costing You
Thirty-five percent of organizations surveyed for Versa’s inaugural Annual State of SASE + AI Report, “The Cost of Complexity suffered a security breach in the past year that was directly caused or worsened by poor coordination between networking and security teams. Not by a sophisticated nation-state actor. Not by a zero-day exploit. By the seam between two teams that report to different people, fund different tools, and measure success differently.
The Ghost in the Leased Line: Unmasking MuddyWater, Surgical Cyber Arm
In the high-stakes theater of global geopolitics, the most effective weapons aren’t always missiles; sometimes, they are just few lines of code.
Why Data Sovereignty Fails Without Sovereign SASE
Across boardrooms, from Singapore to Sao Paulo, business leaders are coming to the same conclusion: Sovereign cloud, on its own, doesn’t always deliver the level of security they thought they were buying.
Geopolitics Is Fracturing The Cloud, And Sovereign SASE Is Emerging As An Answer
The cloud was supposed to simplify everything: global scale, shared infrastructure, one architecture for the world. However, that model is shifting, and I don’t see it shifting back again. The pressure driving that shift is sovereignty.
The question is no longer whether organizations trust the cloud but whether they can afford to cede control of their data and security enforcement mechanisms as digital systems increasingly intersect with national policy and regulation.
Identity Is the New Perimeter. Stryker Just Taught Us That the Hard Way.
A story on how an Iran-linked group wiped tens of thousands of Stryker’s devices A nation-state attack that changes every assumption we had For years, we have treated nation-state threats as a “Tier 1” problem — something reserved for defense contractors and the energy grid. The March 2026 attack on Stryker Corporation by Iran-linked group Handala officially kills that assumption. On March 11, 2026, Stryker’s corporate Microsoft environment was hit. Employees arrived to find their managed devices wiped out overnight through entirely legitimate Intune commands. Handala claimed 200,000+ systems affected; independent reporting confirms that tens of thousands were impacted. Stryker’s…
What is Workspace Security?
“What Is Workspace Security? Learn how Workspace Security, operating within the broader Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) framework, unites advanced security and networking technologies to safeguard users, devices, applications, and data. From enabling Zero Trust principles to incorporating tools like SWG, CASB, ZTNA, DLP, and DEM, explore how Workspace Security helps organizations protect distributed workforces while enabling productivity and collaboration. Discover why Versa is a leader in SASE innovation for modern enterprises.
Catching a Ni8mare: Inline Defense against CVE-2026-21858
CVE-2026-21858 (aptly dubbed “Ni8mare”) is a critical vulnerability affecting n8n, a widely deployed workflow automation platform increasingly used to build agentic AI pipelines. It weaponizes a simple arbitrary file read flaw into full, unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Industry Insights
Reducing the Cost of Ownership with a Unified SASE Strategy
By Anil Gupta
Product Marketing
July 9, 2025
Today’s network and security teams are drowning in a patchwork of systems, each adding cost, management overhead, and risk. And worse yet, this tangled web of tools still can’t keep up with the threat vectors as cloud adoption and hybrid work accelerate. That’s why more organizations are shifting to a platform-based SASE approach to simplify operations, reduce costs, and significantly improve their security posture.
Industry Insights
Securing IoT and OT Devices with Versa Next-Generation Firewall
By Jon Taylor
Director and Principal of Security, Versa Networks
July 8, 2025
How to secure IoT and OT environments with Versa’s Next-Gen Firewall — offering Zero Trust access, device fingerprinting, micro-segmentation, and threat prevention.
Customers & Partners, Industry Insights, Product & Engineering
How Versa Secures Unstructured Data Against AI-Driven Risk
By Dhiraj Sehgal
Senior Director, Product Marketing
June 17, 2025
The proliferation of AI and machine learning workloads has accelerated the generation and utilization of unstructured data—including emails, source code, collaboration files, logs, recordings, and internal documentation. Unlike structured data, which resides in databases, unstructured data spreads across cloud drives, SaaS applications, endpoints, and unmanaged collaboration tools.
Industry Insights
The Rise of Slopsquatting: A New Software Supply Chain Threat
By Rahul Mehta
Product Marketing Analyst
June 12, 2025
As organizations increasingly embrace AI-powered coding tools to accelerate development and reduce engineering overhead, a new threat is emerging at the intersection of generative AI and open-source software (OSS): slopsquatting.
Industry Insights
2025 Verizon DBIR Inside: Cybersecurity Trends from 12,000+ Data Breaches
By Sambuj Dhara
Product Analyst
June 9, 2025
Explore the 2025 Verizon DBIR with insights from 12,000+ breaches, highlighting ransomware trends, third-party risks, and BYOD vulnerabilities.
Industry Insights
Ditch the Glitches, Embrace Exceptional Voice and Video Experience with Versa Secure SD-WAN
By Rajesh Kari
Director, Product Marketing
June 2, 2025
Are your real-time application performance needs met? These applications needs special attention that only a robust SD-WAN solution can deliver to always ensure an exceptional user experience. Learn how Versa Secure SD-WAN can help you achieve this goal seamlessly.
Industry Insights
Next-Gen Firewall Redefined: Versa NGFW Takes the Lead
By Anil Gupta
Product Marketing
May 22, 2025
Secure hybrid networks with Versa NGFW—top-rated for security, cost, and performance. See why it beats Fortinet and other tier-1 firewall vendors
Industry Insights
How Networking Improves Your Cybersecurity Posture
By Brad LaPorte
Strategic Advisor
May 20, 2025
Traditionally, networking and security have operated as separate silos within enterprise IT. Networking was focused on providing connectivity, while security was tasked with protecting that connectivity.
Industry Insights
Why SASE transforms security
By Dan Maier
Chief Marketing Officer, Versa Networks
May 19, 2025
SASE security transformation unifies networking and security into one cloud platform, cutting complexity and boosting speed. See how unified SASE delivers.
Industry Insights, Product & Engineering
AI-Powered SASE: Transforming Threat Detection and Response with VersaAI
By Dhiraj Sehgal
Senior Director, Product Marketing
May 14, 2025
Secure your enterprise with AI-powered Versa SASE that boosts threat detection and response with real-time analytics, behavioral insights, and intelligent security automation for today’s digital landscape.
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