Jeff Goldman, Author at eSecurity Planet

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eSecurity Planet contributor Jeff Goldman has been a technology journalist for more than 20 years and an eSecurity Planet writer since 2009. He’s also written extensively about wireless and broadband infrastructure and semiconductor engineering. He started his career at MTV, but soon decided that technology writing was a more promising path.

Cisco Firepower vs Juniper SRX: Top NGFWs Compared

Products

October 23, 2018

Cisco and Juniper Networks both offer industry-leading next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). Both firewalls provide essential features to meet enterprise security needs, and both made eSecurity Planet’s list of leading NGFW vendors.…
Cisco vs Palo Alto Networks: Top NGFWs Compared

Products

October 16, 2018

Cisco’s and Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) both appear on eSecurity Planet’s list of the top 10 NGFW vendors, and both are well qualified to meet enterprise security demands.…
SonicWall NSA vs Fortinet FortiGate: Top NGFWs Compared

Products

October 10, 2018

SonicWall’s and Fortinet’s next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) both appear on eSecurity Planet’s list of 10 top NGFW vendors, and both are highly rated by users and analysts, particularly for cost-conscious purchasers.…
California Consumer Privacy Act: The Latest Compliance Challenge

Compliance

July 9, 2018

A little more than a month after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, businesses have a new data privacy and security law to worry about: The California…
Sophos XG vs SonicWall NSA: Top NGFWs Compared

Products

June 18, 2018

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) are central to any IT security strategy, adding a wide range of functionality beyond the basic protection afforded by a traditional network security firewall. There’s a real…
SolarWinds vs Splunk: Top SIEM Solutions Compared

Products

April 26, 2018

based on nearly 300 real user experiences. SolarWinds Log & Event Manager and Splunk Enterprise Security are popular security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, with each product’s customers voicing…
AlienVault vs Splunk: Top SIEM Solutions Compared

Products

April 3, 2018

If you’re in the market for a security information and event management (SIEM) solution, you may be evaluating AlienVault and Splunk, each of which has distinct strengths. Both SIEM…
ArcSight vs Splunk: Top SIEM Solutions Compared

Products

March 5, 2018

Organizations looking to purchase a security information and event management (SIEM) solution really can’t go wrong with either Micro Focus ArcSight or Splunk. Customers rate both solutions highly, and…
Mitigating the Memcached DDoS Threat

Threats

March 3, 2018

Several security companies recently detected a series of massive UDP amplification attacks leveraging vulnerabilities in Memcached servers to speed up dynamic Web applications by caching data and objects in…
ArcSight vs IBM QRadar: Top SIEM Solutions Compared

Products

February 21, 2018

based on nearly 300 real user experiences. ArcSight and IBM QRadar are two of the top security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. Both made eSecurity Planet‘s list of top…