Tag: Vik Phatak

CyberScoop: Vikram Phatak on the inherent issues in native cloud firewalls

Posted on by CyberRatings.org

In the latest episode of Safe Mode, Greg Otto talks with Vik Phatak, Chairman and CEO of CyberRatings.org. Cyber Ratings recently released a report assessing the native firewalls provided by major cloud service providers like Microsoft, Google, and AWS. These cloud-native firewalls, included with their instances, were put to the test by Cyber Ratings to evaluate their effectiveness. The findings reveal significant shortcomings in relying solely on these built-in security measures.

Listen to the full podcast here.

Packet Pushers: Inside an Equipment Test Lab

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Third-party test labs can help buyers make decisions about which products to purchase. While a testing lab can’t mimic the conditions of your specific production environment, it can assess a product’s fundamental capabilities and measure throughput, performance, and–in the case of security devices–effectiveness against a test suite of malware or attack techniques.

On today’s episode we talk with Vik Phatak, CEO of CyberRatings, a non-profit organization that tests IT equipment such as firewalls and other security gear and services. We discuss how the organization develops and performs its tests, how it decides which gear or services to assess, the level of vendor involvement in the testing, how results are delivered, and more.

Listed to the podcast here.