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AWS Route 53 BGP Hijack: What Kentik Saw

Kentik

In simple terms, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the protocol that routes traffic on the Internet. We can see that most of the traffic is UDP port 53 DNS traffic but there is a little bit that is TCP port 53. Let’s take a look at how this works. What is BGP Route Hijacking?

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Where is Network Security headed in 2020?

CATO Networks

NGFW also supports the creation of custom application definitions to enable identification of specific apps based on TCP/UDP port, IP address, or domain. Secure Web Gateway SWG helps mitigate social engineering attacks like phishing and protects against Internet-borne malware. ZTNA allows enterprises to do just that.

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Advanced Network Security Technologies

CATO Networks

NGFWs can drill down beyond IP addresses, TCP/UDP ports, and network protocols to enforce policies based on packet content. Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Web-borne malware is one of the biggest threats facing enterprise networks today.