19 Dec 2016 | Blogs & Media/Customer Citations
There’s a boom in security services, driven by demand from businesses and shaped by the ability to deliver security as a virtual network function, says Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Patrick Donegan. With that increased demand comes increased competition, as more...
29 Nov 2016 | Blogs & Media/Customer Citations
The vibe from the conference and exhibition floor at this year’s event in Las Vegas left this first-time attendee in no doubt that BlackHat is well and truly growing up. The spirit of subversive hackery that filled BlackHat’s attendee lists in the early...
7 Oct 2016 | Blogs & Media/Customer Citations
In a Light Reading column last July, I argued we were embarking on a new “Phase 3” in the commercial relationships between communications service providers (CSPs) and the web-scale Internet companies (WICs). I noted then that this new era would be...
4 Jul 2016 | Enterprise Security, Research & White Papers, Technology & Solutions, The Business of Cyber Security, The Telecom Sector
This white paper written by Patrick Donegan, Chief Analyst at Heavy Reading focuses on the different security needs and priorities for Small ISPs when compared to the Tier-One brethren. The world of communications services tends to look quite different from the...
11 Jun 2016 | Enterprise Security, Research & White Papers, Technology & Solutions, The Telecom Sector
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks pose a serious threat to the communications service provider (CSP) business model. DDoS attacks generate network outages that suspend the ability to bill for service; they are often launched in conjunction with data...
