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Author: Steve Adrian Percy

Steve Adrian Percy is Chief Technology Officer at Sprint Networks, based in Sydney. Since joining in 2020 he has led network, security and connectivity projects across Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, from bank branches to satellite-connected hospitals in remote Western Province. Steve focuses on building secure, resilient networks that keep working in Pacific conditions.

Sprint Networks- Bmobile SD-WAN

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What is SD-WAN? A Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture that allows enterprises to leverage any combination of transport services – including Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), LTE and broadband internet services – to securely connect users to applications.SD-WAN uses a centralised control function to securely and intelligently direct traffic across the WAN. […]

Firewall: Traditional Vs Next Generation

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Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) vs. Traditional Firewall The purpose of any enterprise-grade firewall is to protect your network, internal systems and confidential data against intruders and malicious access. They all share the same basic goal, but specific technologies, features, capabilities and level of complexity could vary immensely. The two most basic categories for enterprise-level firewalls are […]

DNS Security

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Why is DNS security critical? From a network security perspective, Domain Name System is one of the most widely used network protocols across the Internet. DNS is an open protocol used in 99% of internet connection. Unfortunately, it is packaged into a UDP 53 packet with plain text naturally. The open nature has made DNS […]