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The Pentagon modernizes wired and wireless connectivity , across all classification levels , with Aruba infrastructure
Google ’ s law firm confirms data breach
Immigration law firm , Fragomen , Del Rey , Bernsen & Loewy , has confirmed a data breach involving the personal information of current and former Google employees .
The New York-based law firm provides companies with employment verification screening services to determine if employees are eligible and authorized to work in the United States .
In a notice with the California Attorney General ’ s office , the firm said : “ We recently became aware of suspicious activity within our computer network .
“ While our investigation is ongoing , we discovered that an unauthorized third party gained access to a single file containing personal information relating to I-9 employment verification services .”
Aruba , a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company , has announced that the Pentagon , headquarters of the United States Department of Defense ( DoD ), is modernizing its classified and unclassified networks to support over tens of thousands of devices daily .
Aruba ’ s ESP-based architecture will provide the Pentagon an automated networking infrastructure that eliminates manual processes , like port mapping and initial switch configuration .
The network modernization will create operational efficiencies , provide automated secure device access for users and reduce IT training and support overheads .
Based in Arlington , Virginia , the Pentagon serves as the symbol of the US military and is one of the world ’ s largest office buildings , spanning over 6.5 million square feet . In order to streamline network administration , training and support , the Pentagon ’ s modernization strategy included consolidating on to a single common platform for wired , wireless and security solutions across all network classification levels .
It also sought to gain software-defined networking ( SDN ) capabilities in a solution that could interoperate with other vendors and systems . In addition , the Pentagon is expanding and updating its wireless network by adding an additional 3,000 Aruba Access Points ( APs ).
Previously , the Pentagon was using legacy Cisco wired switching infrastructure , which had reached endof-life , across its networks .
The Pentagon is replacing its legacy switches with Aruba access switches across all classification levels . When completed , the entire wired deployment will include over 150,000 wired ports .
Ilia Kolochenko , Founder and CEO of Web Security Company , ImmuniWeb , Master of Legal Studies ( WASHU ) and MS Criminal Justice and Cybercrime Investigation ( BU ), said : “ Technical details of the reported incident are quite obscure for the moment , however , we can certainly forecast a steady growth of targeted attacks against law firms around the globe .
“ Law firms possess a great wealth of the most confidential and sensitive data of their wealthy or politically exposed clients , and habitually cannot afford the same state-of-the-art level of cybersecurity as the original data owners . Hence , lawyers automatically become a super attractive , low-hanging fruit for sophisticated cyber gangs looking for trade secrets and other valuable pieces of data merchantable on the Dark Web .”
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