Building more resilient CNI: what industry pen testers told us

2026-07-06T20:52:42Zbe2f34b94134427e7a9d6576d673372bd42f5fc4b02d84dfec3f685b4df44cee
AI-securityZTNAactive-campaignauthenticationchina-linkedcovert-networkscritical-national-infrastructureedge-devicesfirewallfortinetiotmitigation-advicenation-statepasskeyspatch-managementpen-testingsoftware-supply-chainvpnvulnerability-patch-wavezero-trust

What happened

The NCSC feed highlights multiple high-priority cyber security issues and guidance: an active global campaign targeting Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways with NCSC mitigation advice; warnings and mitigation guidance on China-linked covert networks of compromised/edge devices (including recommendations to map edge traffic, baseline VPN/remote access, and apply dynamic threat-feed filtering); strong advocacy for passkeys as a replacement for passwords; new ZTNA/zero-trust design guidance; alerts to review software supply-chain dependencies and prepare for a large ‘vulnerability patch wave’;and

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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uk_ncsc_all_rss
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be2f34b94134427e7a9d6576d673372bd42f5fc4b02d84dfec3f685b4df44cee
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2026-07-06T20:52:42Z
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Yes

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