IPv6 brings some welcome security and other features, but there are some 'gotchas' for IP professionals that may not be immediately apparent. The next generation IPv6 protocol has been "coming soon" ...

Preparing for the eventual widespread conversion to IPv6, the Nmap Project has updated its namesake security scanning tool so it can scan IPv6 networks using a variety of novel techniques. Nmap ...

IPv6—the next-generation Internet protocol—isn’t keeping too many U.S. CIOs and network managers up worrying at night. But perhaps it should. Experts say that most U.S. organizations have hidden IPv6 ...

While the vast majority of networks today are based on the IPv4 protocol, the U.S. government is mandating that defense and civilian agencies are ready to accept IPv6-based traffic as well by June ...

Knowingly or not, enterprises employ IPv6 for many of their internet connections, and that means CASBs should support the protocol, too, in order to enforce policies on all customer traffic. Here's ...

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) alone will not make internet of things (IoT) communications secure, warns Hanns Proenen, chief information security officer (CISO) at GE Europe. Although IPv6, also ...