The Cybersecurity Blog

PAN-OS end of life: 10.2 support ends 31 March 2027, 11.1 and 11.2 on 31 August 2027. Extended support dates, hardware ceilings and the upgrade path.

Meraki licensing cost in 2026: MX licence prices in euros, how co-term and subscription work, and what happens to your network when a licence expires.

FortiGate G-series explained: which G model replaces your 40F, 60F, 80F or 100F, what you gain per pair, and why none of them keeps SSL VPN.

Sophos XG end of life was 31 March 2025. All dates, the SFOS ceiling per model, exploited CVEs, the move to XGS and when a like-for-like refresh is wrong.

ZTNA vs site-to-site VPN: which inter-site traffic can move to zero trust, which needs a tunnel, and a decision matrix for branches, OT, cloud and M&A.

NIS2 in the Netherlands: the Cyberbeveiligingswet applies since 15 August 2026. Who is in scope, duty of care, 24-hour reporting, fines and a 90-day plan.

FortiGate 100F end of life: end of order 16 April 2026, support until 2031. Gen 1 vs Gen 2, the 120G trade-offs, the cost of staying and HA migration.

Meraki MX end of support: MX65 passed it in May, MX84 hits it on 31 October. What still works, what stops, and why licensing decides when to refresh.

A four-phase firewall decommissioning checklist: archive for audit, revoke VPN keys and certificates, sanitise per vendor, and dispose under EU rules.