The Role of Network Security to Fight Log4Shell
December 9th, 2021 rocked the world for a significant number of IT professionals responsible for building and protecting applications their organizations create/deploy. Apache announced CVE-2021-44228, commonly referred to as log4Shell, a zero-day vulnerability affecting their log4j logging software. Due to the severity of the vulnerability and the relative ease at which to exploit it, it is critical to ensure that affected assets are protected. This article aims to highlight how the network plays a critical role in the protection of assets and detection of vulnerabilities like log4shell.