Web Application Firewalls Adjust to Secure the Cloud
Dark Reading
JUNE 4, 2018
Cloud-based WAFs protect applications without the costs and complexity of on-prem hardware. Here's what to keep in mind as you browse the growing market.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 4, 2018
Cloud-based WAFs protect applications without the costs and complexity of on-prem hardware. Here's what to keep in mind as you browse the growing market.
eSecurity Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.
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eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Cloud security builds off of the same IT infrastructure and security stack principles of a local data center. However, a cloud vendor offering provides a pre-packaged solution that absorbs some operational and security responsibilities from the customer. Shared Security Model: Cloud Provider Responsibilities.
eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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Packet filtering is a firewall feature that allows or drops data packets based on simple, pre-defined rules regarding IP addresses, ports, or protocols. Once a type of firewall, packet filtering now provides a fundamental feature of nearly all firewalls and some network equipment (routers, smart switches, etc.).
eSecurity Planet
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Stateful inspection is a firewall feature that filters data packets based on the context of previous data packets. This important feature uses header information from established communication connections to improve overall security. Table of Contents Toggle How Does Stateful Inspection Work?
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Cloud workload protection (CWP) is the process of monitoring and securing cloud workloads from threats, vulnerabilities, and unwanted access, and is typically accomplished via Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP). What Are the Challenges of Cloud Workload Protection?
eSecurity Planet
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From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. For many organizations, the idea of storing data or running applications on infrastructure that they do not manage directly seems inherently insecure. What is cloud security?
eSecurity Planet
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IT Governance
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Cloud security is an essential part of today’s cyber security landscape. With hybrid working now the norm, many organisations are relying on Cloud services to access data from home or the office. This might include spotting misconfigured firewalls or physical security threats. Data in transit protection.
eSecurity Planet
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MetaAccess focuses on delivery of a virtual appliance that can be deployed with equal capability in local networks or in the cloud for robust, far-reaching capabilities. OPSWAT makes a variety of other products beyond NAC for application security, industrial cybersecurity, email security, malware analysis, zero trust access, and more.
IBM Big Data Hub
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eSecurity Planet
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An IT security certification can provide a key boost for your career, but with so many different certifications available (and so many organizations more than happy to take your money for training and testing), it’s important to make sure that the time and investment are well spent. How to Choose a Security Certification.
eSecurity Planet
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An application gateway, also known as an application level gateway (ALG), functions as a critical firewall proxy for network security. Its filtering capability ensures that only certain network application data is transmitted, which has an impact on the security of protocols including FTP, Telnet, RTSP, and BitTorrent.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 29, 2023
Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis. Why Is There a Need for FWaaS?
eSecurity Planet
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Cloud security protects your critical information from unwanted access and potential threats through sophisticated procedures. Prioritizing cloud security helps guarantee that you have a safe, reliable resource for your data in today’s linked world. This increases user and service provider trust.
eSecurity Planet
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Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. or segregated as cloud or network attached storage (NAS).
eSecurity Planet
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Hybrid cloud security is a framework for protecting data and applications in a computing environment that includes both private and public clouds. It combines on-premises and cloud-based resources to satisfy an organization’s diversified computing demands while ensuring strong security.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
Some overflow capacity or cloud-based scaling might be built into a robust system, but even these measures hit a technical or budgetary limit. Some overflow capacity or cloud-based scaling might be built into a robust system, but even these measures hit a technical or budgetary limit. Also read: How to Secure DNS. DDoS Recovery.
eSecurity Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Cybercrime will go to the next level: Cyberattackers will implement improved skills, “shift left” attacks, and shifting strategies to adjust to evolving cyberdefense. Attack surfaces will explode: Cyberdefense complexity will compound as API, cloud, edge, and OT resources add to the list of assets to defend.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The network firewall is the first line of defense for traffic that passes in and out of a network. The firewall examines traffic to ensure it meets the security requirements set by the organization, and unauthorized access attempts are blocked. Firewall protection has come a long way in recent years. Firewall limitations.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 24, 2023
A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) shields cloud workloads from a range of threats like malware, ransomware, DDoS attacks, cloud misconfigurations, insider threats, and data breaches.
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 30, 2024
Cloud storage security issues refer to the operational and functional challenges that organizations and consumers encounter when storing data in the cloud. Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data.
eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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Network monitoring is where business performance meets cybersecurity , making it a critical component of any organization’s development, security, and operations ( DevSecOps ) pipeline. Monitoring network traffic across the hybrid IT environment in most organizations today is essential to proactive network management.
IBM Big Data Hub
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eSecurity Planet
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Every IT environment and cybersecurity strategy has vulnerabilities. To avoid damage or loss, organizations need to find and eliminate those vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Some of those vulnerabilities will be found and fixed by vendors, who will provide patches and updates for their products. How to Find Vulnerabilities.
eSecurity Planet
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Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks seek to cripple a corporate resource such as applications, web sites, servers, and routers, which can quickly lead to steep losses for victims. Another common problem is the discovery of weak authentication schemes such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0
eSecurity Planet
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FortSASE builds on Fortinet’s strong portfolio of security and networking tools to deliver a powerful option for secure access service edge (SASE) needs. Customers with existing Fortinet Gateways and other security products will benefit from the existing investment in appliances, configurations, and training. Who is Fortinet?
eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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However, it is extremely rare to locate this theoretical average company, and this average calculation hides the difference between different types of penetration testing (networks, applications, whole organizations, etc.) and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.).
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 15, 2021
Having both the capabilities of detection and prevention are vital to effective security infrastructure. Prevention systems can adjust firewall rules on the fly to block or drop malicious traffic when it is detected but they do not have the robust identification capabilities of detection systems. Cloud compatible.
IBM Big Data Hub
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eSecurity Planet
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eSecurity Planet
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Instead of malicious URLs, some pages insert web pages designed to poison SEO results by manipulating Google and other search algorithms to bump malicious web pages up the search results. Read more about how websites and application vulnerability scanners can proactively help development teams catch issues.
Lenny Zeltser
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The short-lived nature of most political campaigns typically precludes them from building formal cybersecurity security programs. The short-lived nature of most political campaigns typically precludes them from building formal cybersecurity security programs. Attackers abused and exploited application features.
IBM Big Data Hub
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It is vital for organizations to understand how their applications operate to ensure that applications meet expectations for performance, availability and overall end-user experience. This is achieved through application monitoring, and the use of application monitoring software.
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