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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

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Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. For customers like retailers, as well as banks and business software providers, an outage like this can be a blow to your reputation as well as a financial loss. Weak Access Controls Unauthorized network access gives bad actors a direct path into your infrastructure.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. All three aspects of network security seek to exclude unauthorized access to assets or communication. Better network security access controls can improve security and decrease cost and risk.

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