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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. If your internal point-of-sale system goes down, you’re no longer able to complete in-store transactions until the server outage is fixed. VPN Vulnerabilities Although VPNs create a private tunnel for organizations’ network communications, they can still be breached.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies. All three aspects of network security seek to exclude unauthorized access to assets or communication. API calls on related applications (shopping carts, databases, etc.)

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