Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas , Texas. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City shut down the impacted IT systems. The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

A security-first mindset is beginning to seep into the ground floor of the IT departments of small and mid-sized companies across the land. Below are excerpts of our discussion edited for clarity and length: LW: What are the drivers behind SMBs finally ‘getting’ security? LW: Did compliance with privacy regulation factor in?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

. “Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. To nominate, please visit:?.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Automated patch management can help prevent security breaches by automatically identifying, downloading, testing, and delivering software and firmware updates to devices and applications through the use of specialized software tools. Software updates are critical for keeping a system’s integrity and security intact.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What the Common Vulnerability Scoring System is, how to use it, limitations and alternatives, and key changes in CVSS v4.0 Previously, we’ve interviewed Leon about secure remote working and what the best VPN (virtual private network) solutions are. One example is TLS [Transport Layer Security]. Why or why not? X and v4.0].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

Best Practices to Secure Critical Infrastructure. Now, OT networks are moving to more standard IP networks, and digital information monitoring is required to meet increasing energy demand, regulatory compliance, and business efficiency requirements. All these measures are considered best practices for data protection.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Compared to other operating systems, Linux patch management is unique because of its open-source nature, which enables a sizable community of developers and security professionals to find vulnerabilities, examine the code, and submit patches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. However, security controls offered by traditional operating systems do not always offer this level of segmentation.

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Info Source

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The educational format provided system administrators and end users with training and best practices for applying DocuWare applications that empower their business to not just keep pace but to stay ahead. Integrating DocuWare with another system such as Outlook. Scaling a DocuWare system to meet new business growth.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 14, 2018

Privacy-related compliance organization supplemented. There has been a long debate in Italy on whether the GDPR requires to keep the roles of the so called “ internal data processors ” ( responsabili interni del trattamento ) as officers of the company in charge of monitoring privacy compliance provided by the Italian Privacy Code.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Vulnerability scans play a vital role in identifying weaknesses within systems and networks, reducing risks, and bolstering an organization’s security defenses. The scan findings will offer insight into the target environment’s security flaws. Balance the need for security assessments and the stability of operations.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Table of Contents. What is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Are you considering a career in cyber security? CompTIA Security+. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

However, with all the benefits SD-WAN provides organizations, it also opens the door for a new set of security challenges. This article looks at the security functionality of SD-WAN solutions and how to bolster SD-WAN cybersecurity. Security Challenges to SD-WAN. Also read : Top XDR Security Solutions. What is SD-WAN?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

They help IT and security teams manage the traffic that flows to and from their private network. Firewall rules are ordered differently, too, so the network automatically prioritizes the most critical security restrictions and applies those rules above others. Deny and log: Record all remaining traffic to be analyzed later.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It falls to IT security teams to determine where those vulnerabilities lie in their organization and which ones they need to prioritize. Typically, a security team will leverage a cloud security platform to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other cloud risks. That process can be overwhelming.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Privileged access management solutions monitor, manage and secure privileged credentials by detecting threats and brokering access while optimizing users’ efficiency to complete tasks. These tasks create a much larger attack surface and a greater risk of a data breach, making PAM an essential tool in securing a network and its assets.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2019

However, lacking robust protection, privileged accounts, which are intended to give administrators the access they need to manage critical systems, can instead be manipulated to enable attackers to move laterally across an organization’s network. LW: Why are privileged credentials coveted by attackers?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Trillion by 2023 , data security challenges are further poised to go up – unless organizations take a conscious decision to implement a cohesive data protection strategy at an organization level that shuns the traditional siloed approach towards data security. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Products that have advanced email integration can help with the challenges unique to email by allowing system administrators to automate more of the capture activities. Sending links to managed content also helps respect security on confidential documents, and ensures only current and approved versions of documents are viewed.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This separation helps to control traffic, optimize network performance, and even improve security by isolating sensitive workloads and data. For an example of VLANs used for network security segmentation purposes, see Building a Ransomware Resilient Architecture. Related: 34 Most Common Types of Network Security Solutions 6.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Frank, now the chief innovation officer and co founder of Tidal Security, returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss the ATT&CK, only this time from the perspective of his new company. He talks about the community platform that Tidal Security launched at Black Hat USA 2022. Vamosi: I just returned from Hacker Summer Camp 2022.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. Furthermore, passwordless authentication and a zero-trust approach to authentication and security are a MUST.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2020

Micro-segmentation is a fresh approach to defending company networks that is actually a throwback to a 30-year-old security concept, called network segmentation. It gives system administrators a way to secure each microsegment, separately. I can see how this could improve both performance and security.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2018

It says: “Blocking port 11211 is a starting point for defenses and will prevent systems on your network from being used as reflectors. We are committed to regaining the trust of consumers, improving transparency, and enhancing security across our network.”. Well, that’ll do for this week.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It wants to ensure the data is used in compliance with industry statutes like HIPAA and with privacy laws like GDPR. The systems that deliver the data have to perform well enough to meet the needs of the business. It includes archiving your data, retaining it for compliance and being prepared in case of audits.

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