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NEW TECH: Votiro takes ‘white-listing’ approach to defusing weaponized documents

The Last Watchdog

Melissa was hidden in a weaponized Word document that arrived as an email attachment. This gives you an idea of the steady flow of weaponized email attacks against companies of all sizes and in all sectors, with certain verticals, namely financial services, healthcare companies and tech firms bearing the brunt.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Leading IaaS and platform as a service (PaaS) vendors like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure provide documentation to their customers so all parties understand where specific responsibilities lie according to different types of deployment. Read more: Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems for 2021.

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What Are Firewall Rules? Ultimate Guide & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. For teams in industries like financial services, healthcare, and government, the more specific the access rule, the better. But while all firewalls should protect business data and systems, some won’t need that much protection.

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