eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS): Deploys cloud-hosted and scalable protection enterprise-wide for all resources (networks, branch offices, remote users, etc.). Privilege access management (PAM): Provides a specialized form of IAM that controls access to privileged resources such as administrator credentials and sensitive systems.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

A determined attacker will always be able to find their way around your defences, given enough time and resources. In this interview, I pick her brain on cyber incident response more generally, gaining her expert insight into the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’, along with practical, real-life examples. No single measure is 100% foolproof.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For more details on the first core requirement, risk management, see our interview with Andrew Pattison, head of GRC [governance, risk and compliance] consultancy Europe, from two weeks ago. This isn’t helped by the more recent trend of threat actors targeting such organisations. Could you share some statistics on this trend?

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. government reported a significant rise in hacks perpetrated against private companies by nation-state-sponsored threat actors. Agency (Feb.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

This is a good example of how the British Council exercises ?soft In a shopping mall, for example, curious shoppers and young families experienced ?library The Harare library has been modernised, there are new e-resources and the library has become busier. soft power? and influence abroad. library walls? ?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Common compliance standards include GDPR, which governs data processing for EU members; PCI DSS, which guarantees safe credit card transactions; and NIST 800-53 for IT risk management. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared. The new trend in ransomware is not talking about it, which will surely help matters,” he added, noting his sarcasm.

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