Sensitive data is highly sought after by threat actors who look to sell personal data, health information, corporate secrets, and other valuable data on the black market. In the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, cybercrime is up 600% - further expressing the need to practice secure habits. One countermeasure organizations use to help prevent cyber attacks is data loss prevention. In this article,...
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Endpoints today pose a significant security risk to businesses. One reason is that hackers have learned how to inject code into the operating system and its underlying applications. Endpoint detection and response (EDR) provides an additional layer of endpoint protection that is lacking with traditional anti-virus software. The intent of most hackers today is to secretly install malware onto the endpoint in...
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In a world with ever-evolving technology comes ever-evolving threats. Awareness of the various types of security controls, their differences, and how they work to protect your business will provide you with a holistic view of cyber security. A Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) solution supports threat detection, compliance and security incident management through the collection and analysis of security events....
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Organizations today are faced with the tremendous challenge of securing their data as they leverage the internet to conduct business. Why the challenge? Along with the old, attackers are continuously developing new threats to exploit vulnerable systems, smartphones, mobile applications, IoT devices, network equipment, and basically anything that is connected to the internet. The number of events logged from these multiple data sources...
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The main difference between an intrusion detection system (IDS) and an intrusion prevention system (IPS) is that an IDS is used to monitor a network, which then sends alerts when suspicious events on a system or network are detected. An IPS reacts to attacks in progress with the goal of preventing them from reaching targeted systems and networks. While IDS...
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