Concerns regarding cyber risks are on the upward trend, with 2019 showing a 33 percent increase in data breaches since prior years. Sources state 2019 as the “worst year on record”, this creates ample opportunity for business to step up in 2020.
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Understanding the Patch Management Process: An Expert’s Guide
If your business handles PII (personally identifiable information) you need to know how secure your network is. Technology is constantly advancing and this means updates are needed to keep your network secure from breaches. The patch management process, when implemented properly, will work to keep your network secure.
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Essential Guide to Getting Started with Cloud Encryption
The “Cloud” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s an elusive concept of a collaborative environment, file library, and software service. With its multifaceted nature, the virtual data storage continues to expand and garner more usage, as people and companies value its convenience. However, with anywhere-anytime access comes security concerns. Wondering how cloud encryption can protect your sensitive data from security breaches? Find out now with our comprehensive guide.
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What Does Common Point of Purchase Mean For Your Business?
Criminals prey on ATMs, gas station pumps, merchant Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals and any other device that will provide them with the debit card information. Once they have the right information, they duplicate the cards and use them multiple times at the common point of purchase (CPP) to drain customers’ accounts.
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Who Needs to Comply With Open Source Scanning Requirements?
Computer programs or software with open source have their source codes available to everyone online. Using programs built with open source codes in your organization can be helpful, especially because they enable flexibility and creativity. However, this can pose serious cybersecurity threats. Cyber-criminals who have access to such source codes can use them to invade your company’s website and cart away valuable data.
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How Often Should You Run Penetration Testing?
Today, cyber-attacks on organizations are almost unavoidable given the prevailing circumstances in the cyberworld. Despite the proliferation of cybersecurity regulations all over the world, security breaches continue unabated. It’s become imperative for organizations to take measures to test the controls that are supposed to secure their networks to see if they are working. One of these measures is penetration testing.
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The Benefits of Doing a Patch Availability Report
Sometimes, certain changes in a computer program affect the supporting data designed to ameliorate, modify, or improve said computer program. This set of changes is called a patch. Patching involves the modification of security vulnerabilities and other bugs. Many different types of programming bugs that create errors with system implementation may require specific bug fixing that is successfully resolved by patching.
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How to Choose a MDR Plan For Your Business
Threat detection and response is becoming an essential aspect of cybersecurity for organizations that depend on cloud infrastructure. Moreover, cybercrimes also take longer to fix which leads to more organizations losing a significant amount of their revenues.
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Top Identity and Access Management Tools
Growth is a great problem to have for most businesses. But it also creates significant data monitoring, privacy and cybersecurity concerns. With the constant evolution of modern technology, your business cannot rely only on past techniques to effectively manage and secure your data. Poor data management always leaves openings for hackers to infiltrate your network and cart away invaluable information.
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What Is Personally Identifiable Information?
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you were naked in front of a crowd? We could dive deep into the metaphorical meaning of this, but let’s use it as an analogy instead. What if the latest results of your proctology exam along with your ultrasound image of certain reproductive organs suddenly appeared on a website your brother-in-law found “by accident” late last Tuesday evening?