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Five steps to password policy compliance

IT Security Guru

Stealing access to your environment using a known password for a user account is a much easier way to compromise systems than relying on other vulnerabilities. Therefore, using good password security and robust password policies is an excellent way for organizations to bolster their cybersecurity posture. Use account lockout policies.

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Measure Security Performance, Not Policy Compliance

The Falcon's View

Except, of course, that in the real world nobody ever took time to read the more detailed documents, Ops and Dev teams really didn't like being told how to do their jobs, and, at the end of the day, I was frequently reminded that publishing a policy document didn't translate to implementation. Now, note a couple things here.

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How to Create & Implement a Cloud Security Policy

eSecurity Planet

A cloud security policy is a comprehensive document that describes the organization’s guidelines for protecting cloud services. To ensure comprehensive policy creation, follow the step-by-step approach below with sample document texts for each stage. Determine the policy’s objective and scope.

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Top Security Configuration Management Tools: Features & Comparisons

eSecurity Planet

Incremental configuration errors “can lead to configuration drift and ultimately slower systems, security and compliance exposures, and even outages,” according to Red Hat. Configuration management tools establish not just a secure, baseline configuration, but also a consistent approach to documentation, change management, and maintenance.

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Implementing and Maintaining Security Program Metrics

NopSec

In addition, doing so helps to facilitate greater accountability, increased focus, clarity, improved relevancy, and reduced waste, ensuring effective decision-making, accelerated growth, increased visibility, improved performance that ultimately result in higher financial returns.

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Patch Management Policy: Steps, Benefits and a Free Template

eSecurity Planet

Yet, unpatched vulnerabilities provide attackers with open opportunities to cause great damage – with studies showing unpatched vulnerabilities estimated to account for 30-60% of all breaches! Review and Modify the Patch Management Policy. Overview : sets expectations and goals for the policy.

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Auditing and accountability: Audit logs and accountability mechanisms help in compliance with regulations, detecting suspicious behavior and investigating security breaches. This tracks and monitors user activities and security-related incidents to establish accountability and traceability.

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