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Types of Cloud Security Controls & Their Uses

eSecurity Planet

Understanding the various controls, their applications, benefits, and associated risks will help you gain full, secure operations during and after cloud migration. These ensure that only authorized individuals have access to essential systems, thus lowering the risk of data breaches and unauthorized activity.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud. Whether you’re a seasoned cloud expert or just starting out, understanding IaaS security is critical for a resilient and secure cloud architecture.

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Veracode Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Static Application Security Testing, Q1 2021

Veracode Security

Forrester notes that SAST providers need to build their security solutions into the software development lifecycle (SDLC); integrate them into the CI/CD pipeline; protect new architectures like containers; and provide accurate, actionable results. To help development teams and security and risk professionals identify the industry???s

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

eSecurity Planet

Implement monitoring tools to track performance and ensure policy compliance. This guarantees that only authorized users may access network resources, lowering the risk of data breaches and illegal activities. This approach protects sensitive information while reducing the risk of security breaches or unauthorized access.

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What Is a Secure Web Gateway? Features, Benefits & Challenges

eSecurity Planet

Secure web gateways (SWGs) are network security solutions that monitor and filter internet traffic to guard against threats and ensure policy compliance. SWGs’ main function centers on security — offering greater defense against cyber attacks than standard proxy servers and protecting your overall network security architecture.

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What Is Cloud Data Security? Definition, Benefits & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

These precautions protect data security, integrity, and availability while limiting the risks of unauthorized access, data breaches, and cyberattacks. This ensures that risks to cloud-stored data are detected and addressed early on. Use automated methods to discover and close security weaknesses while also ensuring policy compliance.

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Xen and the Art of Vulnerability Maintenance

NopSec

The recent Xen hypervisor bug and the 2003 Northeast blackout due to the older rare condition error illustrate how a single vulnerability can represent widespread risk. Security has many layers and collaborators as part of the process to ensure a relatively high assurance of minimum risk.