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Why Cybersecurity Strategy Must Start With Identity

Duo's Security Blog

In today's digital age, the concept of security has evolved far beyond the traditional boundaries of firewalls and antivirus software. Traditionally, organizations have relied on strong authentication requirements, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), to address compromised access.

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Black Hat Fireside Chat: How ‘enterprise browsers’ help to shrink exposures, boost efficiencies

The Last Watchdog

billion Advancements have included everything from sandboxing and web applications firewalls (WAFs,) early on, to secure web gateways (SWGs) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDIs,) more recently. Web browser security certainly hasn’t been lacking over the past 25 years. Related: Island valued at $3.5

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for leveraging hardware to shore up security — via a co-processor

The Last Watchdog

Seeing the flaws continue year after year, the industry began linking authentication of valid software components to the underlying hardware, or the “root of trust”. This approach allows for compromised software to be identified during the authentication process.

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American Water Shuts Down Services After Cybersecurity Breach

eSecurity Planet

Strengthen Perimeter Defenses Firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS): Firewalls are the first line of defense, blocking unauthorized access to the network, while IDS helps monitor network traffic for suspicious activity. Here are key strategies to prevent cyberattacks like the American Water cyber breach.

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What is WAAP? – A Quick Walk Through

CyberSecurity Insiders

Protecting APIs against modern cyber threats requires going beyond the traditional solutions. Web Application and API protection (WAAP) , the next generation of Web Application Firewall (WAF) comes to the rescue. Without proper functions, security testing, authentication checks, and input validation, APIs can become a perfect target.

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Standing Up a Defense Network for Black Hat: A Herculean Feat

SecureWorld News

This includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and monitoring tools. Some key tools and techniques being deployed include: Firewalls and intrusion detection systems Firewalls and IDS are the first lines of defense, filtering incoming and outgoing traffic and alerting the NOC to potential threats.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Security Misconfigurations Inadequately designed security settings, such as open ports, lax access restrictions, or misconfigured firewall rules, might expose infrastructure vulnerabilities. This danger emphasizes the significance of having strong authentication mechanisms and upgrading access controls on a regular basis.