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Russia-linked Hackers Launch DDoS Attacks on U.S. Airport Websites

eSecurity Planet

A series of distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks today briefly took down the websites of over a dozen U.S. See the DDoS Protection Service Providers. Killnet has been launching similar DDoS attacks for months, targeting everything from Romanian government websites to Lithuania’s Secure Data Transfer Network.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

The focus of threat management is mitigating these dangers in order to protect cloud assets effectively. Some of the biggest threats in cloud security are DDoS attacks, cloud storage buckets malware, insider threats, and APT attacks. DDoS attacks use several infected devices across multiple networks to establish a botnet.

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Cloud Security Strategy: Building a Robust Policy in 2024

eSecurity Planet

Compare these expenditures against the potential savings and efficiencies from cloud migration. Your assessment helps your business justify the transition to the cloud and shows potential productivity and cost-effectiveness gains. Reduce DDoS attacks by implementing DDoS defense technologies and traffic filtering mechanisms.

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Think of remote access as a business continuity issue

SC Magazine

They weighed the weaknesses of these approaches, from operational issues to end-user experience and poor security against other priorities related to digital transformation and cloud migrations. The universal decision was that they could live with what they had. As it turned out, that was a bad idea.

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What Is Cloud Security Management? Types & Strategies

eSecurity Planet

To maximize the benefits of cloud security management and counteract its challenges, apply effective strategies and tailored cloud security tools. 3 Types of Cloud Security Management There are three categories of cloud security management: cloud database security, cloud migration security, and cloud database management.

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2021 in Review, Part 3: 5 Things Security Professionals Were Discussing this Year

Security Boulevard

Data security in the cloud Champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Today, everyone is talking about CVE-2021-44228, and with good reason. But before that, here were five of the issues that dominated virtual “water cooler talk” in 2021: 5. For many security practitioners, their […].

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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. Multi-tenant cloud: Hosts several customers on a shared infrastructure, requiring strict isolation and security measures to safeguard individual tenant data.

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