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Strong Encryption Explained: 6 Encryption Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. What Makes an Encryption Algorithm Strong?

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

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Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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What Is Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Security?

eSecurity Planet

Industrial networks include wired and wireless technologies such as Ethernet, Modbus, and Profibus. Encryption and secure communication protocols: Protecting data in transit between ICS components. Patch management: Keeping software and firmware up to date to close security gaps.

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Security Awareness Training across an SMB Organization

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This is especially true in the world of security. The best security defenses can be totally compromised by a single individual making the wrong decision, either accidentally or knowingly. However, the most alarming of the malicious payloads that can potentially be delivered to an end-user is ransomware.

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Vulnerability Recap 8/12/24 – Old Vulnerabilities Unexpectedly Emerge

eSecurity Planet

August 10, 2024 Google Quick Share Has 10 Flaws on Windows Type of vulnerability: The problem: SafeBreach researchers discovered 10 different vulnerabilities in Google Quick Share, a wireless data transfer utility. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features.

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Vulnerability Recap 9/9/24 – Exploited Vulnerabilities Persist

eSecurity Planet

The problem: RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service group, targeted security vulnerabilities in Apache ActiveMQ ( CVE-2023-46604 ), Atlassian Confluence ( CVE-2023-22515 ), Citrix ADC ( CVE-2023-3519 ), and Fortinet devices ( CVE-2023-27997 ). The fix: Prevent these attacks by rapidly upgrading and patching all impacted software.

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Vulnerability Recap 8/13/24 – Old Vulnerabilities Unexpectedly Emerge

eSecurity Planet

August 10, 2024 Google Quick Share Has 10 Flaws on Windows Type of vulnerability: The problem: SafeBreach researchers discovered 10 different vulnerabilities in Google Quick Share, a wireless data transfer utility. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features.

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