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Forging the Path to Continuous Audit Readiness

CyberSecurity Insiders

Second, the tasks required to ascertain control and policy compliance details, resolve violations and provide adherence proof are resource intensive and error prone. Overall, these audit challenges yield increased compliance gaps, prolonged audits, unplanned expenditures, and greater penalty and procedure refactoring costs.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. WAFs specialize in filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between web applications and the Internet, ensuring that your web-based assets are protected from any threats and vulnerabilities.

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10 Reasons to Celebrate 2020

McAfee

With the McAfee Web Security portfolio, organizations can enforce their internet policy compliance and extend their perimeter security for a borderless IT environment.” said Ash Kulkarni, executive vice president and chief product officer, McAfee.

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How do Companies Process Sensitive Data and Why is That Important?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Moreover, since more people are using the internet each year, there is also more data being stored, which means that we must comply with privacy regulations. Every country worldwide has its own privacy policies, and those who don’t follow them will usually face huge fines and lose their level of brand reputation. .

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

ProDicover offers three products that prioritize computer forensics, incident response, electronic discovery, and corporate policy compliance investigations: Forensics, Incident Response (IR), and ProDiscover Pro. Xplico’s supported protocols include HTTP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, IPv6, and more.

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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. They can be cloud-based or on-premises, preventing data loss while securing access to web-based apps and the internet.

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What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?

eSecurity Planet

The edge, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more have led to a much bigger attack surface and have required new vulnerability scanning approaches and tools. Some SCM tools can scan devices and networks for vulnerabilities, track remediation actions, and generate reports on security policy compliance.