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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. Protection mechanisms incorporates a wide variety of cyber defenses such as malware, encryption, vulnerability management and firewall technologies.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Software for Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware Protection Anti-virus and anti-malware software use signature-based detection, heuristic analysis, and real-time scanning to protect against various dangerous threats such as viruses and trojans.

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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 monitor URLs, detect malware, and scan for viruses, while also operating as online proxies with advanced features such as AML, sandboxing, and web isolation.

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Best Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)

eSecurity Planet

Intelligence: Provides threat research, threat intelligence, malware analysis, and analytics support to SOCs. Secureworks’ Taegis ManagedXDR service includes advanced threat hunting , detection, and rapid response. Secureworks was named a Leader in Gartner’s most recent Magic Quadrant for MSSPs.

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Types of Cloud Security Controls & Their Uses

eSecurity Planet

Gain a Comprehensive View of Cloud Configurations, Users & Policies Cloud security controls give enterprises complete visibility across cloud environments, allowing them to monitor user activity, analyze configurations, and verify policy compliance. What Are the Most Common Cloud Computing Threats?

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

It helps organizations ensure the security and compliance of their cloud-based applications, protecting sensitive data, preventing unauthorized access, and defending against threats. Perhaps more comprehensive than some organizations are looking for, Qualys’ security coverage is as complete as it gets.

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11 Key Steps of the Patch Management Process

eSecurity Planet

It enables companies to check that patches were successfully installed, guarantee system operation, assess policy compliance, find new patches that need applying, and keep a consistent patching schedule. After fixes have been installed, monitoring and assessment of the patching procedure will measure its success.