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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool.

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

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What is a Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)?

Heimadal Security

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a security-centric methodology that enables organizations to automate software vulnerability management, measure and evaluate the policy compliance levels based on specific, industry standards, and opt-in for extra security padding, if necessary.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Calls for Stamping Out Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, as Europol Tells Banks To Prep For Quantum Threat

Security Boulevard

government is urging software makers to adopt secure application-development practices that help prevent buffer overflow attacks. These are some of the recommendations the agencies offered for preventing buffer overflows in the fact sheet titled Malicious Cyber Actors Use Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities to Compromise Software.

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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. What software applications are installed and what SaaS applications are being accessed and is such use unauthorized and licenses.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Moreover, understanding basic best practices and the varied variety of software contributing to good IaaS cloud security improves your capacity to construct a strong defense against prospective attacks. Automated Security Updates & Patching The underlying hardware and software infrastructure is managed and maintained by IaaS providers.

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RSAC 2020: Trust in the Cloud. What Should You Do with Your Encryption Keys?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In the past decade, businesses started evaluating the pros and cons of moving to the cloud in order to meet the increased demand for the cost and IT efficiency benefits of cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). Many organizations can’t rely solely on the services offered by key management tools built in the cloud platforms.