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DDoS Myths: Blackholing and Outsourcing Won’t Stop Everything

eSecurity Planet

Gone are the days when you could get away with doing nothing to prepare for DDoS attacks. With the cost of DDoS attacks falling and their frequency and sophistication growing, even organizations that think their profile is too low to worry about DDoS can still become victims.

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DDoS attacks leverages Plex media server

SC Magazine

Netscout is reporting a spate of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a problematic engineering decision in the popular Plex media server. For companies that count many employees working from home, this can introduce risk to corporate networks. “That includes the broadband internet access router. .

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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BrandPost: United Front: How NetOps and SecOps Can Improve Security

CSO Magazine

As if 2020 didn’t present enough challenges, it also brought an increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), ransomware, and malware attacks. And as anyone who has suffered through one or more of these network security incidents can attest, they can have a devastating business impact.

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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

Not only is providing secure and reliable access of critical importance, it is a HIPAA requirement. The network security perimeter is dynamically created and policy-based, and must be guarded by secure and highly managed access controls. Zero trust is an all-inclusive security and privacy architecture.

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Cybersecurity Research Topics for Beginners: Exploring the Fundamentals

CyberSecurity Insiders

Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Research network security mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and virtual private networks (VPNs).

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Public Cloud Security Explained: Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right. Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment.