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Mapping Out Your Enterprise Digital Footprint to Avoid Cyber Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Here’s the dilemma, however: Digital footprints can be instrumental in raising a business’s vulnerability to cyber risk – which is growing every day. . One option to combat this is to use an Enterprise VPN Solution. . Whoever does it, the scoring tends to fall into three categories of risk. Acceptable Risks.

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Vulnerabilities in business VPNs under the spotlight

We Live Security

As adversaries increasingly set their sights on vulnerable enterprise VPN software to infiltrate corporate networks, concerns mount about VPNs themselves being a source of cyber risk

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GUEST ESSAY: A new year, a familiar predicament — consumers face intensifying cybersecurity risks

The Last Watchdog

With more and more people working remotely, unsecured home or public WiFi networks represent a security risk not only to individuals but to their companies as well. Since many people are now working from home at least partially, vulnerabilities at home are vulnerabilities at work, and threaten to put a company’s data at risk.

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Why developed countries are more vulnerable to cybercrime

Tech Republic Security

Developed nations have higher incomes, technology, urbanization, and digitalization, which are all factors for greater cyber risk, says VPN provider NordVPN.

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It’s Easy to Become a Cyberattack Target, but a VPN Can Help

Threatpost

However, NordVPN's Cyber Risk Index puts North American and Northern European countries at the top of the target list. You might think that cybercrime is more prevalent in less digitally literate countries.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 2)

The Last Watchdog

We asked two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords.

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Cyber Attack on New York Transport Authority

CyberSecurity Insiders

On April 25th,2021 MTA Officials migrated all of their VPN operations to other private networks to cut down any cyber risks. . . Additionally, the company also decided to change the passwords of its 3700 employees and contractors. .