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Thrive today with not just being smart but being cyber smart

CyberSecurity Insiders

Hardening the human firewall. Awareness training should be incorporated across all organizations, not just limited to governance, threat detection, and incident response plans. Being savvy about wireless. In our digital age, cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. Owning your line presence. Backing up data.

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Scans required for PCI DSS compliance

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However, if a vulnerability takes a long time to fix, documentation of following the process and mitigating arrangements (such as additional firewall or IDS/IPS configurations) will need to be shown instead. Question #2 Quarterly Wireless scans 11.1 A client may not wait for the next month’s scan to prove remediation.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Connections still encompass hard-wired physical switches and routers, but also now include wireless cellular networks, wi-fi networks, virtual networks, cloud networks, and internet connections.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

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D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. Affected devices. CVE-2020-8515. DrayTek Vigor2960 1.3.1_Beta, Vigor3900 1.4.4_Beta, and Vigor300B 1.3.3_Beta, 1.4.2.1_Beta, and 1.4.4_Beta devices. CVE-2015-2051. CVE-2016-1555.

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8 Top Unified Threat Management (UTM) Software & Hardware Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Unified threat management (UTM) offers something approaching total security in a box for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), combining multiple network security functions in a single appliance. Some vendors have ditched the UTM label and prefer to call their tools next-generation firewalls (NGFW). UTM Evolves with Network Security.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout. Beyond that, network administrators must be aware of 5G-enabled vulnerabilities and prepare for threat actors seeking to take advantage of a changing ecosystem.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

The basic elements of a fundamental network include: Network equipment: Controls data flow between devices and commonly includes physical and virtual switches, wired or wireless routers, modems, and hubs. These techniques can use built-in software features (for firewalls, operating systems, etc.)