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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. Overall, these audit challenges yield increased compliance gaps, prolonged audits, unplanned expenditures, and greater penalty and procedure refactoring costs.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. WAFs specialize in filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between web applications and the Internet, ensuring that your web-based assets are protected from any threats and vulnerabilities.

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10 Reasons to Celebrate 2020

McAfee

With the McAfee Web Security portfolio, organizations can enforce their internet policy compliance and extend their perimeter security for a borderless IT environment.” said Ash Kulkarni, executive vice president and chief product officer, McAfee.

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Implementing Effective Compliance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide

Centraleyes

federal agencies and contractors must conduct compliance testing to meet FISMA requirements for information security and cybersecurity. CIS Controls (Center for Internet Security Controls): Compliance testing helps organizations implement and assess the effectiveness of the CIS Controls, a set of best practices for enhancing cybersecurity.

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How do Companies Process Sensitive Data and Why is That Important?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Moreover, since more people are using the internet each year, there is also more data being stored, which means that we must comply with privacy regulations. Every country worldwide has its own privacy policies, and those who don’t follow them will usually face huge fines and lose their level of brand reputation. .

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

eSecurity Planet

It often involves requests for files, web pages, or other internet services. Implement monitoring tools to track performance and ensure policy compliance. ALG Facilitates the Client-Server Communication When a client initiates a request, application-level gateways facilitate data transmission between the client and the server.

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What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?

eSecurity Planet

The edge, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more have led to a much bigger attack surface and have required new vulnerability scanning approaches and tools. Some SCM tools can scan devices and networks for vulnerabilities, track remediation actions, and generate reports on security policy compliance.