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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. or segregated as cloud or network attached storage (NAS).

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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RSAC insights: ‘CAASM’ tools and practices get into the nitty gritty of closing network security gaps

The Last Watchdog

Remediating security gaps in modern networks, not surprisingly, can quickly devolve into a tangled mess. Both the technology and the teams responsible for specific cyber assets tend to operate in silos. Companies absolutely should begin flushing out security gaps and remediating them.

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Micro-Segmentation: Strengthening Network Security Through Granular Control

Heimadal Security

In the interconnected realm of digital technology, safeguarding cybersecurity has become an utmost priority for organizations. Traditional security approaches, such as relying solely on perimeter-based defenses, have proven insufficient in defending against sophisticated cyber threats.

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The Vulnerability Management Stack: 5 Essential Technologies

Security Boulevard

The post The Vulnerability Management Stack: 5 Essential Technologies appeared first on Security Boulevard. Vulnerability management encompasses hardware vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and other weaknesses a threat actor could potentially exploit.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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BrandPost: How a Common Network Security Technology Stack Aligns IT & Cybersecurity

CSO Magazine

There’s no question that ensuring enterprise network security is becoming increasingly difficult for IT and security teams. In the first half of 2021, cyberattackers launched 5.4 million distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks —an 11 percent increase from the year before.