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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

In 2000, Forescout entered the security market as an NAC provider and then expanded capabilities to encompass more security and asset control features. Hybrid, or mixed local/cloud networks require virtual private network (VPN) infrastructure between environments. Who is Forescout?

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Financial institutions in the 1990s and 2000s were some of the first to incorporate encryption to protect online transactions, particularly as backup tapes were lost in transit. The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000.