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Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products of 2021

eSecurity Planet

In cases, full disk encryption is a necessary feature. Encrypted data provides an obstacle and a layer of risk mitigation against loss since the data is not easily readable without the right encryption key. Encrypted data involves both data in transit and data at rest. transport layer security) has long been the standard.

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Microsoft recommends Exchange admins to disable the SMBv1 protocol

Security Affairs

It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism. Since 2016, Microsoft is urging admins to stop using SMBv1, later versions of the protocol implemented security enhancements, such as encryption, pre- authentication integrity checks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks, and insecure guest authentication blocking.

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The Clock is Ticking for PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The deadline is fast approaching The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed in 2008 to standardize the security controls that need to be enforced by businesses processing payment card data in order to protect cardholder data and sensitive authentication data wherever it is stored, processed, or transmitted.

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

Security Affairs

Each module of the CommonMagic framework is used to perform a certain task, such as communicating with the C2 server, encrypting and decrypting C2 traffic, and executing plugins. Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. ” reads the new report published by Kaspersky.

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The Challenges Facing the Passwordless Future

eSecurity Planet

Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory. While big tech phases in new authentication solutions, Dashlane — a password manager used by more than 20,000 companies and more than 15 million users — made a full switch. In the U.S.,

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Identity-based Cryptography

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As a result, the proportion of American hospitals with an electronic health record went from just 9% in 2008 to 96% in 2015. In addition, the health information exchanges tied to the HITECH Act provided financial awards to build out exchanges, which has driven further digitization of patient records. Which brings me to my next point.