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What Is Cloud Workload Protection? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

As cloud computing upends traditional perimeter models of cybersecurity, new cloud security models have emerged, and CWPP was one of the first to appear back in 2010. Attackers can take advantage of the scalability of cloud settings to launch more powerful, complicated DDoS operations that overburden cloud systems.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

Gartner played a big role in the development of cloud security terminology, coining the term “Cloud Workload Protection Platform” in 2010 to describe a tool used for safeguarding virtual machines and containers. The performance of cloud workloads may be impacted by monitoring and real-time threat detection.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2010 by veteran SaaS and DevOps industry leaders, Datadog specializes in optimizing the service-oriented architecture, helping organizations monitor user journeys and explore service relationships. In 2022, the Arizona-based vendor specializes in network performance monitoring and threat analysis with its Observer platform.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Informed by over two decades and billions of online transactions, Ali Cloud is well prepared to meet the latest web-enabled threats. Other features include auditing, activity monitoring, threat detection, and more.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

This includes Active Directory for identity and access management, Windows Defender, Azure cloud security services such as Security Center, Key Vault, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection and Application Gateway for protecting Web applications. Founded: 2010. Microsoft has quietly built up a large security portfolio.

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

According to Richard Bejtlich’s paper on the topic , ‘the United States Air Force coined the phrase ‘advanced persistent threat’ in 2006 because teams working within the service needed a way to communicate with counterparts in the unclassified public world.’ From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term.