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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. And now we have machine learning and artificial intelligence trying to displace that with ‘learned’ policies, instead of proscribed policies. You see it everywhere.”

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How to Apply the Lessons of 2019 to the Security of 2020

McAfee

According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2019 Executive Opinion Survey , it’s cyberattacks. When reflecting on 2019, it’s clear why that is. Below, I’ll recap notable incidents from 2019, expand upon their commonalities, and explore a few lessons to learn as we enter a new year. What keeps executives up at night?

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NEW TECH: Human operatives maintain personas, prowl the Dark Net for intel to help companies

The Last Watchdog

Our growing fixation with leveraging artificial intelligence to extract profits from Big Data – for both constructive and criminal ends—is the order of the day. I met with Darrah at Black Hat 2019. It seems like any discussion of cybersecurity these days invariably circles back to automation.

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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

A network firewall. in 2019 and posting an A last year while topping Bitdefender in total points, 647 to 600. Two-way firewall. Microsoft Defender offers virus and threat protection, firewall and network protection, app and browser control, plus family controls too. Multi-layer ransomware protection. Privacy protections.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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Kaspersky vs. Symantec – Endpoint Security Platforms Compared

eSecurity Planet

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business delivers flexible security and management in four deployment models, along with high performance, built-in firewalls, behavioral analysis, anomaly control, endpoint hardening, straightforward mitigation, critical server protection and unified endpoint management. Built-in firewalls.