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Best Practices Q&A: The importance of articulating how cybersecurity can be a business enabler

The Last Watchdog

Your ability to comply with partner’s or B2B customer’s security requirements will be critical. Identify clear lines of accountability to help make it transparent as to who is responsible for what, making it clear how each person on the team contributes to the program’s success. What are some basic first steps?

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. Much of the hard evidence came from correlating breached databases sitting in the open Internet. accounts have been breached so far. Related: VPNs vs ZTNA. billion U.S.

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The Evolution of API: From Commerce to Cloud

Security Affairs

APIs then played an important role in the birth of the Internet, offering a way for applications to exchange data across the Internet via a specific set of protocols. On the other hand, the constant evolution of APIs makes documentation challenging, and security measures don’t always account for the right factors.

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Data Breach: Millions of Phone Numbers, Recordings, and Call Logs Compromised in Ringostat Data Leak

Security Affairs

The voice recording information could be accessed by anyone with a link and an Internet connection, leaving millions vulnerable. Identity Theft: Leaked personally identifiable information (PIIs) can be used to access accounts on other websites, leading to further information leaks and outright identity theft.

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Help Your Security Team Sleep Better at Night by Reducing False Positives

CyberSecurity Insiders

Using well established web technologies, including RESTful APIs, and a growing selection of open source and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, your dev teams enable your users to access critical business capabilities using any device that can connect to the Internet, including personal mobile devices.

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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

The nonstop intensity of these attacks is vividly illustrated by the fact that malicious bot communications now account for one-third of total Internet traffic. This activity can be seen at any moment of any day by examining the volume of malicious botnet traffic moving across the Internet. Shifting security challenge.

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The Four Keys to Achieving an Optimal Application Experience

CyberSecurity Insiders

Network visibility accounts for the information of everyone who interacts with your servers––from their IP address and protocol to the amount of time they’ve spent on your network. In the last few years, fueled partly by the pandemic, internet traffic has exploded, growing at an annual rate of 30% between 2018 and 2022.

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