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How To Set Up a Firewall in 8 Easy Steps + Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Gather the necessary equipment, evaluate the network layout, and become familiar with the firewall documentation. Disabling default accounts and changing passwords improve security, as does requiring strong passwords for administrator accounts. Create administrative accounts with read-only access to logs for auditing.

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Navigating the complex world of Cybersecurity compliance

CyberSecurity Insiders

This can include measures such as firewalls , antivirus, access management and data backup policies, etc. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA is a U.S. Proper documentation is essential for demonstrating compliance to auditors and regulators.

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Cyber Security: Work From Home Best Practices

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Even if ransomware infects one account, it can spread through the whole network. Back Up Your Data A backup is a safe copy of your data, stored separately from the original data. Backups are helpful against phishing, ransomware, and insider threats alike. Why is ransomware so dangerous? Though everything is not so scary.

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Enhancing Network Security Automation: Debunking 7 Common Myths

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The Benefits of Network Security Automation Faster Threat Detection and Response within the Network Network security automation excels at processing vast amounts of data within the network and identifying patterns that may elude human analysts. Contrary to this notion, automation plays a versatile role in network security.

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Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin

Security Affairs

Several weeks after the attack’s launch, the cybercriminals deleted server backups before encrypting the victim’s network with the help of TinyCryptor ransomware (aka decr1pt ), which is also OldGremlin’s brainchild. Between May and August, Group-IB detected nine campaigns conducted by the group.

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Office 365 Security Concerns

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As it describes, the Office 365 Cloud App Security variant provides threat detection based on user activity logs, discovery of Shadow IT for apps that have similar functionality to Office 365 offerings and control app permissions therein. With Cloud App Security, Microsoft documents visibility to more than 16000+ cloud apps.

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The ultimate guide to Cyber risk management

CyberSecurity Insiders

Cybercrime costs approximately $600 billion per year, accounting for over 1% of global GDP, as per The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and 300,562,519 people were affected by publicly disclosed security breaches the previous year, as per the Identity Theft Resource Center. Application Layer. Network elements.