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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Network security threats weaken the defenses of an enterprise network, endangering proprietary data, critical applications, and the entire IT infrastructure. This guide to major network security threats covers detection methods as well as mitigation strategies for your organization to follow. Segmentation.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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Microsoft Expands Passwordless Sign-on to All Accounts

eSecurity Planet

Since then, the company has steadily cast off the need for passwords for various accounts, and by May 2020, 150 million people had stopped using passwords. Now the company is expanding the passwordless push to all Microsoft accounts. Google automatically makes account holders use two-factor authentication. They’re inconvenient.

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BrandPost: Cisco launches new network, security, and observability solutions and preview generative AI capabilities for Webex and Security Cloud

CSO Magazine

A tremendous number of enterprises and service providers view Cisco as the nexus of their network, security, and cloud operations. for 2022, according to IDC’s tracker report , while combined service provider and enterprise router revenue accounted for 35.1% Cisco’s market share for ethernet switches was 43.3%

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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MY TAKE: As network perimeters shift and ecosystems blend, the role of MSSPs solidifies

The Last Watchdog

We discussed how the boundaries between in-company and out-of-company IT infrastructure have become increasingly blurred making network security more challenging than ever. Yokohama observed that once clearly defined network boundaries have all but disappeared, making network security a very difficult challenge.

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