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What Is Cloud Security Management? Types & Strategies

eSecurity Planet

By efficiently managing access and security policies, you reduce the risks associated with illegal access or compromised devices, delivering a strong and secure cloud environment. Enhanced Data Protection Increased data protection secures your data from threats by installing strong measures like access restriction and threat detection.

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The XDR Solution to the Ransomware Problem

Cisco Security

Endpoint security should constantly monitor all endpoint activity, so it will see ransomware as it unfolds—it can then rapidly terminate the offending processes, preventing endpoint encryption, and stopping the ransomware attack in its tracks. The exploit prevention feature will defend endpoints from exploit-based, memory injection attacks.

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

eSecurity Planet

Set Secure Firewall Rules & ACLs To prevent unwanted access and ensure effective traffic management, secure your firewall through updating firmware to resolve vulnerabilities and adopting proper configurations prior to installing firewalls in production. Create administrative accounts with read-only access to logs for auditing.

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

eSecurity Planet

Cloud Security Posture Management services (CSPM) began to appear in 2014 to manage cloud service configurations as cloud service providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud grew more prevalent. The performance of cloud workloads may be impacted by monitoring and real-time threat detection.

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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

This integrated strategy improves overall security by enabling more efficient threat detection, response, and repair operations. Yes, by delivering real-time threat intelligence and response capabilities, ASM software can be successful against zero-day vulnerabilities.

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What Is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Definition & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Improved Visibility & Threat Preparedness DLP boosts visibility into data access and usage, supporting continuous threat detection and mitigation. It helps businesses spot emerging security trends, user behavior patterns, and vulnerabilities by giving detailed insights into data flows, user actions, and security incidents.

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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

eSecurity Planet

In order to send a message, they could be using spoof email addresses, making use of compromised accounts, or exploiting weak security measures. In order to detect malicious attachments, links, and contents of emails, these gateways employ a combination of the signature-based technique with modern threat detection techniques.