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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

With faster response times, a more centralized platform, and artificial intelligence-powered workflows, many companies select XDR tools to optimize or go beyond what their SIEM and UEBA tools can do. Unlike EDR, NDR focuses less on actual devices and more on network traffic behavior analysis via packet data.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

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When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. Endpoint security : protects endpoints with antivirus, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, etc.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

SD-WAN is a virtual architecture for managing a wide-area network covering distributed, hybrid IT environments typical for today’s enterprise organizations. With SD-WAN architectures, branch employees and remote users connect to an enterprise network through a web of connected devices over the internet. What is SD-WAN?

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

DNS Server Hardening DNS server hardening can be very complex and specific to the surrounding architecture. Design robust server architecture to improve redundancy and capacity for resilience against failure or DDoS attacks. Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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Best 8 Vulnerability Management Tools for 2024

Centraleyes

And, of course, in 2024, you’ll find solutions that tout technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and threat intelligence to augment vulnerability data with contextual insights. But they are not the same thing. Here’s why. However, their focus remains predominantly on system health.

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Top MDR Services for 2021

eSecurity Planet

This next-gen solution uses patented artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze log data in real-time to identify and respond to threats as they arise. Artificial intelligence-powered threat identification. Key differentiators: Cloud-native architecture for use with cloud systems. The company currently secures $5.7