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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

Modern secure email gateways (SEGs) prevent the vast majority of dodgy messages from ever ending up in users' inboxes, and most antivirus tools can identify and block content that matches known phishing templates, as well. The most effective countermeasure for this style of attack is to avoid using public wireless networks altogether.

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Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing

Security Boulevard

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) puts networked sensors and intelligent devices directly on the manufacturing floor to collect data, drive artificial intelligence and do predictive analytics. Strong IoT device authentication is required to ensure connected devices on the IoT can be trusted to be what they purport to be.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Applicable Metric Cisco notes scalability limits for ISE up to: 1,000,000 internal guests (but latency delays for authentication may occur beyond 500,000 guests) 1,000,000 user certificates 1,000 server certificates 1,000 trusted certificates 2.0 MAC Address bypass (MAB) 802.1x

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Although beyond the scope of the network, effective network security relies upon the effective authentication of the user elsewhere in the security stack. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) : In today’s ransomware-riddled environment, two-factor authentication should also be considered a minimum requirement for all forms of remote access.

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Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Physical appliances provide functionality for routing wide area networks (WANs), stateful firewalls, SD-WANs, NGFW, antivirus, intrusion prevention services (IPS), and unified threat management (UTM) capabilities for local networks.