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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. A network firewall. Two-way firewall. Bitdefender. Other AV contenders. Privacy protections.

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Malware Evolves to Present New Threats to Developers

Security Boulevard

As new forms of malicious code appeared, an antivirus (AV) industry arose to tackle the challenge of detecting and responding to cyber threats. Network control measures like firewalls, secure socket layer (SSL), and data loss prevention (DLP) tools sought to outmaneuver malicious code rather than directly combat it. Ransomware.

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Do Not Confuse Next Generation Firewall And Web Application Firewall

SiteLock

Let us start with the abbreviations that define the categories of information security products: WAF stands for Web Application Firewall , NGFW stands for Next Generation Firewall. NGFW (or Next Generation Firewall) is an evolution of traditional firewalls and serves to delimit access between network segments.

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Feature Update: Reduce Asset Risk with Mitigating Controls

NopSec

Overview NopSec provides the most accurate risk-based vulnerability prioritization across an organization’s entire attack surface. One key element of this is contextualized risk prioritizations based on a client’s specific industry, network configuration, the compensating and mitigating controls they implement.

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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure

The Last Watchdog

Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks. To defend its web applications, the bank chose to go with an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF), called ModSecurity, along with an open-source Apache web server. Her hack served as a wake-up call about the prevalence of fresh risks spinning out of cloud migration.

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

For many of these hospitals and rural clinics, insufficient security measures dramatically escalate the risk of an attack. Taking a thoughtful, risk-based security approach is one of the easiest ways to combat budget restraints. To start, take a comprehensive assessment of the security risks in your environment.

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Cyber Best Practices for Overseas Asset Security

SecureWorld News

The prospect of new products, audiences, territories, and competition presents an abundance of opportunities for businesses to thrive, but it is not all sunshine and rainbows. Going global or even expanding your operations further afield in your geography introduces a host of new digital risks.