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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

eSecurity Planet

Why It Matters Network segmentation is a powerful approach for mitigating potential threats and ensuring a safe, well-organized network architecture. Automate Patches and Updates Ensure strong network security by automating regular updates of firewall firmware and installing security patches as soon as they become available.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Automate Updates: Local network routers, firewalls, and other equipment can be set to automatically download new updates so that the devices and the firmware do not become vulnerable. Backups: Although more commonly applied to endpoints and data, networks also benefit from periodic backups of settings and configurations.

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What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

eSecurity Planet

Social engineering attacks: These involve manipulating individuals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or systems. Architecture model: A diagram or description of the network and system architecture used to understand possible attack surfaces. Examples include baiting, pretexting, and impersonation.

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Ransomware rolled through business defenses in Q2 2022

Malwarebytes

This allows the malware to run on different combinations of operating systems and architectures. In attack methods, ransomware authors—while still favoring good old-fashioned social engineering—have started backing away from phishing emails and leaning toward exploiting server, software, and operating system vulnerabilities instead.