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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. or segregated as cloud or network attached storage (NAS).

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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Its technology specializes in managing the attack surface by recognizing, prioritizing, and removing external security issues. Visit Cycognito Pricing Through its SaaS architecture, CyCognito provides tiered pricing for security testing, intelligence, and premium support. How Frequently Should ASM Scans Be Performed?

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). Poor integration of cybersecurity tools and IT infrastructure requires greater expertise to identify and close gaps in layers of security.

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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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What Is Firewall-as-a-Service? FWaaS Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

Instead of sitting in front of traffic to your network like a traditional firewall, FWaaS services typically use agents on endpoint devices, requiring some admin work on the part of security and IT teams to enroll devices and end users even as FWaaS makes uniform application of security policies easier. Why Is There a Need for FWaaS?

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Yet, Internet of Things (IoT) devices tend to be designed with the minimum computing resources required to accomplish the designed task of the device (security camera, printer, TV, etc.). While less computationally constrained than IoT, mobile devices constrain computations to avoid consuming power and draining battery life.

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What is SASE? Secure Access Service Service Edge Explained

eSecurity Planet

The trends to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) devices, remote work , and cloud resources drastically increase the amount of communication outside of the traditional network that needs to be secured. Redundant architecture and tools should not be eliminated until the SASE solution has been thoroughly tested.

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