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12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices (+ Real Success Stories)

eSecurity Planet

Potential threats: Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration testing to evaluate potential threats and weaknesses. Encourage regular talks, training, and awareness workshops to help integrate DLP practices into the organization’s culture. Analyze the storage’s security protocols and scalability.

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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. Audit Firewall Performance Regularly The process of conducting firewall security assessments and penetration tests include carefully reviewing firewall configurations to detect weaknesses.

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What Is a SaaS Security Checklist? Tips & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

Conduct frequent security audits and penetration testing: Detect and resolve any vulnerabilities before they are exploited by fraudulent actors to minimize the likelihood of data breaches. Confirm that the vendor uses industry-standard security technologies and processes.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. ARM - multi architecture Since BackTrack 4, the option was there for ARM support. A fresh start in March 2013.

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Will feds mandate third-party code reviews? Developers say it’s a bad idea

SC Magazine

The cybersecurity executive order issued by President Joe Biden in May covered a lot of ground, moving the needle on issues like breach reporting, zero trust architecture, and software insecurity. However, third party testing is a later stage check that cannot replace the more left-shifting initiatives proposed by the [order].”.

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What is the Future for Women in Cybersecurity in 2021?

Jane Frankland

About a third of UK businesses have a more advanced security skills gap, so that’s things like penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture. They estimated that: About a half of all UK businesses have a basic security skills gap (i.e.,