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Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

When remote workers connect bring-your-own-device (BYOD) laptops, desktops, tablets, and phones to corporate assets, risk dramatically increases. Browser isolation prevents BYOD risk with a containerized application that acts as a VDI operating on the BYOD device to limit file transfers and access.

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Is Cisco’s Acquisition of Splunk a Shade of Brilliance or Madness?

Security Boulevard

In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. A significant component of this is the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning to become embedded across every aspect of the enterprise, service provider, and government systems.

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What Is a Next-Generation Firewall?

eSecurity Planet

A next generation firewall (NGFW) performs deep packet inspection to check the contents of the data flowing through the firewall. Unlike more basic firewalls that only check the header of data packets, NGFWs examine and evaluate the payload data within the packet. Who Needs a Next-Gen Firewall?

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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

A network firewall. Virtual private network ( VPN ). For an introductory price of $45 a year for 10 Windows and macOS devices and unlimited Android and iOS devices, you get predictive artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection that can stop unknown threats and learns by experience (how cool is that?), Two-way firewall.

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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

If that's a no-go for whatever reason, a Wi-Fi VPN can do the heavy lifting in terms of traffic encryption. Phishing protection best practices The importance of email filters shouldn't be underestimated, as they do block most phishing messages to minimize the risk of compromise. However, the situation isn't all doom and gloom.

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What Is Edge Security? Overcoming Edge Computing Risks

eSecurity Planet

Data no longer lives safely behind the firewall and within corporate data centers. Even though most of these assets reside outside of the corporate firewall’s protection, these devices are considered to be the edge of the network, and the core of the network is the cloud or locally-hosted data center.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Vulnerability Management Product Guides 8 Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools Top 10 Open Source Vulnerability Assessment Tools 12 Top Vulnerability Management Tools Threat Intelligence and Detection At the most basic level, threat detection strategies and tools monitor networks for suspicious and anomalous activity.