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GUEST ESSAY: The case for leveraging hardware to shore up security — via a co-processor

The Last Watchdog

Data privacy breaches expose sensitive details about customers, staff, and company financials. Seeing the flaws continue year after year, the industry began linking authentication of valid software components to the underlying hardware, or the “root of trust”.

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Understanding AI risks and how to secure using Zero Trust

CyberSecurity Insiders

Here are some capabilities within Zero Trust that can help mitigate risks: Identity and Access Management (IAM) : IAM requires the implementation of robust authentication mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication, alongside adaptive authentication techniques for user behavior and risk level assessment.

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Website Security Products Every Partner Should Offer

SiteLock

Web Application Firewall (WAF): WAFs protect customer websites against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, where attackers band together to take a site down by disrupting its offered services. Secure Socket Layer (SSL): This security protocol provides privacy, authentication, and integrity to all network communications.

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Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

ClearPass is especially suited for high-volume authentication environments, offering more than 10 million authentications a day, as well as distributed environments requiring local authentication survivability across multiple geographies. Agentless solutions provide more flexibility when identifying and authenticating devices.

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Application Security: Complete Definition, Types & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Controls can be anything from good password hygiene to web application firewalls and internal network segmentation, a layered approach that reduces risk at each step. Implement secure server configurations to maintain security and privacy of websites and protect private and sensitive data.

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Why Micro-Segment Networks? – Importance, Strategy & Best Practices

Security Boulevard

It is beyond perimeter security and firewalls. That’s because micro-segmentation is a feature that only governs the network, whereas your larger data security strategy includes security controls on other layers such as endpoint protection, two factor authentication (2FA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), intrusion detection, and more.

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Predictions for 2023 API Security

CyberSecurity Insiders

Already, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members issued guidance governing securing authentication and access to financial institutions’ services and systems, including APIs. The good news is that financial services are poised to lead the charge for more regulatory oversight.

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