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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. Application Access: A retail website can make more requests than human users on any resource.

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage. Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. It’s easy for senior engineers to misconfigure a setting.

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Point-of-Sale (POS) Security Measures for 2021

eSecurity Planet

It’s a tough time to be a retailer. Just recently, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of retailers Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor, acknowledged that an undisclosed number of customers’ payment card data had been stolen, and HBC shares fell more than 6 percent in response to the news.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes.

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Black Hat Asia 2022: Building the Network

Cisco Security

While the Cisco Meraki Dashboard is extremely powerful, we happily supported exporting of logs and integration in major event collectors, such as the NetWitness SIEM and even the Palo Alto firewall. When the device attempts to authenticate to the network, if it doesn’t have the certificate, it doesn’t get access. Network Visibility.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.