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Help Your Security Team Sleep Better at Night by Reducing False Positives

CyberSecurity Insiders

Specifically, if your applications sit behind legacy web application firewall (WAF) technologies, the demands on your security team can quickly become unmanageable. You are likely using Web APIs to support both B2B communication and the mobile applications that users increasingly rely on in lieu of a traditional web browser.

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Don’t Drown your Security Team in Low-Value WAF Alerts

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And in many cases, existing Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions may not be able to keep up. Web APIs are increasingly used to support both B2B communication and the mobile applications that users increasingly rely on in lieu of a traditional web browser. What are the signs of a WAF solution that is falling behind?

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The Expanding Attack Surface: Don’t Forget to Protect your APIs

CyberSecurity Insiders

That client doesn’t even have to be a web browser anymore—it could also be a mobile application or even B2B communication with no intention that the information is ever displayed to a human user.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

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SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S. Trade Cyberthreats

eSecurity Planet

Kevin Holvoet of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) said Russian-sponsored attacks in recent months against Ukraine and other targets have included: DDoS attacks on government, military, finance and communications. Inventory B2B VPNs and block all high-risk protocols (see slide below). Firewalls work both ways.

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