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A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All

CyberSecurity Insiders

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process.

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The Biggest Lessons about Vulnerabilities at RSAC 2021

eSecurity Planet

Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. While CIOs, CISOs, and purchasing managers often make a faith-based decision on software, greater accountability in software development starting below the OS can lead to more data and risk-driven decisions. Also Read: How to Prevent DNS Attacks.

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