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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. Easier Data Recovery Cloud storage makes data recovery easier in the event of an accident, deletion, or overwrite.

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What Is Cloud Configuration Management? Complete Guide

eSecurity Planet

Configuration management guarantees that enterprises maintain security and compliance while streamlining operations via automation and centralized control of their whole infrastructure environment. This guide covers the importance of cloud configuration management, its main components, security benefits, challenges, and best practices.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Redundancy across several data centers and automatic backup systems help to build a more robust infrastructure, lowering the effect of any security incidents or interruptions. Security Monitoring & Logging IaaS providers provide security monitoring, logging, and auditing solutions.

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Black Hat USA 2021 – Top 5 Sessions to Attend & Tips to Survive Now that Conferences are Back In-Person

Security Boulevard

This year, both events are back with a hybrid flavor to them. The in-person Black Hat event has limited places accommodating less than half of the 17,000-attendee count that typically attend. The in-person Black Hat event has limited places accommodating less than half of the 17,000-attendee count that typically attend.

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Public Cloud Security Explained: Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right. Security Monitoring Continuous monitoring entails observing activity in the cloud in real time.

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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

eSecurity Planet

Divide the network into different zones to assist with the principle of least privilege and make specific security measures easier to deploy. This method improves control and containment in the event of a breach by isolating affected segments while protecting the rest.

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5 Steps to Building a Foolproof Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan

SiteLock

That means you need to have a plan for responding to attacks that break through even the most secure defenses. As a rule, you should always keep a clean backup of your website’s files and database stored offline. Evaluate your security posture and identify vulnerabilities that can and should be strengthened.