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5 Steps to Building a Foolproof Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan

SiteLock

Most simply don’t have the resources to employ a dedicated cybersecurity team or invest in comprehensive security awareness training, leaving employees more vulnerable to phishing attacks and other scams. That means you need to have a plan for responding to attacks that break through even the most secure defenses.

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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

eSecurity Planet

Enable automatic updates in the administration interface and schedule security checks accordingly. Prioritize testing updates in a controlled environment to confirm compatibility and backup configurations before deploying. Why It Matters Reliable backups act as a safety net in the event of critical failures or security breaches.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Regularly Back Up Your Data Regular encrypted backups can help keep important data safe from data loss or ransomware. Ideally, that backup should be kept offline and “immutable” to prevent ransomware attackers from accessing it, a level of protection that’s difficult to obtain.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Disaster recovery : Implements redundancy and data backups to improve resilience from inevitable device failures, cybersecurity attacks, or natural disasters. IT security policies : Establish benchmarks, goals, and standards that can be used for measuring successful implementation of security controls.

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How Do You Get Ransomware? 5 Main Sources in 2019

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It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. Keep in mind that locally synchronized files such as Microsoft’s OneDrive or Google Drive/Backup and Sync files will generally be encrypted as well. But how do you get ransomware in the first place?