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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

Many organizations, for instance, continue to rely heavily on legacy firewalls and WAFs, which, of course, is precisely where Capital One went wrong. Salt Security is taking a big data and automation approach to this monumental challenge, Isbitski told me.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Today companies face a challenge of identifying and deflecting encrypted traffic leveraged by malicious actors. This was considered a significant win for the U.S. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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Kingston Technology Wins Coveted Global InfoSec Awards During RSA Conference 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, is proud to announce it has won the following Global InfoSec Awards for its encrypted USB solutions family from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information magazine: Data Loss Prevention Market Leader. Encryption Market Leader.

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Q&A: Here’s why it has become vital for companies to deter ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

As such, Hudson argues persuasively that the root of the matter comes down to the need for organizations to keep a much closer account of access logons and encryption keys. LW: How big is this challenge? Hudson: There’s an awful lot of work to be done inside company firewalls, inside internal data centers.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. With 3000 servers in 160 locations and 94 countries, ExpressVPN boasts its military-grade encryption and leak-proofing features, including a kill switch and unlimited bandwidth for clients.

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API Security Fundamentals

Security Boulevard

They’re not keeping attackers from stealing sensitive data, affecting the user experience, or causing other damage. Security solutions including web application firewalls, API gateways, API management tools, and identity and access management (IAM) tools weren’t designed to prevent attacks on APIs. Why Is API Security Different?

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Insiders with privileged access expose companies to the most dangerous cyber threats , and damage the most valuable and sensitive corporate data. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.