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GUEST ESSAY: What everyone can — and should — do to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month

The Last Watchdog

In addition, antivirus software detects and removes malware, spyware and any other malicious software that could potentially impact your business. MFA, also called two-factor authentication or 2FA, can help safeguard your data. Here are some basic tips that will help your business do just that: •Install Firewalls and Virus Protection.

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Using Machine Learning in Vulnerability Management for Prioritization

NopSec

Securing computer systems is the ultimate big data problem. quintillion bytes of data everyday. Most of this data is benign; however, a small fraction comes from malicious actors. AI/ML algorithms sort emails to identify phishing attempts and malware attachments. Billions of computers generate roughly 2.5

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Why Ransomware Targets No Longer Need to Wind Up as Ransomware Victims

McAfee

The Power of Big Data. Malicious malware behaves, well, maliciously and ransomware acts in very specific patterns. Let’s consider a case where a ransomware attack actually manages to infect an endpoint and the malware began to move laterally within the network. Live Webinar. September 29, 2020. Register Now.