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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. XM Cyber Platform.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

What Are the Cybersecurity Risks of 5G? Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Network Slice Compromise. Attacks at the Network Edge.

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2024: My Predictions

Jane Frankland

The proliferation of IoT devices and sensors will accelerate, allowing organisations to collect and leverage data for improved operational efficiency and real-time monitoring. Detecting them can be challenging, as past software validations don’t guarantee security in the present. IOT attacks aren’t showing any signs of slowing.

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External vs Internal Vulnerability Scans: Difference Explained

eSecurity Planet

We’ll cover their uses and benefits in detail, but here’s a high-level overview to start: External vulnerability scan: Tests the network security of your company from the outside in order to find vulnerabilities and strengthen defenses against outside attacks.

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How the CISO has adapted to protect the hybrid workforce

IT Security Guru

Given the connectivity needs of a remote workforce – and knowing a hybrid workforce is here to stay – many IT teams have had to make sudden changes in the way workers connect to corporate systems that could introduce new cyber risks and vulnerabilities. .

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. A methodical drive has been underway for at least the past decade to affect a transition to a new network security paradigm – one less rooted in the past and better suited for what’s coming next.

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