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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Compromised Identities In IaaS setups, the breach of user credentials or access keys constitutes a substantial concern. If attackers obtain access to valid user identities, they can abuse permissions and get access to resources, possibly resulting in data breaches, unauthorized changes, or service interruptions.

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How do Companies Process Sensitive Data and Why is That Important?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Whenever they find out that this company doesn’t have the right to keep this type of data, they’ll delete it or encrypt it. Since there is a rise in privacy policy compliance requirements, controls are also rising. . Moreover, the levels of sensitive data can be controlled by specific users within the organization.

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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11 Key Steps of the Patch Management Process

eSecurity Planet

It enables companies to check that patches were successfully installed, guarantee system operation, assess policy compliance, find new patches that need applying, and keep a consistent patching schedule. After fixes have been installed, monitoring and assessment of the patching procedure will measure its success.

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RSAC 2020: Trust in the Cloud. What Should You Do with Your Encryption Keys?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These tools are very good at provisioning keys for the development teams, but when it comes to policy compliance, particularly for sensitive data or data under the purview of the latest privacy mandates such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, there are many gaps that may jeopardize a seemingly simple key management strategy.

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

eSecurity Planet

Implement monitoring tools to track performance and ensure policy compliance. This guarantees that only authorized users may access network resources, lowering the risk of data breaches and illegal activities. Establish communication routes between ALG and firewalls. Thoroughly test integration to ensure smooth operation.

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