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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how Secure Access Service Edge — ‘SASE’ — can help, post Covid-19

The Last Watchdog

Many enterprises have accelerated their use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions to support remote workers during this pandemic. However deploying VPNs on a wide-scale basis introduces performance and scalability issues. SASE then provides secure connectivity between the cloud and users, much as with a VPN.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.), and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.).

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

Non-mobile statistics. Mobile statistics. Finally, it is worth mentioning the CVE-2022-34724 vulnerability, which affects Windows DNS Server and can lead to denial of service if exploited. July saw the discovery of two campaigns that used a fake VPN application and fake Salesforce updates , both built on the Sliver framework.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Devices now consist of both corporate devices and uncontrolled BYOD devices consisting of computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. The internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) also now connect to networks. on mobile devices, home and international offices, and much more.

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Best Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Tools

eSecurity Planet

“Since the barrier-to-entry for threat actors is now lower than ever with easily accessible DDoS-for-hire services and IP stressers, compromised IoT devices can and will drive this growth,” said Charles Choe, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Akamai. Protects websites, networks, DNS and individual IPs. Cloudflare.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Virtual Private Network (VPN) : For remote access, remote desktop protocol (RDP) no longer can be considered safe. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution. For improved security using mobile phones, free authentication apps are available from Google, Microsoft, and others.

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage. This includes IoT devices. Sooner rather than later, you’ll want to perform an audit of your OT and IoT devices. Segmentation.