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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

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Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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7 Best Email Security Software & Tools in 2023

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Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. That makes email security software a worthwhile investment for organizations of all sizes. Strong data loss prevention ( DLP ) capabilities.

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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

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It simplifies operations by lowering the chance of configuration conflicts and misconfigurations or oversights that could affect security. It also allows for centralized tracking of firewall activity, which simplifies threat detection and response. Why It Matters Preventing social engineering attacks requires user awareness.

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What Is Cloud Workload Protection? Ultimate Guide

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Phishing and unpatched software or misconfigurations are common entry points. To combat these threats, CWP systems employ real-time scanning, behavioral analysis and automated response. Insiders may also unintentionally fall victim to phishing, putting their credentials at risk and allowing attackers illegal access.

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What Is a SaaS Security Checklist? Tips & Free Template

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These checklists include security standards and best practices for SaaS and cloud applications, and B2B SaaS providers use them to guarantee that their solutions match customer security standards. Have employees been informed of basic security risks like malware, phishing, and hardware loss, all of which take advantage of human errors?

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

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“Organizations will look to understand what apps employees are using, evaluate whether they should be paid for by the company (to control), accept the risk, or block the app… the company can choose to educate (through a warning page) or block the app entirely.” continues Ricardo Villadiego, founder & CEO of Lumu. “By

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What Is Hybrid Cloud Security? How it Works & Best Practices

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Cloud-Native Security Features: Cloud-native security features, such as security groups, key management, and threat detection, are built-in tools and services provided by cloud providers to improve the security of cloud resources.

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