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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Breaking Encryption Encryption is a key security solution for both at-rest and in-transit data protection. Vulnerabilities in encryption techniques, on the other hand, or bad key management policies, might expose data to prospective intrusions. Attackers may try to exploit these flaws to decode and access sensitive data.

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A PowerShell Script to Mitigate Active Directory Security Risks

eSecurity Planet

protocol in your environment via the Secure Channel method, enable Secure Channel logging on domain controllers. Look for Event ID 36880 after enabling Secure Channel logging, which will log the protocol version used to establish the connection. protocol, you will need to correlate multiple events. protocol.

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Public Cloud Security Explained: Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments. Data Encryption Public cloud providers implement strong encryption mechanisms to protect data at rest, and users should enable encryption for data in transit as well.

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16 Remote Access Security Best Practices to Implement

eSecurity Planet

As the internet has enabled us to access work, data, and equipment from any location, remote access security has become increasingly crucial. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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New steganography attack targets Azerbaijan

Malwarebytes

Threat actors often vary their techniques to thwart security defenses and increase the efficiency of their attacks. All the communications with the server are AES encrypted and base64 encoded. Figure 16: Encryption Function. This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. Figure 14: Global settings.

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The XDR Solution to the Ransomware Problem

Cisco Security

With the correct combination of those three solutions, organizations are witnessing better security outcomes such as: A 72% reduction in dwell time: Eliminate investigation tasks and shorten the time spent on threat hunting and staying compliant. Policy violations: Ensure that security and compliance policies set in other tools are enforced.