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Improve your AWS security posture, Step 3: Encrypt AWS data in transit and at rest

CyberSecurity Insiders

In this blog, we’ll tackle encrypting AWS in transit and at rest. This can occur due to data leakage through faulty apps or systems, by laptops or portable storage devices being lost, by malicious actors breaking through security defenses, by social engineering attacks, or by data being intercepted in man-in-the-middle attacks.

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16 Remote Access Security Best Practices to Implement

eSecurity Planet

Remote access security is critical for protecting increasingly distributed work environments, ensuring that only authorized users can access your valuable information regardless of their location. In the role of a superhero protector, remote access security keeps our digital world secure even while we are thousands of miles away.

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What Is Secure Remote Access?

eSecurity Planet

Note that not all of these venues are inherently or perfectly secure — they have vulnerabilities and require additional protective measures. Even VPN, while marketed as a security tool, has weaknesses of its own. Why Is Securing Access for Remote Workers So Important? Read more about the different types of remote access.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Preventing the Spread of Ransomware

Security Boulevard

Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack. Cybercriminals had a massively productive and profitable year, seizing opportunities to target the millions of people suddenly working from home.

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Protect IT—A Combination of Security Culture and Cyber Hygiene Good Practices

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), my colleague Ashvin Kamaraju wrote about how organizations can use fundamental controls to secure their information technology. Effective digital security doesn’t end at “Secure IT,” however. Proper Cyber Hygiene for Employees and Security Teams.