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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Security Misconfigurations Inadequately designed security settings, such as open ports, lax access restrictions, or misconfigured firewall rules, might expose infrastructure vulnerabilities. Firewalls Firewalls play an essential role in enhancing the security of your system.

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Forging the Path to Continuous Audit Readiness

CyberSecurity Insiders

Second, the tasks required to ascertain control and policy compliance details, resolve violations and provide adherence proof are resource intensive and error prone. Protection mechanisms incorporates a wide variety of cyber defenses such as malware, encryption, vulnerability management and firewall technologies.

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Network Security Policies

Security Boulevard

Of 500 IT leaders surveyed by FireMon regarding the future of network security, 91% agreed that network security policy management (NSPM) was a strategic investment, with 53% having planned to invest in a NSPM solution to bolster their defenses. These policies cover data encryption, data storage, and data transmission methods.

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Implementing and Maintaining Security Program Metrics

NopSec

A strong commitment to information security within the highest levels of an organization’s executive management team helps protect the security program from organizational pressures and budget limitations. Information security performance goals and objectives must be easily obtainable, feasible to measure, and repeatable.

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

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

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

eSecurity Planet

An application gateway, also known as an application level gateway (ALG), functions as a critical firewall proxy for network security. Understanding ALGs involves knowing how they work, their pros and cons, and how they integrate with or differ from other types of firewalls.

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What Is a Secure Web Gateway? Features, Benefits & Challenges

eSecurity Planet

Secure web gateways (SWGs) are network security solutions that monitor and filter internet traffic to guard against threats and ensure policy compliance. Security policy enforcement: SWGs control access to web-based apps and apply rules based on user roles, locations, and content kinds to ensure data security.