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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

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Opt for strong, hard-to-crack passwords. Consider using dedicated password manager apps. Implement Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 ( WPA3 ) to enhance wireless security within your home network. Fully utilize firewall capabilities. Corporate data should be accessed only through an organization's VPN connection.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution.

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

eSecurity Planet

AES encryption can be commonly found in communication protocols, virtual private network (VPN) encryption, full-disk encryption, and Wi-Fi transmission protocols. To help guard against bad passwords, an organization can centrally manage passwords and provide password manager solutions to employees.

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

To protect your business’s network from internet threats, implement the following: A next-generation firewall (NGFW) : Installing a firewall between the public internet and your organization’s private network helps filter some initial malicious traffic. Use secure connections for all wireless networks.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel like a password manager. The longer and more complex the encrypted message is, the longer it’ll take to decrypt.