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GUEST ESSAY: Top cybersecurity developments that can be expected to fully play out in 2019

The Last Watchdog

The risk will rise and eventually this will cause more issues with a few headlines of devices that were used to hack networks. About the essayist : Ofer Amitai is CEO of Portnox, which supplies network access control, visibility, management and policy compliance systems designed to help today’s complex networks run smoothly and securely.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Calls for Stamping Out Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, as Europol Tells Banks To Prep For Quantum Threat

Security Boulevard

While the threat from state-backed hacking is rightly understood to be severe, it should not be evaluated in isolation from financially motivated intrusions, the authors wrote. Financially motivated cyber intrusions, even those without any ties to state goals, harm national security.

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How do Companies Process Sensitive Data and Why is That Important?

CyberSecurity Insiders

For instance, imagine some hacker breaks into your database and hacks all of your private employer data; this won’t only cost and disturb individual lives but also cost you financially and even cost your brand reputation. . . GDPR and CPRA compliance . Intellectual property and trade secrets .

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Perhaps more comprehensive than some organizations are looking for, Qualys’ security coverage is as complete as it gets.

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7 Best Cyber Risk Management Platforms of 2024

Centraleyes

John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco, famously said, “There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don’t know they have been hacked.” ” So, if you’ve been hacked, you know what we’re talking about. And if you don’t know that you’ve been hacked, you better listen up!

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Types of Cloud Security Controls & Their Uses

eSecurity Planet

They perform actions such as reboots, backups, and unplugging hacked systems. Gain a Comprehensive View of Cloud Configurations, Users & Policies Cloud security controls give enterprises complete visibility across cloud environments, allowing them to monitor user activity, analyze configurations, and verify policy compliance.

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Xen and the Art of Vulnerability Maintenance

NopSec

One obvious, and unfortunate, motivation for a penetration test is because you have been hacked and want to discover more about the exploitable vulnerabilities and threats to your systems. To paraphrase Sun Tzu, if you know yourself and the enemy, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.