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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. Overall, these audit challenges yield increased compliance gaps, prolonged audits, unplanned expenditures, and greater penalty and procedure refactoring costs.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. WAFs specialize in filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between web applications and the Internet, ensuring that your web-based assets are protected from any threats and vulnerabilities.

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10 Reasons to Celebrate 2020

McAfee

With the McAfee Web Security portfolio, organizations can enforce their internet policy compliance and extend their perimeter security for a borderless IT environment.” said Ash Kulkarni, executive vice president and chief product officer, McAfee.

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Implementing Effective Compliance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide

Centraleyes

federal agencies and contractors must conduct compliance testing to meet FISMA requirements for information security and cybersecurity. CIS Controls (Center for Internet Security Controls): Compliance testing helps organizations implement and assess the effectiveness of the CIS Controls, a set of best practices for enhancing cybersecurity.

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

CyberSecurity Insiders

Moreover, since more people are using the internet each year, there is also more data being stored, which means that we must comply with privacy regulations. Every country worldwide has its own privacy policies, and those who don’t follow them will usually face huge fines and lose their level of brand reputation. .

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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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Patch Management Policy: Steps, Benefits and a Free Template

eSecurity Planet

Bonus / Nice-to-Have Sections : These sections do not change the core elements of the patch management policy, but can make the policy more usable or comprehensive. Overview : sets expectations and goals for the policy. Top 5 Patch Management Policy Best Practices. How to deal with BYOD and personal equipment.