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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

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Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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11 Key Steps of the Patch Management Process

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Installing these patches and updates keeps your software and firmware secure, reliable, and up to date with the latest improvements. This step-by-step guide to the patch management process can help you stay ahead of vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risk. Thorough testing reduces the risk of interrupting the production environment.

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Patch Management Policy: Steps, Benefits and a Free Template

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Patch Management Authority : Who is in charge and responsible for the patch management policy and its execution. Patching Priority : How to determine the priority of patches and the basis for that determination based on severity, risk and other factors. Overview : sets expectations and goals for the policy.

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

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An application gateway, also known as an application level gateway (ALG), functions as a critical firewall proxy for network security. Its filtering capability ensures that only certain network application data is transmitted, which has an impact on the security of protocols including FTP, Telnet, RTSP, and BitTorrent.

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Best Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)

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Gartner analyst Pete Shoard advised that being as clear as possible about your needs is key to selecting the right service, noting that offerings can range from managing a single technology to sharing the responsibility for operating a security platform to full outsourcing of security operations. DXC Technology.

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Top Cloud Security Companies & Tools

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When considering cloud security products, it’s important to recognize and understand the different categories of solutions that are available to help organizations reduce risk and improve security. How to choose a cloud security technology.

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What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?

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This allows you to determine which risks to eliminate first based on various factors, including their criticality and vulnerability threat levels, as well as classification. Findings are used to get a clear idea of the risks, factors, and threats levels. It also provides compliance reports, risk assessments, and threat monitoring.