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Black Hat Fireside Chat: MSSPs are well-positioned to help companies achieve cyber resiliency

The Last Watchdog

Network security is in dire straits. Security teams must defend an expanding attack surface, skilled IT professionals are scarce and threat actors are having a field day. Related: The role of attack surface management. That said, Managed Security Services Providers – MSSPs — are in a position to gallop to the rescue.

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How to Block a Program in a Firewall (Windows & Mac)

eSecurity Planet

Blocking a program in a firewall is a security measure that protects systems from unwanted access. Learn how to block a program in a firewall by exploring when to allow or block programs, methods to permanently or temporarily block in Windows or MacOS, and the common troubleshooting tips. Follow the steps below.

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SHARED INTEL: The cybersecurity sea change coming with the implementation of ‘CMMC’

The Last Watchdog

based supplier of back-office management services, to discuss the prominent role managed security services providers (MSSPs) are sure to play as CMMC 2.0 This includes cloud providers and managed services providers. For a full drill down, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. Related: The exposures created by API profileration.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CAASM’ can help security teams embrace complexity – instead of trying to tame it

The Last Watchdog

Gartner refers to this nascent technology and emerging discipline as “cyber asset attack surface management,” or CAASM. And the role of the security team was straightforward: defend the network, protect IT. Internal and external network boundaries gave way to agile software development and everything-as-a-hosted-service.

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Next-Generation Firewalls: A comprehensive guide for network security modernization

CyberSecurity Insiders

The terms computer security, information security and cybersecurity were practically non-existent in the 1980s, but believe it or not, firewalls have existed in some form since that time. NGFWs boast critical security features such as intrusion prevention, VPN, anti-virus, and encrypted web traffic inspection.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how Secure Access Service Edge — ‘SASE’ — can help, post Covid-19

The Last Watchdog

One legacy of the ongoing global pandemic is that companies now realize that a secured and well-supported remote workforce is possible. Related: SASE translates into secure connectivity. SASE can function as security infrastructure and as the core IT network of large enterprises. The cyber threats landscape.

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