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MFA Advantages and Weaknesses
Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. Yet if someone wanted to…
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APT Attacks & Prevention
A company that discovers that an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack is underway tends to be the exception. Attackers design APTs to be subtle, persistent, and to remain undetected for…
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Data Deletion Methods: What’s Best for Sensitive Data?
Users may believe that when they delete a file on their hard drive, the document no longer exists. However, IT professionals understand that the data itself may remain. Yet even…
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Three Ways to Protect Unfixable Security Risks
How can a hospital protect an MRI machine with an unchangeable password and still connect it to the network? How can an industrial recycler safely secure its $400,000 hard drive…
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Hiding Devices Using Port Knocking or Single-Packet Authorization (SPA)
Invisibility sounds like something out of a fantasy novel, but if done properly, we can use it to hide computers, gateways, or individual PCs by implementing specific firewall techniques like port…
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SIEM Explained: What is SIEM and How Does it Work?
Security information and event management (SIEM) technology provides foundational support for threat detection. The high costs of SIEMs once made them feasible only for larger enterprise clients, but they have…
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Implementing and Managing Your SIEM Securely: A Checklist
Some companies use cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM), and others use SIEM that has been installed in a local data center. These on-premises SIEMs can be run on…
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5 Good Reasons to Hire a Ransomware Recovery Expert
Spending money you hadn’t budgeted to hire experts to clean up an unexpected mess is at the bottom of every manager’s wish list, but in the case of a cyber…
