Attack Surface Management

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Attack Surface Management

Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management
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Data Breaches

What is Defense in Depth?

Defense in depth is a cyber security strategy that uses a series of layered, redundant defensive measures to protect sensitive data, PII and other assets.
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Cybersecurity
Data Breaches
Attack Surface Management

What Are Cloud Leaks?

Cloud leaks are a unique risk facing businesses that store data in the cloud or use vendors who do. And they're caused by misconfigurations, not hackers.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

11 Steps to Secure SQL in 2024

Cover your back-end with these 11 steps to improve security for MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server and protect your data against most common threats.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

What is Typosquatting (and How to Prevent It)

Learn about the dangers of typosquatting and what your business can do to protect itself from this malicious threat.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

IIS Security: How to Harden a Windows IIS Web Server in 10 Steps

Your website cannot be secure unless you take security measures to protect your Microsoft IIS web server from security breaches.
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Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management

Tripwire vs Varonis

How does Varonis' platform for file and data security compare to Tripwire's solution for enterprise cyber protection? Read more to find out.
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Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management

How to Create a Secure Password in 2024: The Password Security Checklist

Learn how to create a secure password and keep your passwords secure with this in-depth guide.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

Cylance vs Tanium for Endpoint Protection and Security

Can Cylance's AI-powered threat protection beat out Tanium's 15-second visibility and control? Find out in this comparison.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

IT Security Risk Assessment Methodology: Qualitative vs Quantitative

Formulating an IT security risk assessment methodology is a key part of building a robust information security risk management program. 
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

How to To Harden MS SQL Server 2008: 11 Ways

Learn more about these 11 essential hardening tactics for improving SQL Server 2008's security posture.
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Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management

What is Access Control? The Essential Cybersecurity Practice

Learn about the importance of access control and how to use it to secure your sensitive business information.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

The Email Security Checklist

This 13 step checklist will protect your users, your email servers and your reputation against the most common types of attacks on the internet.
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Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management

FireEye vs Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Next-generation security solutions like FireEye and WildFire are tapping into the cloud to combat sophisticated threats. Learn more about them here.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

What is Domain Hijacking?

Domain hijacking is the act of changing the registration of a domain name without the permission of the original owner, or by abuse of privileges.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

Metasploit vs Nmap for Ethical Hacking

Which pen testing tool is better for discovering your organization's network and infrastructure security gaps? Find out in this comparison.
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Third-Party Risk Management
Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

BitSight Alternative for Managing Cyber Risk in 2024

Looking for a BitSight alternative? We look at the key differences between BitSight and UpGuard.
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