Best business firewalls: Which firewall is suitable for your business? There are countless options to choose from when considering firewall protection. Should you invest in an external firewall, stick with a virtual firewall or take the plunge with both? The firewalls listed here cater to most sizes of organisation, from small businesses that only require virtual firewalls to larger enterprises ...
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Businesses remain at risk of repeated ransomware attacks and exposed to exploits
Many businesses are still not prepared to defend against determined attackers, according to The State of Endpoint Security Today released by Sophos. The survey polled more than 2,700 IT decision makers from mid-sized businesses in 10 countries worldwide, including the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Japan, India and South Africa. Ransomware continues to be a major issue across the globe, with ...
Read More »What is SQL injection? This oldie but goodie can make your web applications hurt
SQL injection, or SQLi, is one of the least sophisticated web application security attacks that can give an adversary complete control over your web application database. Immortalized by “Little Bobby Drop Tables” in XKCD 327, SQLi was first discovered in 1998, yet continues to plague web applications across the internet. Even the OWASP Top Ten lists injection as the number one threat to ...
Read More »Akamai report finds sharp increase in credential abuse
Newly released data that analyzed more than 7.3 trillion bot requests per month found a sharp increase in the threat of credential abuse, with more than 40 percent of login attempts being malicious, according to the Fourth Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet / Security Report released by Akamai Technologies, Inc. According to the Ponemon Institute, credential stuffing attacks can cost businesses ...
Read More »How security can be aligned to business objectives
A Ponemon Institute report released late last year found that CISOs’ influence within companies is growing as IT security increasingly becomes a priority. However, interviews with senior-level IT security professionals at 184 companies in seven countries, including India and China, showed that security strategy in many organizations is still not yet aligned with business functions. Amid evolving threat vectors, the influence ...
Read More »Orange Cyberdefense, Check Point collaborate to deliver managed mobile security service
Orange Cyberdefense, the Orange Group’s entity that specializes in cybersecurity, and Check Point Software Technologies have teamed up to deliver a new Orange service called Mobile Threat Protection to help multinational enterprises safeguard their mobile device fleets against current and emerging threats. The frequency of mobile attacks is growing – and no-one is immune. Business is carried out more and ...
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GAJSHIELD DLP Firewall Next Generation DLP Firewall Unique Context Sensitive Network based Data Leak Prevention System with Cloud Security GajShield’s layered security platforms are designed to provide in depth protection against various attacks by tightly integrating key security functions and to securely connect remote offices and partners. GajShield Network Security Appliances combines ICSA Certified Firewall, IPS, VPN, URL Filtering, Virus screening and Bandwidth Management in ...
Read More »Why is Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Important?
The ever-accelerating flood of software vulnerabilities and innovative attack techniques leaves increasingly few organizations capable of defending themselves and safeguarding sensitive data in their care. Information-sharing is a critical tool for network defenders because it allows them to avoid the missteps of their peers within the infosecurity community and to deploy proven defensive measures. Proactive information-sharing about attacks and defensive ...
Read More »Dimension Data adopts Cisco Umbrella in its cybersecurity strategy
Dimension Data has extended the company’s protection from ransomware, phishing attacks, bot networks, and all types of malicious software, with Cisco Umbrella, a Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) in the cloud. The decision to incorporate Cisco Umbrella follows the company’s firsthand experience protecting its own 28,000 employees and addresses its clients’ requirement to support an increasingly mobile workforce. Cisco Umbrella is a ...
Read More »Risking security for an easy life: people’s password dilemmas revealed
Today we log into online accounts all the time – from transferring money between bank accounts, to simply ordering some shopping, checking the weather, or booking a taxi on a night out. But what if suddenly you can’t log into the account you need, when you need it? What if you get the dreaded ‘password error’ message? Do you ...
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