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What Is cloud security?

Lacework

At this time, establishing server securing meant focusing on physical measures and preventing unauthorized individuals from accessing the hardware. The 1990s also saw the rise of firewalls and antivirus programs, as organizations (and individuals) began storing and sharing more personal information online.

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Cybersecurity 2030

Haft of the Spear

Discussions about cybersecurity overwhelmingly focus on the recent, which are our responses to the design and engineering decisions of the past. Yet in cybersecurity [1] the path towards a brighter future is rarely discussed. To parahprase William Gibson, this cybersecurity future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO

In the ever-evolving realm of information security, the principle of Least Privilege stands out as the cornerstone of safeguarding sensitive data. However, this fundamental concept, emphasizing limited access to resources and information, has been progressively overlooked, placing our digital ecosystems at greater risk.

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Cybersecurity Q&A with Dave Elfering, VP information security at Werner Enterprises

Sailpoint

Dave Elfering, currently Vice President of information security has also witnessed a considerable amount of growth and change over his career when it comes to information security. In 1997, Elfering began working at Werner as a project manager to help the company build its online presence and secure its data.

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OpenVPN vs PPTP vs L2TP – VPN Protocols Comparison

The Crazy Programmer

As a VPN protocol , PPTP laid out the guidelines that guaranteed that VPN client to VPN server communications were secure and were handled correctly. All of your online data and online traffic travels through this tunnel where it is secured and encrypted simultaneously. PPTP was considered to be exceptionally secure.

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Chernobyl’s lessons for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity

The Parallax

Dyatlov’s judgment is supported by a 2002 report for the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus , which investigated the reactor design and how it led to the disaster. There were at least two other cybersecurity incidents at U.S. There were at least two other cybersecurity incidents at U.S.

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Managing Access Requests and Segregation of Duties Compliance

Saviynt

In the early 2000s, a series of corporate scandals led to the United States Congress passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The legislation’s SOD compliance requirement has since been incorporated across a variety of information security standards and regulations.