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Enterprise Application Security: What It Is and How To Prevent It?

Openxcell

To prevent such security threats, various enterprise application security best practices are employed, including the use of stringent authentication methods and access controls in order to prevent unauthorized access. Make sure disaster recovery plans are tested periodically to ensure that data can be recovered quickly.

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Top 5 Ways to Improve the Security of Your Business

Kaseya

In 2017, 50,000 cyber-attacks were targeted at IoT devices, an increase of 600 percent from 2016 and the number of IoT-driven malware attacks surpassed 121,000 in 2018. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). Multi-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to the login procedure beyond using just a password.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. Crystal Lister.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The popularity of cryptojacking (mining cryptocurrency with malware planted in someone else’s applications) continues to rise, as the collapse in cryptocurrency prices makes legitimate mining unprofitable. A threat group named Worok is using steganography to hide malware within PNG images. Its intent is to detect vulnerabilities.

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Document Security is More than Just Password-Protection

CIO

From embedding malware or a phishing link in a document to manipulated or outright forged documents and other types of cyber fraud, the increase in document-related attacks cannot be ignored, especially if your company handles tax forms, business filings, or bank statements–the three types of most frequently manipulated documents.

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Top 10 Cloud Security Best Practices to look for in 2023

Openxcell

c) What is the disaster recovery plan? i) What are the authentication methods they facilitate? New cloud projects propose an option to reassess security methods and manage occurring threats, offering a defense-in-depth approach, including firewalls, anti-malware software, intrusion detection systems, and access control measures.

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IT Risk Assessment: Is Your Plan Up to Scratch?

Kaseya

Malware and viruses: Cybercriminals use viruses and malware to take over and disrupt computer systems and networks to render them inoperable. Furthermore, you can reduce downtime with instant recovery, ransomware detection and automated disaster recovery testing by leveraging the Kaseya Unified Backup integration in VSA.

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