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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.”

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Be a Cyber Defender and Protect Your Mobile Devices!

Ivanti

One can argue that it might be a form of paranoia, but being situationally aware while connected online is a nice behavioral attribute to have given today’s internet climate with the barrage of news regarding ransomware and data breaches. Regularly update your mobile operating system and applications.

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Securing IoMT Devices: Best Practices for Hospitals to Prevent Cyberattacks

Ivanti

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has revolutionized the healthcare industry, connecting medical devices to the internet and allowing for greater patient care. Authentication measures such as two-factor authentication or biometric scanning are also important to safeguard patient data.

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Cyber Hygiene: Keep Your Business Safe Online

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the digital age, we rely extensively on the Internet and storage devices for many aspects of our lives. Setting stronger passwords and using multi-factor authentication. Using firewalls to block unauthorized users from getting data. Regularly updating web browsers, apps, and operating systems.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

Our friends at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) listed “Secure Configurations” as the No. This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. These tools provide reporting on changes to the operating system — but come with a price tag.

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The 8 Best Practices for Reducing Your Organization’s Attack Surface

Ivanti

Research from Randori and ESG reveals seven in 10 organizations were compromised by an unknown, unmanaged or poorly managed internet-facing asset over the past year. Support zero trust access and contextual authentication, vulnerability, policy, configuration and data management by integrating with identity, security and remote-access tools.

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Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway Routers Patched for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Tenable

The vulnerabilities include: CVE-2019-3914 - Authenticated Remote Command Injection. This vulnerability can be triggered by adding a firewall access control rule for a network object with a crafted hostname. An attacker must be authenticated to the device's administrative web application in order to perform the command injection.