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3 Necessities Your IT Department Should Have

Strategy Driven

Cloud Backup. It is also crucial to have a constant backup to refer to, mainly if system failures occur. Since your IT officers in your business have to deal with large networks and several branches of reports, analytics, and operations, having the software is necessary to maintain the systems’ smooth running.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tips for cloud configs, MSP vetting, CISO board presentations

Tenable

Enter the Executive Security Action Forum, an RSA Conference community of security executives from Fortune 1000 companies, which just released a report to help CISOs improve their board presentations. Source: RSA Conference's “What Top CISOs Include in Updates to the Board" report, October 2022). Keep data backups offline.

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AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

You can classify a binary file into categories like legitimate software, adware, ransomware, and spyware. This can help protect organizations even before vulnerabilities are officially reported and patched. Classification involves taking artifacts, and classifying them into one of several labels. The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

As per the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, over 80 percent of hacking-related breaches involve brute force or the use of lost or stolen credentials. Malware – short for malicious software, is a term used to represent computer viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, adware, spyware, etc. The Threat: Malware.

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Endpoint Protection: Why It’s Important, How It Works & What To Consider

Kaseya

Furthermore, to make it easier for companies to manage multiple security components from one place, EPP platforms come equipped with vulnerability and patch management, configuration management, disk and encryption facilities, and backup and disaster recovery features to name a few. Endpoint protection vs. antivirus programs.

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

The infection can take the form of a virus, Trojan horse, worm, spyware, adware, rootkit or other malware like ransomware. By collecting their own threat intelligence, AI solutions adjust protection more quickly because they don’t rely on threat reports to detect the vulnerabilities that create opportunities for zero-day attacks.

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Attack Vectors: How They Can Harm Your Company

Kaseya

IBM’s Cost of Data Breach report 2021 found that costs of breaches were significantly lower for some companies with a more mature security posture and higher for companies lagging in areas such as security AI and automation, zero-trust and cloud security. . Cloud and Device Misconfiguration. Malicious Insiders.

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