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CloudConnexa Offers Low-Cost Secure Connectivity for Startups
OpenVPN understands startups are a labor of love — with limited resources. No matter how lean you run, you still need secure connectivity to your network, apps (SaaS, on-prem, private), and devices. Cybercriminals don’t care about business size; large companies and small businesses face the same security risks and potential for cyber attacks.
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Now Available — Access Server 2.11.0 Update
The latest release of OpenVPN Access Server supports identity federation with SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). You can now use a third-party SAML IdP to 1) establish SSO access to the client portal, and 2) authenticate prior to VPN connection.
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Forget IT Security: Why OT Systems Could Be Your Biggest Cyber Risk
Operational technology (OT) doesn’t get a lot of airtime in the cybersecurity industry. But cyberattacks targeting these systems have the potential to cause havoc with the critical national infrastructure (CNI) that relies on them to operate.
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Why VPNs and Zero Trust Network Access Are Not Mutually Exclusive
There are some voices within the IT and cybersecurity communities that insist VPNs are outdated, insecure, and insufficient for the network security demands facing today’s businesses. They instead advocate for zero trust network access (ZTNA) as the silver bullet for every IT and cybersecurity professional’s secure remote access woes. Theirs is a
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Capital One Breach Shines Light on Cloud Security Risks, Human Error, and Insider Threats
On June 17, 2022, a former Amazon Web Services (AWS) employee was convicted of seven federal crimes related to her hacking of Capital One. This massive cloud data breach and crypto-mining incident stands out not just for the number of records breached but also for the nature of the attack. Misconfiguration in cloud environments is on the rise —
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Cybersecurity for HIPAA Compliance
OpenVPN Cloud is now CloudConnexa® — learn more here.
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SOX Cybersecurity Compliance
Implementing Security Controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Requirements The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is a federal act passed in 2002 following financial scandals at Enron Corp., Tyco International, and WorldCom. The fallout from these events led Congress to strengthen disclosure and auditing requirements for public companies to restore investor
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What is LDAP?
The Directory Access Protocol (DAP) is a protocol for accessing information in a directory service based on the X.500 recommendations. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), as the name implies, is a lightweight, vendor-neutral version of DAP.
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3 Current Phishing Techniques That Put Your Business at Risk
Phishing is a perennial cyber risk for businesses and organizations of every size, in every industry. It’s a popular social engineering method designed to fool recipients into clicking malicious links, providing hackers access to their networks, or divulging Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or sensitive company data like credentials or
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Why Faster Ransomware Means Defenders Must Shift Left on the Cyber Kill Chain
We all know ransomware is among the top threats facing today’s organizations. Whether you’re a provider of critical national infrastructure or a regular SMB, there’s increasingly nowhere to hide. The advent of ransomware-as-a-service and the affiliate model has led to an explosion in the number of threat groups out there successfully monetizing
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