Cloud Security (6)
Cloud-Based Cybersecurity for Financial Services
In his 2019 annual letter to shareholders, J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wrote, “The threat of cybersecurity may very well be the biggest threat to the U.S. financial system.” At the time, J.P. Morgan Chase was spending almost $600 million to defend against cyberattacks after a 2014 breach that affected 76 million households and 7 million
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Internet Gateway Selection Feature on CloudConnexa
You’ve deployed internet gateways. Now, you need a way to route the traffic — securely, from your networks, hosts, groups, and users with the flexibility to control where the exit takes place. This is all possible with Internet Gateway Selection, a new feature of CloudConnexa, that lets you configure how internet traffic is routed from your hosts,
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Types of DNS Attacks and How to Prevent Them
In the cybersecurity world, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), malware, and ransomware get more attention than domain name system (DNS) attacks, but DNS attacks are on the rise.
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Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Industry Regulatory Compliance
Mitigating Cyber Risk Vulnerabilities in the Industry 4.0 Age As the manufacturing industry segued from the first to second to third Industrial Revolutions, regulatory compliance came into being. As we embark on the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, additional regulations are added. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who
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What Businesses Can Learn from The Kaseya Ransomware Attack
Over the Fourth of July weekend, an IT solutions company, Kaseya, was attacked and infected with ransomware. Now, even with the full resources of the United States government to support them, this attack is still affecting thousands of businesses globally. With the perpetrators demanding millions, this attack has the potential to continue a
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How to Fix IP Overlap with OpenVPN Cloud
Multi-cloud networking is the new reality for businesses — and issues that arise from overlapping IP addresses can hold companies back. Thankfully, a feature in CloudConnexa solves the problem by creating unique domain names that are used as routes to the different networks instead of the IP address subnets.
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What the Hafnium Attacks Tell Us About Today’s Ransomware Threat
At the start of March, Microsoft took the unusual step of releasing four “out-of-band” patches to its customers. The reason was simple: it had detected a nation state adversary exploiting the related vulnerabilities in attacks on Exchange email servers. However, this was just the beginning. In just a few days, multiple threat groups had joined in
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Why Nation State Attacks Are Now A Problem For Everyone
In cybersecurity circles, there are a couple of well-worn beliefs about nation state threats. One holds that they are only relevant to a relatively small number of critical infrastructure, defense, and government organizations. The other is that such attackers are so replete with the latest tools, techniques, and resources that it’s pointless for
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Why Open Source Security Really Is More Secure
Facebook. Apple. Capital One. Marriot. Time after time, companies we trust experience data breaches — but it’s the individual customers who suffer. They’re the ones whose personal and even financial data is exposed to the world. It’s only natural, therefore, that in the face of such frequent and growing cyberattacks, people will question what type
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Get the Most Security Out of Your SaaS Tools
These days, almost every business uses SaaS tools on a regular basis. Accessible from any device with an internet connection and a web browser, ‘software-as-a-service’ tools are especially useful for businesses with remote teams. They scale well, which makes them excellent for startups who want to be able to keep the same tool through all stages
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