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Zero Trust

Phil Windley

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. User Authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification (e.g.,

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Hidden Costs of Cybersecurity: Balancing Risk, Complexity & Efficiency

SecureWorld News

These are licenses, hardware, software, infrastructure capacity and bandwidth, backup and restoration, ancillary and monitoring systems, management systems, professional and managed services, and human resources. I ended up with a visual image of an iceberg with apparent costs at the tip and hidden costs beneath the water level.

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Top 15 Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2023

SecureWorld News

CVE-2023-27350 (PaperCut MF/NG): Allows a malicious cyber actor to chain an authentication bypass vulnerability with the abuse of built-in scripting functionality to execute code. CVE-2023-42793 (JetBrains TeamCity): Allows authentication bypass that allows remote code execution against vulnerable JetBrains TeamCity servers.

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The Small Business Guide to Information Security

Galido

One of the best and first things that you should do to ensure information security in your business is to install a firewall. A firewall acts as the first line of defense and will alert you of intrusions. The FCC recommends that all small businesses have some sort of firewall that will set a barrier between crucial data and attackers.

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'Crack' Software Leads to Ryuk Ransomware Attack

SecureWorld News

Someone trying to save a few bucks on a software license triggered a Ryuk ransomware attack against a life sciences research institute. Unfortunately, what the student did next put an end to that protection: "The user disabled Windows Defender—and at the same time appears have also disabled their firewall—and tried again.

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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)

Network World

It can also encompass a constantly growing laundry list of additional features such as firewall as a service (FWaaS), browser isolation, sandboxing, data loss prevention (DLP), and web application firewall (WAF). As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. IDC splits the difference between SASE and SSE.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

For instance, Microsoft provides up to 10 free licenses of Microsoft 365 Business Premium to qualifying nonprofits, which include advanced cybersecurity features. For instance, hardware- or software-based firewalls can monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic and block suspicious activity.