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Data Security and Cloud Computing
5 critical steps to creating an effective incident response plan
With cyberthreats and security incidents growing by the day, every organization needs a solid plan for mitigating threats. Here's how to create yours. Continue Reading
How to build an incident response team for your organization
The time to organize and train an IR team is long before a security incident occurs. Learn the practical steps needed to create an effective, cross-functional team. Continue Reading
Incident response tools: How, when and why to use them
The OODA loop can help organizations throughout the entire incident response process by giving them insight into which tools they need to detect and respond to security events. Continue Reading
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Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents need holistic plans
Every organization needs strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents, but what areas should the strategies address? Find out what experts suggest to protect the entire organization. Continue Reading
Top 5 incident response interview questions
Job interviews are always nerve-wracking. But you can prepare now by honing your responses to the most likely interview questions for an incident response position. Continue Reading
Ultimate guide to incident response and management
Learn actionable incident response strategies that your IT and enterprise security teams can use to meet today's security threats and vulnerabilities more effectively.Continue Reading
Incident response: How to implement a communication plan
Communication is critical to an effective incident response plan. Here are five best practices an organization can use to gather and share information.Continue Reading
Words to go: Identity and access management security
IT pros must keep up to date with rapidly changing identity technology and access threats. Help protect IAM security by getting familiar with this list of foundation terms.Continue Reading
virus (computer virus)
A computer virus is malicious code that replicates by copying itself to another program, computer boot sector or document and changes how a computer works.Continue Reading
Why user identity management is a security essential
Who's on your network and accessing your data? IT security teams must be able to answer these questions. A strong identity management strategy will help.Continue Reading
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Words to go: Email phishing security
IT teams must take precautionary measures to address cybersecurity awareness, particularly when it comes to email. Refer to this list of email security terms to mitigate risks.Continue Reading
phishing
Phishing is a form of fraud in which an attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person in email or other communication channels.Continue Reading
Biometric authentication terms to know
Consumers are on board with biometric authentication, but enterprises aren't so sure. Here's a breakdown of the must-know terms for companies considering biometric authentication.Continue Reading
privilege creep
Privilege creep is the gradual accumulation of access rights beyond what an individual needs to do his job. In IT, a privilege is an identified right that a particular end user has to a particular system resource, such as a file folder.Continue Reading
BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708)
BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) is a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop (RDP) protocol that affects Windows 7, Windows XP, Server 2003 and 2008.Continue Reading