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We Need A National Cybersecurity Strategy That Everyone Can Implement

CTOvision

A quick search on the Internet will reveal many national cybersecurity initiatives. So here’s three things the nation can do to make it less vulnerable to cyber attacks: 1/ Implement 2-Factor Authentication. Basic: Implementing two-factor authentication is the simplest mitigation against credential theft.

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Four of the Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019

Galido

Before the internet, businesses worried about breaches like dodgy accountants stealing money. What caused the security failure is not yet known, but the exposed documents were viewable to anyone without the need for authentication. In March, a hacker accessed credit card applications from Capital One. The Westpac/PayID Breach.

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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Restrict users' ability (permissions) to install and run unwanted software applications. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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A COE for Zero Trust

SecureWorld News

That is, our primary security controls of firewalls, intrusion prevention, network segmentation, and wired network security are no longer the primary method to manage technology in a COE. Dynamic authentication and authorization are strictly enforced before granting access to any resource.

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Inside the Complex Universe of Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

The cloud has become the de facto cornerstone for delivery of digital application services. Role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and adherence to standard screening checklists are essential to securing the cloud environment. Another major trend necessitating a holistic governance process is cloud security.

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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

The FBI has been tracking these attacks for two years: In December 2018, cyber actors started abusing the multicast and command transmission features of the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) to conduct DDoS reflection and amplification attacks, resulting in an amplification factor of 34.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s not as simple as just extending traditional firewall capabilities to the cloud. Zscaler’s zero trust-based architecture to secure workload in the public cloud With Zscaler Workload Communication, you can: Eliminate Lateral Movement Zscaler zero trust architecture ensures least-privileged access for cloud workloads and applications.

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