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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

CISA refers to any malicious cyber activity from the North Korean government as Hidden Cobra. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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The Three Tenets of Zero Trust Security

SecureWorld News

Back then, much of the cybersecurity discussion might have been around strengthening passwords, updating anti-virus software, and maybe deploying the latest firewalls to protect the enterprise perimeter. This concept is also referred to as least privileged access, and it is another key component of Zero Trust.

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Balancing Resource Sharing in Multi-tenant Architectures with Single-tenant Services

KineticData

Understanding the Landscape In multi-tenant architectures, resources such as computing power, databases, and network resources are shared among various users or clients, referred to here as tenants. This article delves into these challenges, focusing on strategies to ensure security, scalability, and performance in shared environments.

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Overcoming the Equation: Security = Friction

CTOvision

We’re not done yet, though – badges for physical access, PKI, USB keys, SmartCards, soft certs, biometrics, Network Access Control, firewalls, IPS/IDS, SIEM … I could go on and on. Their two-factor authentication solution consists of a unique device ID and the big data pattern associated with it. Userids and passwords are almost free.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO Business Intelligence

All other needs, for example, authentication, encryption, log management, system configuration, would be treated the same—by using the architectural patterns available. Some of them not only can provide strong authentication, but also have the ability to be used as a secret repository.

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PCI Compliance and Network Segmentation

Galido

Information falling under personally identifiable information include the primary account number (PAN), cardholder name, service code, expiration date, and other sensitive card authentication data. Improving data access security will require the implementation of various controls such as encryption methods and firewalls.

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The internet of trusted things

Dataconomy

IoT device security refers to the measures put in place to protect devices connected to the internet from unauthorized access, theft, and damage. These solutions include firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, and security analytics tools. What is IoT device security?