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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This week, we’re discussing secure configurations, and why they matter. Our friends at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) listed “Secure Configurations” as the No. 5 most important security control on this year’s Top 20 hit list. Of course, I need to securely configure my devices.

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User Account Review | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

One of the topics you may not often think of as being all that important to security is user accounts on systems. We spend so much time on other things — like managing firewall rules, system patching , analyzing report data, etc. Check out previous security topics that we’ve covered in this series: Security Awareness Training.

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Microsegmentation – Secure Your Internal Network

CTOvision

The problem is that threat actors are able to get through the castle gates (firewalls) and once in, are able to evade the castle guards (IPS). Since 2000, secure networks have been built by segmenting traffic at the switch port level from server to server, radically limiting east-west traffic. Microsegmentation will fix this.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Evgeniy Kharam

SecureWorld News

My work spanned from Linux and Windows to handling cables; essentially, anything the Navy required, whether below or above water, I was involved. Additionally, I earned my Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification for Windows in 2000 during my military service.

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Using Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

I am a huge fan of password managers because they make my life more secure and easier. They were stored securely online, and we could access them from anywhere. I can access any password from my phone or computer via a secure connection. Plus, by default, the administrator account on Windows computers doesn’t lock out.

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Learn Google Cloud by Doing with New Google Cloud Training!

Linux Academy

From new courses to new labs, we have a ton of exciting new Google Cloud updates at Linux Academy ( where you can get the most Google Cloud training on this planet! ). Practice what you’re learning by spinning up live environments within Linux Academy! Creating Firewall Rules on a Google Cloud VPC Network.

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Secure Chat Conversations

Galido

So there is no need to secure the connection, messages travels in their encrypted form inside the entire pipeline. Most people think that if a website uses a HTTPS connection (especially with the green address bar) then their “typed-in” informations are transmitted and stored securely. This is only partially true.