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Zero trust and why it matters to the Apple enterprise

Computerworld Vertical IT

Devices were kept in offices, shared the same network, and were protected by antivirus software, firewalls, and software updates. This system wasn’t perfect and became increasingly specialized, with security teams, networking teams, and others all working in different sectors. With mobility, this changed.

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Zero trust and why it matters to the Apple enterprise

ComputerWorld IT Management

Devices were kept in offices, shared the same network, and were protected by antivirus software, firewalls, and software updates. This system wasn’t perfect and became increasingly specialized, with security teams, networking teams, and others all working in different sectors. With mobility, this changed.

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Overcoming the Equation: Security = Friction

CTOvision

We’ve migrated to a userid-password society; as we’ve added layers of security, we password-protect each layer: PC (and now device), network, enclave, application, database, and storage (encryption). However, to use CAC with an Apple iPhone, you need to buy a sled – an iPhone case with integrated card reader.

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‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system

The Verge

Nearly every network security system runs some kind of logging process, which gives popular libraries like log4j an enormous reach. A blog post from application security company LunaSec claimed that gaming platform Steam and Apple’s iCloud had already been found to be vulnerable.

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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

These larger, more destructive DDoS attacks occur when cyberattackers exploit built-in network protocols. As of January 2019, the vast majority of Internet-accessible CoAP devices were located in China and used mobile peer-to-peer networks. Change the default username and passwords for all network devices, especially IoT devices.

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Technology Short Take 136

Scott Lowe

Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Heidi Howard and Ittai Abraham illustrate some of the challenges of the Raft consensus protocol when there is a network partition. Linux may be coming to the Apple M1 chip.

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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

CIO Business Intelligence

But despite those expenditures, there have already been at least 13 major data breaches, including at Apple, Meta and Twitter. For example, he says, web application firewalls don’t only protect applications but cut networking costs by reducing spurious and malicious traffic. to reach more than $188.3 billion this year.

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