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How to minimize remote access cyber security threats in 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud is the dominant attack surface through which these critical exposures are accessed, due to its operational efficiency and pervasiveness across industries. Organizations across all industries can benefit from secure practices to limit their remote access exposures. Address cloud misconfigurations head-on.

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Safeguarding your digital ecosystem: effective strategies to detect and mitigate API abuse

CIO Business Intelligence

Strategy 1: Implement strong authentication and authorization mechanisms Enforcing robust authentication and authorization mechanisms is a fundamental step in preventing API abuse. Utilize industry-standard protocols like OAuth 2.0 to handle authorization securely and avoid relying solely on simple API keys.

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CIOs Look For Ways To Fool Hackers

The Accidental Successful CIO

This new method doesn’t attempt to bar intruders from getting in, like firewalls do. The way to deal with this issue is to couple a deception system with more traditional defenses like firewalls, encryption, anti-malware solutions and authentication systems. CIOs have to realize that attackers are both agile and fast.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO Business Intelligence

Events, Media and Entertainment Industry, Security As learned from recent cyberattacks, user education has become a critical component to protecting against these threats as well. It’s already pretty good at helping with math homework. Don’t miss out – register now for the CSO50 Conference + Awards , happening October 2-4.

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Four of the Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019

Galido

Perhaps not surprisingly, banks, insurance companies, and other financial-service firms are 300 times more likely to suffer from a cyber-attack than other industries. What caused the security failure is not yet known, but the exposed documents were viewable to anyone without the need for authentication. First American Financial Corp.

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A CISO POV: Securing AI in your company

CIO Business Intelligence

Firewall capability for AI security: Enhance security measures by providing firewall capabilities to safeguard against potential AI-related vulnerabilities. The benefits of AI for some industries will drive major strategy changes, and the impact will be vast. Embrace AI—it’s here! What areas or functions are using AI today?

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The Small Business Guide to Information Security

Galido

One of the best and first things that you should do to ensure information security in your business is to install a firewall. A firewall acts as the first line of defense and will alert you of intrusions. The FCC recommends that all small businesses have some sort of firewall that will set a barrier between crucial data and attackers.