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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

Nonprofits often juggle tight budgets and unique operational demands, making it even more difficult to keep sensitive information safe—but here's the thing: you don't need a fortune to build a strong defense against the possible cyber threats out there. Battling cybersecurity threats can often feel like an uphill struggle.

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How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty

CIO Business Intelligence

Today, security, networking, and IT teams are faced with reduced headcount, shrinking budgets, and the very real need to do more with less. Saving money is a top priority for many organizations, particularly during periods of economic uncertainty. That means adding more appliances.

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Industry-Specific Cybersecurity: Why General Measures Aren't Enough

SecureWorld News

It was once the case that the majority of businesses could rely on a good firewall and antivirus solution. Indeed, while antivirus and firewall software do still play an important role in cybersecurity, they are not enough on their own. This will provide you with the information you need to create a realistic budget.".

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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, he says, web application firewalls don’t only protect applications but cut networking costs by reducing spurious and malicious traffic. For example, he uses the Titaniam encryption engine to support several data protection use cases, as well as security tools provided by cloud providers such as Amazon and Microsoft. “We

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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. How much of this usage is part of ‘approved and budgeted’ corporate policy and programs? That is a great question, and there’s a lot to unpack in answering it.

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How can such a small file do so much damage?

Dataconomy

For example, a zip bomb file that is only a few kilobytes in size can expand to hundreds of gigabytes or even terabytes when decompressed. For example, a recursive zip bomb might contain a zip file containing another zip file, and so on. For example, a non-recursive zip bomb that can expand to 1TB can be as small as 10MB.

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The AI continuum

CIO Business Intelligence

AI’s broad applicability and the popularity of LLMs like ChatGPT have IT leaders asking: Which AI innovations can deliver business value to our organization without devouring my entire technology budget? Here is some guidance. Financially, it was impractical to deploy the model on GPU-based cloud infrastructure.

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