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Browser Isolation: The Missing Piece in Your Security Puzzle

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However, conventional solutions such as antivirus, firewalls, and other detection and blocking tools can only offer a limited level of security. In the event of a web attack, the user's local device will stay protected, but the company's local systems may be threatened. First, compatibility is crucial.

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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Dataconomy

This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall. The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of the cyber west

Dataconomy

The organization’s security team then works to implement these recommendations, which may involve patching software, configuring firewalls, or implementing additional security controls. Familiarize yourself with operating systems Get comfortable with different operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

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Ensure that your network and devices are protected by up-to-date antivirus and firewall software. Additionally, regularly update your software and operating systems with the latest security patches to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities. Enable firewalls to prevent unauthorized access to your network.

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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Sayli Karmarkar and Vinay Shah of Netflix describe Winston , “an event-driven diagnostic and remediation platform.” Basically, in a nutshell, Winston executes runbooks of automation code in response to events.

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Technology Short Take #50

Scott Lowe

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Technology Short Take #66

Scott Lowe

In the event you’re interested in an idea of how much latency the use of in-kernel hypervisor firewalling (such as that offered by VMware NSX) adds, have a look at this article by Sean Howard. Operating Systems/Applications. It’s a good post, well worth reading (in my opinion). Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around.

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