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18 Jul 2019

Minimizing Risks Using Incident Management

The incident-response preparation phase is an ongoing process that should strategize risk management by minimizing legal, operational, and reputational risk. When multiple attacks hit an organization’s network, data and infrastructure...

16 Jul 2019

Implementation of EMV Chip Cards to Improve Cybersecurity

Financial institutions have been and continue to be one of the favorite targets for criminals across centuries because they are the direct sources of money and perhaps the main first...

14 Jul 2019

IoT in Healthcare – Is Security Still a Priority?

St. John Sepis Agent, DocBox, and the identification of environmental factors affecting babies in hospitals are three recent and classic illustrations to demonstrate the impact of IoT in the healthcare...

12 Jul 2019

Best Practices for Effective Incident Handling in an Organization

As organizations are adopting new ways to contain the increasing volume of cybersecurity threats and attacks, incident handling has become one of the prominent solutions. It is the process of...

10 Jul 2019

Malvertising: What It Is and How to Avoid It

What is Malvertising? Malvertising is the act of using online ads to make your computer vulnerable. It is often confused with adware as both attacks use ads to infect the user’s computer. The primary difference between the two is...

09 Jul 2019

Most Common Cyber Vulnerabilities Part 5 (Security Misconfiguration)

The last part of the “most common cyber vulnerabilities” series covers “security misconfiguration,” a dangerous and insidious vulnerability that can have a catastrophic impact, if not mitigated properly. The earlier parts of the series deal with other fatal security vulnerabilities—injection flaws, buffer overflows, sensitive data...

08 Jul 2019

Creating Cybersecurity Leaders for 2020 and Beyond: EC-Council’s Certified Chief Information Security Officer

EC-Council raises the bar again for information security leadership training and certification programs with the Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO) v3 program, bringing in experience and innovation to train...

07 Jul 2019

Penetration Testing: More Than Just a Compliance

Cyberattacks are multiplying in complexity and quantity with cybercriminals actively introducing new and sophisticated forms of attacks every day. Modern businesses require something beyond antivirus and firewall, which can test their resistance to...

06 Jul 2019

7 of the Biggest Network Security Threats to Your Business

When your business is connected to the Internet, LAN, or other methods, then the most crucial aspect for your business success and security is network security. A stable and secure network security system helps businesses from falling victim to data...

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