In this post, we have explained why we should have network monitoring software in our network, and in this post, you have learned how these software work. Now we are going to examine one of the most popular network monitoring software: Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor. SolarWinds is one of the world’s leading producers of IT [...]
GLBA provides limited privacy protections against the sale of your private financial information. Additionally, the GLBA codifies protections against pretexting, the practice of obtaining personal information through false pretenses. The primary concern of GLBA is to ensure the confidentiality of customers' personally identifiable information (PII) and financial information by following certain privacy and security standards. [...]
First of all, we recommend that you read our other post entitled "TCP/UDP Ports". But, what are free port scanner tools? A port scan learns which ports on a router or firewall are open, and can use this information to find a computer system’s potential weaknesses. A port-scanner tool asks about each port, one at [...]
We, as individuals or organizations, often need to securely transfer files over the Internet to another person or organization on the Internet. In this post, we will try to get acquainted with the common solutions for this purpose and examine these file transfer methods from a security point of view. Sending a file over the [...]
Data encryption translates data into another form, or code, so that only people with access to a decryption key or password can read it. Today, encryption is widely used on the internal networks and internet to ensure the sanctity of user information (such as payment data or personal information) that's sent between a browser and a [...]
Intrusion detection is the process of monitoring the events occurring in network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents, violations, or imminent threats to security policies. These security measures are available as intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS). At result, IDS and IPS are both parts of the network infrastructure. IDS and [...]
This post is dedicated to malware removal. In this post we are going to tell you how you can find out that your computer has been the victim of malware. Then learn what to do if malware is on your computer. Finally, we have some important security solutions for you that if you use them, [...]
Spoofing attacks are deliberately falsified to mislead and appear to be from a legitimate source. For example, spoofed phone numbers making mass robo-calls; spoofed emails sending mass spam; forged websites used to mislead and gather personal information. Spoofing can be used to gain access to a target’s personal information, spread malware through infected links or [...]
Previously; We wrote an article as “All Things about Firewalls" earlier. Now, we want to discuss more about hardware firewalls. A hardware firewall is a physical device similar to a server that filters traffic to a computer. Hardware firewall has processor, memory, and sophisticated software, powerful networking components (hardware and software) and force all traffic [...]