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 [...]
Why is it recommended to use password managers? These days, every new website and application we sign up for is another password we have to remember. In fact, the number of passwords we need to remember is so high that we may forget all or part of them. If we write down passwords in a [...]
Remote access is the ability to access your computer from a remote location. In fact, Remote access is simply the ability to access a computer or network, at home or in an office, from a remote location. Remote access connection allows users to access a network or computer remotely via an internet connection or telecommunications. [...]
Social engineering attacks are more prevalent than most people think. The reason for their prevalence is that they are relatively easy to implement. Social engineering is the term used for a broad range of malicious activities accomplished through human interactions. People are weakest link in the security chain, and in recent years hackers have be [...]
This post provides some information on the concept of security, the concept of security in the network, the concept of security threats and their types. Security Risk A computer security risk is the potential for loss, damage or destruction of an asset as a result of a threat exploiting a vulnerability. In other [...]
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. There is another definition for this attack. We can say Phishing is the fraudulent use of electronic communications to deceive and take advantage of users. Phishing attacks attempt to gain sensitive, confidential information such as usernames, [...]
A network firewall is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic. Firewalls are a first line of defense in network security. Firewall purpose is to establish a barrier between your internal network and incoming traffic from external sources (such as the internet) in order to block malicious traffic like viruses and [...]
How an organization responds to a cyber security incident or any other event that causes the loss of operations or data. We have provided detailed training on these two topics in the CISSP Training Course. In recent years, Disaster Recovery, and business continuity have more important role in enterprise computing budgets. Disaster recovery is the [...]
Cyber security is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. It's also known as information technology security or electronic information security. Cyber-attacks are often aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information. Final goal of these attacks is extorting money from users, or interrupting normal business processes in organizations, governments and [...]