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Software Firewalls

Tech20202020-09-10T13:35:37+00:00Categories: Anti-malware & Firewalls, Network Security|Tags: Anti-malware, Comodo, cyber security, Firewall, GlassWire, IDS, intrusion prevention systems, IPS, Kerio Control, Malware, Network Monitoring, Network Security, Next-Generation Firewall, Phishing Attack, Software Firewalls, SolarWinds, TinyWall, VPN, ZoneAlarm|

You know that firewalls exist in both as software and as hardware devices. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. In general, the use of software firewalls for home use, personal use and small businesses is recommended, as well as the use of hardware firewalls for medium and large businesses. To read: All things about firewall [...]

Network Monitoring Tools: Veaam ONE

Tech20202020-09-26T09:04:00+00:00Categories: Network Monitoring, Network Security|Tags: cyber crime, cyber security, CyberSecurity, Data monitoring, Data Protection, Information security, Intelligent Diagnostics, Network Monitoring, Network Security, Veaam ONE|

So far, we have introduced and reviewed several software packages for network monitoring in our posts. In this post, we are going to discuss another powerful software package: Veeam ONE. Veeam ONE, part of Veeam Availability Suite, provides comprehensive monitoring and analytics for your backup, virtual and physical environments. Veeam ONE enables real-time monitoring, business [...]

Basics of Network Security

Tech20202020-08-14T07:15:24+00:00Categories: Network Security|Tags: Anti-malware, cisco, CISSP-Course, Cyber Attacks, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberSecurity, E-mail Encryption, e-mail security, Encryption, endpoint security, Firewall, IDS, intrusion prevention systems, IPS, Malware, mobile security, Network Attacks, Network Monitoring, Network Security, Penetration Testing, web security, wireless security|

It is essential for all organizations to protect their networks. With hackers increasing and becoming smarter day by day, the need to utilize network security tool becomes more and more impotent. Network security is any activity designed to protect the usability and integrity of network and data. In fact, network security is a term used [...]

IT Security Baselines

Tech20202020-10-19T08:01:55+00:00Categories: Microsoft, Network Security|Tags: administrative accounts, Anti-malware, Authentication, backup, cisco, Cryptography, Encryption, Firewall, Hardening Baselines, IT Security Baselines, Malware, Microsoft, Network Monitoring, Password, Password protection, PCI DSS, Physical Server, Security Checklist, service account, virtual machine, VM, Windows Server, Wireless Security Baselines|

All organizations are need to keep their apps and devices secure. These apps/ devices must be compliant with the security baselines defined by the organization. A security configuration checklist (lockdown or hardening guide or benchmark) is form a series of instructions for configuring a product to a particular security baseline. IT security checklists are helpful to [...]

NIST SP 800-50

Tech20202020-09-26T06:33:11+00:00Categories: Network Administration, Network Security, Standards and Agreements|Tags: And Education, Components: Awareness, cyber security, Designing an Awareness and Training Program, Developing Awareness and Training Material, Firewall, HIPAA, Implementing the Awareness and Training Program, ITAR compliance, Malware, Network Monitoring, Network Security, NIST, NIST SP 800-50, Post-Implementation, SOX, Training|

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. This Institute develops technology, metrics, and standards to drive innovation and economic competitiveness at U.S.-based organizations in the science and technology industry. For example, one of NIST’s roles is to develop guidelines on how companies can [...]

NIST SP 800–53A

Tech20202020-09-02T05:40:04+00:00Categories: Network Administration, Network Security, Standards and Agreements|Tags: Analyzing assessment, Assessment, cyber security, Network Monitoring, Network Security, NIST, NIST SP 800–53A, Privacy|

Our previous post was about NIST SP 800-137. In this post, we are going to review NIST SP 800-53A. NIST SP 800-53 is shorthand for the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organization. NIST SP 800-53 is a set of standards and guidelines [...]

What’s ISCM? (NIST SP 800-137)

Tech20202020-09-02T05:40:16+00:00Categories: Network Administration, Network Security, Standards and Agreements|Tags: Business Continuity, Business Continuity Plan, cyber security, disaster recovery, HIPAA, ISCM, ITAR compliance, Network Monitoring, Network Security, NIST, NIST SP 800-137, SOX Compliance|

First of all, it's better to talk about what NIST is and why the content published by NIST is important. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. This Institute develops technology, metrics, and standards to drive innovation and economic competitiveness at U.S.-based organizations [...]

NetFlow

Tech20202020-07-15T08:30:05+00:00Categories: Network Security|Tags: Application and user profiling, Capacity planning, Cflow, Identifying security anomalies, J-Flow, Juniper Flow Monitoring, ManageEngin, NetFlow, NetFlow packets, Network data mining, Network fault troubleshooting, Network Monitoring, Rflow, Security analysis, Sflow, SolarWinds, Validation of QoS parameters|

NetFlow is a feature that was introduced on Cisco routers around 1996 that provides the ability to collect IP network traffic as it enters or exits an interface. For example, NetFlow captures the timestamp of a flow’s first and last packets (and hence its duration), the total number of bytes and packets exchanged, a summary [...]

ManageEngine ADAudit

Tech20202020-09-24T11:34:03+00:00Categories: Microsoft, Network Administration, Network Security|Tags: Active Directory, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberSecurity, Domain Controller, FISMA, GDPR, GLBA, HIPAA, ManageEngine ADAudit, Microsoft Windows, Network Monitoring, Network Security, PCI DSS, SOX, Syslog, Windows Server|

In this post, we'll take a look at ManageEngine ADAudit to help you understand the different aspects of this network product. You can use ManageEngine ADAudit to ensure critical resources in the network like the Domain Controllers are audited, monitored and reported with the entire information on AD objects (like Users, Groups, GPOs, Computers, OUs, etc.). [...]