
Cybersecurity: Risks and Remedies
Struggles and Solutions for Businesses and their Cybersecurity Policies
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Struggles and Solutions for Businesses and their Cybersecurity Policies
Security scanning of critical devices should be standard practice on networks, but what about other devices such as TAPs, Network Packet Brokers (NPB) and Bypass switches?
On March 4th, 2021, the Infosec and compliance firm Qualys, a member of the Forbes 100 and a provider of security auditing services to over 10,000 customers globally, experienced an attack by a Clop Ransomware zero-day exploit target affecting the Accellion FTA server – a legacy file transfer technology. Many other companies were also targeted, but Qualys has stated that no ransomware was installed in their system, nor was there any request for payment received.
Bring your own device (BYOD) makes healthcare network and information security more difficult to maintain. Implementing a dynamic, strong security system can assist with HIPAA compliance and compensate for the challenges brought about by BYOD.
Electronic surveillance is a vital tool for State and Federal law enforcement, regulatory agencies, the Intelligence community, and a broad array of other government entities. Find out how network taps enable and improve network surveillance.
While data encryption should still be a critical part of your network security protocol, it cannot be your only form of protection
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Network Taps are a crucial part of the tool kit used by engineers responsible for network security, performance, and capacity management. Taps are robust devices that rarely ever exhibit issues, but as with any network equipment – it may occasionally be necessary to troubleshoot them. In some cases this is an inherent part of a multi-layered process of elimination, but in certain circumstances the process might begin with the Tap itself. The following procedures are presented with Datacom Systems fiber Taps* in mind, but the general principles are applicable to all brands of Taps.
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