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July 26, 2021
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How to Map Your Digital Footprint: 2021 Guide for Businesses
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How to Map Your Digital Footprint: 2021 Guide for Businesses

One of the best ways of identifying vulnerabilities in your ecosystem is by mapping your digital footprint. Read this post to learn the correct process.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 31, 2021
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CISO Checklist: Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
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CISO Checklist: Vendor Risk Management (VRM)

Vendor Risk Management (VRM) protects your business from third-party breaches and supply chain attacks. This checklist will help you adopt a VRM.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 26, 2021
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What is Wireshark? The Free Network Sniffing Tool
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What is Wireshark? The Free Network Sniffing Tool

If you're looking for a free network analysis tool to troubleshoot errors and discover potential cybercriminal activity, Wireshark may be the best fit.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 21, 2021
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What is UPnP? Yes, it's still dangerous in 2021
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What is UPnP? Yes, it's still dangerous in 2021

If UPnP is currently enabled on your router, you could be at risk of a swathe of cyberattacks. Find out what UPnP is and how to best protect yourself.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 19, 2021

Third-Party Risk Management

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CISO Checklist: Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
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CISO Checklist: Vendor Risk Management (VRM)

Vendor Risk Management (VRM) protects your business from third-party breaches and supply chain attacks. This checklist will help you adopt a VRM.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 26, 2021
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Third-Party Credentials and Vendor Risk: Safeguard Your Applications
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Third-Party Credentials and Vendor Risk: Safeguard Your Applications

Learn how to control access to your third-party credentials, and how they relate to vendor risk.
Kaushik Sen
Kaushik Sen
October 19, 2020
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Why is Third-Party Risk Management important in 2021?
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Why is Third-Party Risk Management important in 2021?

This is a complete overview that outlines why third-party risk management is important. Learn about successful TPRM programs in this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
March 26, 2021
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How to Automate Vendor Risk Management
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How to Automate Vendor Risk Management

Third-party vendors are an important source of strategic advantage, cost savings, and expertise. Yet outsourcing is not without cybersecurity risk.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
August 5, 2020
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Attack Surface Management

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How to Map Your Digital Footprint: 2021 Guide for Businesses
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How to Map Your Digital Footprint: 2021 Guide for Businesses

One of the best ways of identifying vulnerabilities in your ecosystem is by mapping your digital footprint. Read this post to learn the correct process.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 31, 2021
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways

Learn more about these 11 ways to harden the world's most popular open source database against cyber attackers.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 20, 2020
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S3 Security Is Flawed By Design
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S3 Security Is Flawed By Design

There are two design flaws that cause most S3 data breaches. Read why we AWS should separate S3 into two products that clearly separate private and public.
Kaushik Sen
Kaushik Sen
August 5, 2020
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Tripwire vs Varonis
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Tripwire vs Varonis

How does Varonis' platform for file and data security compare to Tripwire's solution for enterprise cyber protection? Read more to find out.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
August 5, 2020
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Cybersecurity

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What is Wireshark? The Free Network Sniffing Tool
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What is Wireshark? The Free Network Sniffing Tool

If you're looking for a free network analysis tool to troubleshoot errors and discover potential cybercriminal activity, Wireshark may be the best fit.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 21, 2021
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What is UPnP? Yes, it's still dangerous in 2021
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What is UPnP? Yes, it's still dangerous in 2021

If UPnP is currently enabled on your router, you could be at risk of a swathe of cyberattacks. Find out what UPnP is and how to best protect yourself.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
July 19, 2021
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What Is Cyber Security? A Thorough Definition
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What Is Cyber Security? A Thorough Definition

Cyber security is the state or process of protecting and recovery computer systems, networks, devices and programs from any type of cyber attack.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
May 17, 2021
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways

Learn more about these 11 ways to harden the world's most popular open source database against cyber attackers.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 20, 2020
All cybersecurity posts

Compliance and Regulations

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What is NIST SP 800-53? Tips for NIST SP 800-53 Compliance
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What is NIST SP 800-53? Tips for NIST SP 800-53 Compliance

NIST Special Publication 800-53 establishes an information security standard for the federal government.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
December 23, 2020
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What is NIST SP 800-171? Tips for NIST SP 800-171 Compliance
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What is NIST SP 800-171? Tips for NIST SP 800-171 Compliance

This is a complete guide to NIST SP 800-171. Learn how to comply with NIST SP 800-171 with this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 1, 2020
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What is the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation? (23 NYCRR 500)
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What is the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation? (23 NYCRR 500)

23 NYCRR 500 is a set of regulations from the NYDFS that places cybersecurity requirements on all financial institutions and financial services companies.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
August 5, 2020
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What is FISMA? FISMA Compliance Requirements
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What is FISMA? FISMA Compliance Requirements

FISMA is a United States federal law that defines a comprehensive framework to protect government information, operations, and assets against threats.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
August 5, 2020
All compliance and regulations posts

Data Breaches

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What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)?
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What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)?

This is a complete overview of data loss prevention (DLP). Learn about DLP best practices in this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
August 5, 2020
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The Amex Partner Data Breach and Downstream Liability
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The Amex Partner Data Breach and Downstream Liability

Learn more about the recent American Express data breach notification and what it means for cardholders worldwide.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
August 5, 2020
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How to Prevent Data Breaches in 2021
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How to Prevent Data Breaches in 2021

Data breaches occur when information security and data security are compromised, resulting in sensitive information being exposed, copied, or stolen.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
July 19, 2021
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What are Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)?
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What are Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)?

Indicators of compromise (IOCs) are pieces of forensic data, such as system log entries, system files or network traffic that identify malicious activity.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 20, 2020
All data breaches posts

DevOps

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Lack of Commitment: 5 Dysfunctions of a DevOps Team
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Lack of Commitment: 5 Dysfunctions of a DevOps Team

A lack of commitment among team members comes from a lack of clarity and buy-in. Great teams make clear and timely decisions and move forward.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
August 5, 2020
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Chef vs Puppet
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Chef vs Puppet

Puppet is like writing configuration files whereas using Chef is like programming the control of your nodes.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
August 5, 2020
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Ansible vs Puppet
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Ansible vs Puppet

Thus tools like Puppet and Ansible are fast becoming essential components for managing a large number of servers.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
August 5, 2020
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What Is Configuration Management and Why Is It Important?
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What Is Configuration Management and Why Is It Important?

Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a system's attributes.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
May 25, 2021
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