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Attack Surface Management
FireEye vs Palo Alto Networks WildFire
Next-generation security solutions like FireEye and WildFire are tapping into the cloud to combat sophisticated threats. Learn more about them here.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
December 9, 2025
The Email Security Checklist
This 13 step checklist will protect your users, your email servers and your reputation against the most common types of attacks on the internet.
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UpGuard Team
July 8, 2025
What is Access Control? The Essential Cybersecurity Practice
Learn about the importance of access control and how to use it to secure your sensitive business information.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
June 24, 2025
How to To Harden MS SQL Server 2008: 11 Ways
Learn more about these 11 essential hardening tactics for improving SQL Server 2008's security posture.
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UpGuard Team
November 19, 2024
IT Security Risk Assessment Methodology: Qualitative vs Quantitative
Formulating an IT security risk assessment methodology is a key part of building a robust information security risk management program.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
July 4, 2025
Cylance vs Tanium for Endpoint Protection and Security
Can Cylance's AI-powered threat protection beat out Tanium's 15-second visibility and control? Find out in this comparison.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
How to Create a Secure Password in 2026: The Password Security Checklist
Learn how to create a secure password and keep your passwords secure with this in-depth guide.
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UpGuard Team
January 5, 2026
IIS Security: How to Harden a Windows IIS Web Server in 10 Steps
Your website cannot be secure unless you take security measures to protect your Microsoft IIS web server from security breaches.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 5, 2025
Typosquatting Explained with Real-World Examples
Learn more about typosquatting, what it is, how it works, and how to protect your business. Explore legal strategies, tools, and real-world examples here.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
December 1, 2025
11 Steps to Secure SQL in 2026
Cover your back-end with these 11 steps to improve security for MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server and protect your data against most common threats.
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Kaushik Sen
January 5, 2026
What Are Cloud Leaks?
Cloud leaks are a unique risk facing businesses that store data in the cloud or use vendors who do. And they're caused by misconfigurations, not hackers.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
July 8, 2025
What is Defense in Depth?
Defense in depth is a cyber security strategy that uses a series of layered, redundant defensive measures to protect sensitive data, PII and other assets.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 30, 2025
What is Digital Resilience?
Digital resilience isn't another word for cybersecurity and isn't limited to IT, it's a greater understanding by stakeholders throughout an organization.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 30, 2025
How to Fix the Top 10 Windows 10 Vulnerabilities [Infographic]
Learn how to fix the top 10 security vulnerabilities and exploits on Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system and prevent your systems from being exploited.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 7, 2025
What is a Whaling Attack?
This is a complete overview of whaling attacks. Learn about common whaling attacks and how to prevent them in this in-depth post.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
December 10, 2025
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.
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UpGuard Team
June 26, 2025
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