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11 Ways to Prevent Supply Chain Attacks in 2025 (Highly Effective)

Supply chain attacks are on the rise. Follow these prevention tips to avoid falling victim to these devastating breaches.
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Third-Party Risk Management

Honeytokens as a Defense Against Supply Chain Attacks

Supply chain attacks are on the rise but their attempts could be detected with Honeytokens. Learn how to implement them into your cybersecurity.
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Data Breaches

Zero Trust as a Defence Against Supply Chain Attacks

A Zero Trust Architecture is one of the most effective defenses against Supply Chain attacks. Learn how to implement this framework in 7 steps.
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Attack Surface Management
Cybersecurity

What is SQL Injection?

An SQL injection is a technique for the “injection” of SQL commands by attackers to access and manipulate databases.
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Cybersecurity
Attack Surface Management

What is Information Risk Management?

Information Risk Management or IRM, is a form of risk mitigation through policies, procedures, and technology that reduces the threat of cyber attacks.
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Top 10 Windows 7 Vulnerabilities And Remediation Tips

Learn more about these top 10 vulnerabilities lurking in the world's most popular operating system by market share.
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Cybersecurity

Metasploit vs Nmap for Ethical Hacking

Which pen testing tool is better for discovering your organization's network and infrastructure security gaps? Find out in this comparison.
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Cybersecurity

What is Domain Hijacking?

Domain hijacking is the act of changing the registration of a domain name without the permission of the original owner, or by abuse of privileges.
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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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Cybersecurity

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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Attack Surface Management

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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Cybersecurity

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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Cybersecurity

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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Cybersecurity

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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Attack Surface Management

How to Create a Secure Password in 2025: 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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Cybersecurity

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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