Cybersecurity
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 18, 2024
How Does Amazon Handle Cybersecurity?
Millions of people will make online purchases during Prime Day, but how does Amazon protect those transactions from the myriad threats online?
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
June 30, 2025
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 3, 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 18, 2024
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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UpGuard Team
December 1, 2025
Inside Salesforce.com's $20 Million Dollar Firmware Bug
Learn about the outage at the world's largest business SaaS provider and what it means for businesses reliant on today's leading cloud services
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 18, 2024
What is Biometrics?
Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations, and human characteristics.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 26, 2025
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
What is the CIA Triad?
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability (the CIA triad) is a security model that guides information security policies within organizations.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 27, 2025
SIEM vs. IDS: What is the Difference?
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are core components of data security. But how are they different?
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 7, 2025
What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed?
IP attribution is the attempt to identify a device ID or individual responsible for a cyber attack or malware based on the origin of a network packet.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
July 3, 2025
FireEye vs Fortinet for Continuous Security
FireEye vs Fortinet: Which one has the right products for your company's continuous security monitoring? We compared these products for you.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 18, 2024
11 Steps to Secure SQL in 2025
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
June 30, 2025
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 7, 2025
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