The Domain Name System (DNS) vies with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for the title of “Achilles heel of the internet.” If you want to take down large swathes of the internet in a single event, DNS and/or BGP are how you’d go about it. Over the past few decades, there have been innumerable security … Read moreThe Worst DNS Attacks
A security log keeps a digital record of all your server activity and can provide an IT security admin a centralized view to better log and track who has made what changes, as well as if there are any issues with the data. A security log can be crucial to your company. For some, a … Read moreSecurity Logging Best Practices for Retention and Monitoring
Websites and applications all need to interact with their users, which means users must have some way to input data, whether it’s a text box on a website or a form within an application. When this kind of input data is directly turned into a SQL query, the program or website allowing the input can … Read moreWhat Is SQL Injection? Tips to Prevent SQL Injections in 2019
DNS, the old standby of name resolution protocols, has been with us for a long time and will be for a long time to come. But like any “old standby” protocol, DNS has some imperfections. Like many early internet protocols, DNS was designed with an almost total lack of security. Finding an IP address via … Read moreDNS Over HTTPS: Why, How, When, and What Is It, Exactly?
SIEM solutions are a crucial part of log management and comprehensive security. For businesses looking to add to or upgrade their solutions, here is the best SIEM tools list for 2019. Security information and event management, or SIEM, provides insights into a corporate IT environment through functions like log management and security information management. Just … Read more10 Best SIEM Tools in 2019
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly becoming a problem for global companies that have a significant portion of their business online. Knowing how to stop a DDoS attack is vitally important, especially considering that it can cost a business significantly in lost revenue. This might mean employing protection tools — my personal pick is Security … Read moreHow to Stop, Prevent, and Protect Yourself from a DDoS Attack in 2019
SAP security is a technical module that works within SAP systems to allow access where it’s needed and prevent access where it’s not. Establishing good internal security and access processes is a vital part of helping ensure your SAP system is protected and will function well. Protecting against external threats is important, but internal threats … Read moreIntroduction to SAP: Everything Beginners Need to Know about SAP Security
The multi-cloud approach to modern IT means workloads—whether virtual machines, containers, or minimal applications—can be located on any one of multiple independent infrastructures; whether running simultaneously for fault-tolerance or when being moved between these. In a modern IT deployment, workloads can (and will) regularly move between cloud and onsite deployments, whether for price, maintenance, latency, or … Read moreExploring the Use of DNS in Multi-Cloud Environments
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), one of the most rigorous pieces of privacy legislation to date, has become almost synonymous with data privacy. This is partly due to its broad scope. The GDPR applies to any organization collecting and processing the data of an EU citizen—even if the organization isn’t based in … Read moreDNS, Regulatory Compliance, and You
It can be incredibly frustrating when you finally finish a large project and attempt to send your file to your boss, colleague, friend, or supervisor, just to be told the file is too large to send. What’s more, many workarounds may not offer appropriate security measures to protect your files. There are different, more convenient, … Read moreBest Ways to Transfer Large Files in 2019