TAP Into Technology Blog: IT Security (6)
Firewall Primer: Best Practices for Avoiding Downtime
Firewalls are the most recognized security tool for safeguarding your network and are a critical component of any security infrastructure. Firewalls are considered the gatekeeper for most network security architectures, allowing only...
How to Defend Against DDoS Attacks and Network Downtime
Somedays, it feels like the whole internet is slowing down, or like the critical applications you use on a day-to-day basis aren’t responding. Sometimes, that feeling isn’t just you (or the result of your slow computer). Instead, it’s the...
7 Threat Hunting Best Practices to Keep Your Network Secure
Threat hunting is one of the few IT terms I've come across that probably sounds cool to people who aren't engineers. But cyber threat hunting is more than just an industry buzzword—or an edgy-sounding skill to add to your resume. It's also...
Why Cybersecurity Relies on Redundancy to Ensure Network Availability
Today, 50% of large enterprises are spending over $1 million annually on cybersecurity.1 The worldwide information security market is forecast to reach over $170 billion by 2022, as enterprises are making huge investments when it comes to...
IDS vs IPS Go-to Tools for Modern Security Stacks
As new threats emerge every day, the risks companies face not properly securing network data is growing more widespread and costly than ever. 15% of data breaches involve Healthcare organizations, 10% in the Financial industry and 16% in...
Adapting to New Security Demands at the Edge
In Part 1 of this “Master the Edge of the Network” series, we talked about the key networking factors you have to consider managing the edge of the network to gain these edge computing benefits. But edge computing isn’t without challenges....