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Air Gap: definition, challenges and best practices
An Air Gap isolates backups from networks to protect them from cyberattacks. Learn how it works, its benefits and the best practices to adopt.
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Cyber resilience: definition, challenges and best practices
Cyber resilience refers to an organization's ability to anticipate, withstand, respond to and quickly resume operations after a cybersecurity incident. It is not just about ...
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Multi-extortion ransomware attacks
Multi-extortion turns ransomware into an all-out threat for businesses.
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Digital sobriety
What if your digital practices weighed more heavily on the planet than you think? Discover how digital sobriety can protect your data while reducing your environmental footprint.
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Immutable backup
Immutable backup ensures that your data remains unalterable and protected, even against ransomware, doxware, or human error. Discover how this solution preserves the integrity of ...
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Watering hole attack: understanding and preventing this targeted attack
A watering hole attack, also known simply as a watering hole, is a sophisticated cyberattack technique that targets specific professional groups through websites they visit ...
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Logic bomb: definition, how it works, and prevention
A logic bomb is malicious code hidden in a computer program, designed to activate only when certain predefined conditions are met. It can erase data, alter files, or disrupt the ...
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Security audit: ensuring the protection and compliance of systems
A security audit is a systematic review of an organization’s systems, processes, and practices aimed at identifying vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and ensuring compliance with ...
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Ransomware
Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or files, usually by encrypting them, and to demand a ransom in exchange for unlocking them. This ...
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Man in the Middle (MitM)
A Man in the Middle (MITM) attack, or "intermediary" attack, is a method in which an attacker intercepts and manipulates the communications between two parties who believe they are ...
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The Zero Trust Model: A rigorous security approach for the digital age
The Zero Trust model is an IT security approach based on the fundamental principle that no user, whether internal or external, should be implicitly trusted. Unlike traditional ...
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Whaling (targeted spear-phishing attack)
Whaling (or targeted spear-phishing attack) is a sophisticated form of cyberattack aimed mainly at an organization's top executives, such as CEOs, CFOs or senior managers. These ...
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Denial-of-service (DoS) attack
A denial-of-service attack (DoS, short for Denial of Service) is a cyberattack aimed at making an IT service, such as a website, server or application, inaccessible to its ...
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