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Securing the Network

What is the difference between firewall hardware and firewall software?

Author(s):

Sydney Brackins, Executive Coordinator, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Firewall Hardware and Firewall Software appearing as a cage in front of a blurred out man typing on his computer.

Firewall safety is essential to the security of your computer. Firewalls appear in both a hardware and software format. Both formats provide a different set of benefits to the safety of a network. However, using them in conjunction with one another is the smartest route to take. This article will give a brief explanation on … Read more

Reducing Risk

How to Keep your PC From Getting a Virus

Author(s):

Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

by Caleb Townsened

A magnifying glass lays over a PC screen as blue spiked viruses float out of the PC screen.

Stop Replacing your PC Once Every Three Years. It is no secret that PC has a bad reputation. In addition to being viewed as the model that is more likely to receive a virus, PCs are seemingly built to break. According to most companies, when your computer slows down, or behaves unusually, it is simply time … Read more

Industry and Business Best Practices

SD-WAN: Use Cases and Best Security Practices

Author(s):

Ben Ferguson, ,

by Caleb Townsened

SD-WAN. The most hyped up WAN technology of 2018. And quite possibly the biggest “me too” in telecom right now. You’ll find plenty of sales people who’ll tell you that they can cut your WAN costs by 70+% while supercharging your throughput and optimizing virtually every possible application you may be running on your IT … Read more

Cyber Preparedness

Malicious Software- What About It?

Author(s):

Lauren Abshire, Director of Content Strategy, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

by Caleb Townsened

Frustrated Man massages his head in frustration as his laptop is taken over by Malware. Floating files surround him with skull and bones symbols.

Malware, or malicious software, is purposely designed to cause damage and infect your computer, and give access of your computers contents to cyber criminals. Whereas the development of malware previously was limited to amateurs…

Cyber Law and Policy

Mitigate the Risk – Avoiding Serious Business Software Interruptions with an Escrow Agreement

Author(s):

Jorge Sagastume, Vice President , EscrowTech International, Inc

by Caleb Townsened

Paper with the words escrow agreement on a table with a pen and a book next to it

No one can deny the dire need for software in business today. Companies are becoming increasingly dependent on software that is hosted by a third party and is consequentially outside of their control. But…

Training and Workforce Development

Don’t Breach My Data

Author(s):

Lauren Abshire, Director of Content Strategy, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

by Jennifer Mateo

Cyber man investigating data breach holds a magnifying glass up to his eye, man is made of pixels and abstract colors and code

In this day and age, there’s always news reports of the latest big data breach. We had the HBO breach for the original series Game of Thrones, there was the Equifax breach, Target, and…

Industry and Business Best Practices

SMB Best Practices in Security

Author(s):

by Jennifer Mateo

Group of people working in an office SMB

Are you a small to medium size business owner (SMB)? Are you actively implementing cybersecurity best practices for your SMB? Many SMBs have a mindset that cyber-attacks won’t reign down on them. The “I…

Engineering and Vulnerability Management

Biometrics and Encryption

Author(s):

Tammy Caskey, ,

by Jennifer Mateo

Fingerprints against a blue background and encrpytion symbols to represent Biometrics

We know that biometrics run on comparison surgeries, where the sample is taken and that this pattern is used for confirmation and the identification of the principal. This template is known as a blueprint…

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