Application security testing is a crucial component of secure application development, particularly in cloud application contexts. The need for cloud application security testing has significantly increased in response to the growing popularity of cloud technologies, as hosting network, web, and mobile applications in (or migrating them to) cloud environments can expose them to a wide…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that offers unprecedented opportunities for connecting people, processes, and data. Despite its multiple advantages, however, the IoT is still nascent and subject to security vulnerabilities. Adopting IoT devices therefore presents cybersecurity risks and challenges for manufacturers and users. Threat actors can invade users’ privacy and commit…
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Advances in technology and digitalization have increased the rate of cybercrime, and organizations can no longer afford to ignore the importance of security awareness training. While the human factor is often deemed the weakest link in an organization’s cybersecurity strategy, this issue can be overcome by implementing security awareness programs. This approach requires that organizations…
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Widespread adoption of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing has changed how data is processed and stored and has profoundly affected IT infrastructures and business operations. With these emerging technologies, however, come new cybersecurity risks and complexities, including novel challenges for IT and security teams conducting digital forensic investigations. To…
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Cloud technologies have been evolving rapidly for some time, paving the way for companies to complete their digital transformations. Although migrating to the cloud or adopting cloud-native solutions can offer many benefits—and, in some cases, is becoming critical to organizations’ operations—it can also introduce new security concerns arising from cloud-related cyberthreats. However, there is a…
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Web application penetration testing (WAPT) practices vary with region, industry, organization size, and other factors. WAPT is an important aspect of cybersecurity, given that many data breaches are attributable to weak web security configurations. Potential web application security threats include unsecure coding practices, use of vulnerable open-source components, web server misconfigurations, and a lack of…
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Cybersecurity presents increasing challenges for modern-day organizations. These issues have been worsened by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses, technology requirements, and people. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and recent statistics show a massive increase in the number of data breaches affecting organizations. Many companies have insufficient data protections, lack cyber liability…
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Cloud computing entails the use of on-demand storage, computing, and application services that are provided remotely to users, which often involves offloading management of the underlying IT infrastructure to the cloud service provider. In recent years, adoption of cloud services has grown among organizations of all sizes due to benefits like improved flexibility and scalability;…
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Today, cyberthreat intelligence is used by organizations across the globe to increase the stability of their security postures, and the exchange of threat intelligence has become increasingly important. Existing cyberthreat intelligence resources are largely open source (or publicly available), an architecture that helps the cybersecurity community better understand security risks and develop preventive and response…
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Cyber forensics, also known as digital forensics, is the application of investigative and analytical techniques to obtain digital evidence for use in legal proceedings or other investigations. It is a subset of both cybersecurity and forensic investigation and involves researching, examining, and collecting digital artifacts for further analysis. Cyber forensic methods are typically used to…
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