cloud security mistakes

Drastic Cloud Security Mistakes No One Should Make

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In our modern age, it is natural to want to modernize your business in order to keep up with the times and keep customers interested, so investing in the cloud can often seem like a natural pathway for changing businesses, but it does come with some risks. Not paying attention to the very real risks of compromising cloud security – which can seem like a faraway, non-important issue – can cost you greatly, and, at worst, could ruin your business. Customers put their trust in you to keep them and their data safe, so compromising that can be the absolute faux par, which will destroy your business’ reputation and ensure that no future success can be enjoyed. But enough with the fear-mongering: how can you stop these security slips ever happening in the first place? Knowledge is your best tool, so knowing about the dangers often prevents them from becoming issues.

OWASP

10 Tips for Defending Against the OWASP Top 10

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Open-source software is a great way to add proven functionality to your application, but it comes with risks in the form of software vulnerabilities. If you are using open-source components (and with all likelihood you are), it is important to keep track of new vulnerabilities as they are discovered, so you can upgrade to the latest, patched-up version of the software. 

One tool you can use to keep track of open-source vulnerabilities is the list provided by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), which was last updated in 2017. The OWASP Top 10 covers the most critical security risks for web applications.

The following tips should help you protect your software against the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

cloud protection

Expert Opinion on Avoiding Common Cloud Protection Pitfalls

Cloud Computing, cybersecurity

Running a business these days often means managing a series of online accounts and figures, with a little shipping and perhaps some calling. Of course, this lacks the physical security of physical businesses. Many turn to other monitoring and management packages that can be accessed by clients, while algorithms and other features keep access to where it’s necessary. Cloud security can be tricky and without at least some education in the field, users can make simple mistakes that could ruin businesses.

GDPR

Steps to make your website GDPR Compliant

cybersecurity, Network Security, Regulation

Does your business continuous traffic from European countries? If your answer is yes then you should be fully aware of Europe’s new data privacy law – GDPR. It will definitely affect you if you don’t know it.

In this article, we are going to discuss everything about what GDPR is, how it is going to affect your approaches of data collection and how to make your site GDPR compliant.

mobile security

7 Current Mobile Security Threats To Watch Out For

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In terms of IT security, mobile is top of the agenda in 2019 for businesses, especially as now workers access the majority of the required data through mobile devices, with smartphones top of the list. With information often the most valuable asset that a company possesses, mobile breaches are a huge threat to businesses of all sizes. These are the specific threats to look for now and in the near future.