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Feature Friday #9: body file control - inputs

Did you know you can include one policy file from another? Traditionally you specify the files you want to make up a policy set using inputs in body common control found in your policy entry (promises.cf by default). body file control lets you specify additional inputs from any file that’s included in the policy and those files can include other files. Let’s check out a contrived example.

What Is Credential Management? Definition & Best Practices

Credential management is a security practice that secures and protects all types of credentials (such as passwords, certificates, and keys) within an organization. It identifies and authenticates users who can access specific information, ensuring that sensitive and mission-critical data are always protected.

Opportunities and Challenges with Artificial Intelligence for Educators and Students

Experts believe that AI is still in its early phases of development. Regardless, its impact may make people think it has always been there. The education sector has benefited from this technology in a big way. Educators use it to create resources that help with teaching. AI lets them create personalized teaching strategies. They use it to offer adaptive and immersive teaching including automated grading. Students use AI to make the best choice of courses and learning resources. It helps them develop creativity and other important skills.

Demystifying Blockchain: Understanding Its Role in Securing Digital Transactions

Blockchain technology, first introduced as the underlying framework for Bitcoin, has emerged as a key innovator in digital security and transactional integrity. This article explores blockchain's fundamental mechanics, its role in enhancing digital trust, its diverse applications, and its future prospects.

Leveraging Proxies for Scalable Cloud Operations

The cloud has become a fundamentally impactful feature of the business IT ecosystem, and it's the scalability that's innate to this tech which means it can accommodate the needs of all sorts of organizations - from startups with limited budgets to multinationals with few limits on their spending.

Potential causes of a collaboration platform data breach

Data is the lifeblood of modern organizations. Since data helps teams make better decisions and provide a competitive edge, it’s also a target of bad actors looking to steal sensitive information or launch ransomware attacks. From software vulnerabilities and weak authentication mechanisms to malware and inadequate access controls, there’s no shortage of ways for hackers to infiltrate networks and gain access to mission-critical data.

Mastering Cybersecurity: Essential OWASP Guidelines for Effective Protection

Join Dwayne McDaniel as he discusses the challenges and essentials of effective cybersecurity, highlighting the impact of bad security practices, the benefits of robust security measures, and the importance of community collaboration. This talk explores practical insights on improving security protocols, leveraging community knowledge, and the significant role of automation in ensuring safe, uninterrupted digital environments.

What is Early Launch Anti Malware? An Overview

In an era dominated by digital advancements, cybersecurity has become the cornerstone of technological integrity and trust. The pivotal role of cybersecurity in today’s digital landscape is exemplified by the exponential rise in cyber threats—ranging from ransomware to sophisticated phishing attacks—that demand increasingly robust defensive mechanisms.

Demystifying Zero Trust: Understanding the Zero Trust Security Model

In the previous blog post we looked at why it’s important for MSPs to get to grips with Zero Trust and Zero Trust Network Access, as well as how to explain the benefits to customers. In this post we’re going to take a deeper dive into some of the philosophy and principles behind Zero Trust.