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At the end of 2021, there were an estimated 27.1 billion devices online, meaning that there were over three devices for every person on the planet (Cisco, 2016). Mobile devices, especially smartphones, are universal credential hosting platforms that can be used for a variety of physical access control applications (Henriquez, 2019). Using a smartphone to…
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Although physical security is absolutely critical to maintaining network security, it is among the most often forgotten aspects of protecting a network. Physical security is defined as protecting physical access to your network and all network components, such as computers, servers, and routers. Neglecting physical security can result in serious damage to your business: There…
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Most people have read about the Colonial Pipeline attack that took an entire oil pipeline offline last year (McMillan et al., 2021). But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: Cybercrime more than doubled worldwide from 2020 to 2021 alone (Abrams, 2021). In an increasingly interconnected world—and particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed even more…
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Firewalls are an essential network security measure for any business. They act as a barrier between your internal network and the outside world and can help protect your data against malicious hackers.
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Domain Name System (DNS) hijacking, sometimes called DNS redirection, is a type of cyberattack in which a user is redirected to a malicious site without their knowledge. Attackers execute DNS attacks by installing malware on a user’s computer or by hacking DNS communications. DNS redirection changes how a DNS transaction is handled by “hijacking” it,…
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