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Why Should You Delete Journal Receivers?

Excessive disk space usage causes your IBM i (iSeries, AS/400) backups and disk reporting to take longer. It's best practice to automate clean-up for your journal receivers. Here's how.
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4 Data Access Strategy Mistakes to Avoid

Find out how you can improve productivity with better data access. Learn what roadblocks you need to avoid in your goal to improve productivity.
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5 Simple and Effective Tips to Protect from Cyber Attacks for Cyber Security Awareness Month

This article was originally published on EIN Presswire on October 07, 2019.SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, October 7, 2019 /EINPresswire/ -- To mark the month of October being Cyber Security Awareness Month, Beyond Security, a leading provider of automated security testing solutions, is providing 5 effective and easy to follow tips for protecting against Internet security threats that can...
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CVSS Explained

What Is CVSS?The common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) is open and free to industry for evaluating the seriousness of the software security vulnerabilities and is used in vulnerability management software. CVSS gives scores to vulnerabilities per the seriousness of the threat. Scores are computed considering several metrics. Scores are given between 0-10, with most severe score being 10.First...
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CVE Explained

About CVE (Common Vulnerability Exposures/Enumeration)Common vulnerabilities and exposure gives common names to openly known security issues or vulnerabilities. The objective of CVE is to make it simpler to impart information over different databases and make available a common platform to evaluate security tools.What is a CVE scan?CVE depends on freely accessible data. For the duration of the...
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What is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Designation?

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)A CISA, or Certified Information Systems Auditor is someone that is certified to audit information systems (computers and networks) and the internal controls that a company has put around them to protect them from attack and subsequent compromise.What is a CISA Designation?The CISA designation is assigned to those individuals that have passed a rigorous...
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SQL Injection Scanner Tools

Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is SQL injection?What is SQL?How common are SQL injections?Am I at Risk for an SQL Injection Attack?What is SQL Injection?SQL injection is currently the most common form of website attack in that web forms are very common, often they are not coded properly and the hacking tools used to find weaknesses and take advantage of them are commonly available online. This...
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Types of Cyber Threats

What are Cyber Threats?A cyber threat is basically any type of threat that is computer related in nature. To be clear, a computer could be a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet or even a smartphone. All of these devices have particular types of threats that they can be exposed to that users need to be aware of to ensure that they can protect themselves and their confidential information.Types...
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4 Strategies to Enhance Both your Security and Compliance Posture

Running a comprehensive and cost-efficient compliance program whether HIPAA, NIST, FFIEC, PCI, GDPR, or Sarbanes Oxley (to mention a few) is a major headache for most Compliance Teams. Digital Defense offers industry leading vulnerability management and assessment, along with best practice compliance guidance to organizations across all verticals and sizes.With predictions from a recent survey by...
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Microsoft is Right, Mandatory Password Changes are Obsolete

This article was originally published on Help Net Security on August 1 , 2019.Microsoft has recently come out and said that mandatory password changing is ancient and obsolete. This goes directly against everything we were trained to think for the last couple of decades, and against most compliance directives including some of the most dominant security standards. And it is correct.If anything,...
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What is IPSEC? - Internet Protocol Security Explained

What is IPSEC?In the world of VPNs, there are typically two types that an organization can choose from, IPSEC or OpenSSL. While many people have migrated to OpenSSL mode because of its new relative ease of deployment, there are still companies that deploy IPSEC-based VPNs because of the additional layers of security they provide that are not available in OpenSSL-based VPNs.Why Choose an IPSEC VPN...
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What is PCI Compliance? Requirements & Checklist | Fortra

PCI Compliance is adherence to the set of ground rules set forth in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). The standard defines how vendors who accept credit cards are to manage not only the credit card data, but their own networks as well, to ensure that the card data stays protected from theft and abuse.Who Developed The PCI-DSS?The PCI-DSS was developed by the Payment Card...