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Best Practice Series: Securing the Monitoring System

Network security makes the headlines at least once per day – and usually for the wrong reasons. In today's world, ensuring and maintaining a secure deployment is of utmost importance. Did you know that WhatsUp Gold provides several important security features that you can configure and manage to maintain a secure deployment? These features can help you to defend against unauthorized access to the WhatsUp Gold server as well as to devices monitored by WhatsUp Gold.

How to develop a successful threat-hunting program

According to the 2021 Cost of Data Breach report, the average attack “dwell time”—the period between an attacker’s breach of an organization’s network and the point at which the organization finds out about it—is 287 days. During this time, the attacker can stealthily look to gather valuable information to steal or compromise data, incurring huge costs for affected companies.

API Security - Threats & Best Practices

An API is an interface that allows other software programs to access and execute software programs. Software programs exchange data and communicate via this code. Communicating between products and services without requiring users to understand how they work. Social networks, games, database systems, and devices use web APIs to connect with applications.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - A Beginner's Guide

PII stand for Personally Identifiable Information, so protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is a top priority for companies small and large, as well as government agencies. Companies are amassing increasing amounts of data on their employees, customers, and partners, making PII security more important than ever. It's critical to understand what PII is and how to protect it. Personal information can be divided into two categories.

How Puppet Enterprise Does Desired State Automation at Scale

Learn how Puppet Enterprise keeps infrastructure secure, compliant, and efficient with desired state automation and configuration management. This video demonstrates how Puppet Enterprise simplifies infrastructure management by grouping nodes, using facts to assign servers automatically, and continuously enforcing desired configurations on every server based on system parameters.

What Are Control Flow Statements?

Control flows are the backbone of automation. Identifying what to do with a set of data – and how – is a key component of high-value automation, but it can also be confusing to wrap your head around at first. What is a conditional? And what does it have to do with a loop? How do you deal with a set of information versus a single data point?

Voice Network Fraud: How to Fight Back with Automated Threat Prevention

Telecommunications fraud is estimated to be a $39 billion a year problem according to the Communications Fraud Control Association. Despite that, less than 50% of enterprises* have implemented any sort of strategy to address fraud in their voice infrastructure. Firewalls and SBCs are not enough to provide a secure voice network. Enterprises need a more complete approach to network security—one that encompasses the unique vulnerabilities of real-time communications systems—to preempt issues and protect the organization as a whole.