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Is a firewall enough to protect your network security?
We live in a hyper-sensitive era when it comes to cyber-security. News of hacks and vulnerabilities are all over the news at the moment. We value cyber-security and it is our mission to make cyber-security a less daunting prospect for our users. To do so, we have made some helpful guides. Today we will cover firewalls. A firewall is relatively well known, but few really understand what it does.
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Dropbox hack highlights security risks
In September Dropbox emailed 68 million users to inform them that the next time they logged in to their accounts they would be prompted to change their passwords. The users in question were those who had not changed their passwords since mid-2012. When asked why Dropbox were suddenly taking action against those users – Dropbox made their reasoning clear. “We recently learned about an old set of Dropbox user credentials (email addresses and passwords) that we believe were obtained in 2012.”
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Don't let your firm be the next big data breach headline
“We’re no longer in a situation where it’s a case of ‘if I am going to get breached’. It’s more a case of how often you are going to get breached and how long those people are going to be in for.” These are the sobering words of cyber forensics professor Dr David Day.
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Is a firewall enough to protect your network security?
We live in a hyper-sensitive era when it comes to cyber-security. News of hacks and vulnerabilities..
Read more
Dropbox hack highlights security risks
In September Dropbox emailed 68 million users to inform them that the next time they logged in to..
Read more
Don't let your firm be the next big data breach headline
“We’re no longer in a situation where it’s a case of ‘if I am going to get breached’. It’s more a..
Read more