This is the first in a series of posts that will aim to provide some initial guidance on the fundamentals of cyber security.
Here we start with what we feel is the most overlooked aspect of any security activity, especially in smaller organisations; Identifying and Assessing the Risks.
Email has been the biggest vector used in cyber-attacks for many years, with over 95% of attacks delivered using email. Which is why continuing with the basic security measures provided by email clients and services, is not enough to prevent today's modern emails attacks.
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AV-TEST a leading independent research institute for IT security performed a review of Cisco Umbrella alongside comparable offerings from Akamai, Infoblox, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Zscaler.
Testing was broken into two phases, first DNS-Layer Security and second Secure Web Gateway. In both tests Cisco Umbrella outperformed all other vendor offerings, coming out on top.
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There is no hardware to install and a simple change to your DNS settings or installing the Secure Endpoint lightweight client on your endpoints can get you up and running in minutes.
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