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What Is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is any process or technology your business uses to prevent security incidents, data breaches and loss of critical systems. While the term gets bandied about casually, savvy leaders understand that cybersecurity is more than just risk management; it’s a strategic investment that can help boost brand trust, ensure compliance,

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What is a Botnet?

A botnet is a network of computers, mobile devices or Internet of Things (IoT) hardware infected with malware and controlled by a malicious threat actor. It is used to carry out malicious functions such as cryptocurrency mining, spamming, click fraud and generating traffic for distributed denial-of-service attacks. Threat actors typically

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How to Prevent a Data Breach

Data Breach is when an attacker steals sensitive information from a business. This could be financial information like credit card account numbers or Social Security numbers, personal health records, and more. Attackers often use that information to commit fraud or identity theft. This harms the people who have had their

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