What is IT Sustainability? While there are numerous large-scale tech climate solutions in development, there are many tools and strategies that your organization can adopt right now to reduce your carbon footprint, reduce energy usage, increase energy security, save money by managing energy more efficiently, and demonstrate your commitment to improved energy performance, all while […]
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Border Gateway Protocol
What is Border Gateway Protocol? Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) refers to a gateway protocol that connects all networks over the internet by enabling the internet to exchange routing information between autonomous systems (ASs). BGP connects ASs, allowing them to exchange information about their reachability. Updated information about reachability can be stored by BGP routers in […]
What are Threat Actors? A threat actor, also known as a malicious actor, is any person, group, or entity that creates all or part of a cybersecurity incident, with the intent to cause harm. Threat actors may cause damage by exploiting vulnerabilities, compromising user identities with elevated privileges, evading security controls, damaging data, deleting data, […]
What are Enterprise Resource Planning Systems? Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system of integrated software applications that manage business processes and operations in many areas such as finance, procurement, distribution, human resources, supply chains, and more. ERP systems are critical applications as they integrate all of the disparate processes that an organization needs to […]
SD Card Security
What is SD Card Security? A Secure Digital (SD) card is a small removable memory card that can be inserted into a number of consumer electronics, including digital cameras, laptop computers, printers, smartphones, and video game consoles, in order to save, store, and transfer data. SD cards come in three tiers describing memory capacity ranges: […]
LAN and WAN Security
What is LAN and WAN Security? Your network connects any number of resources including servers, computers, printers, and more, and makes it possible to share software, information, and files. Network security is critically important as sensitive and confidential information is being stored and shared within your network. Understanding network security risks can help you to […]
Mobile Spyware
What is Mobile Spyware? Surveillance software is becoming more advanced and more accessible, making it increasingly important to be aware of current threats and prevention methods. Mobile spyware hides in the background of a mobile device and steals information such as incoming/outgoing call logs, incoming/outgoing SMS messages, contact lists, emails, browser history, photos, videos, and […]
What is Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol? Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is the default communication method, that is used on top of Internet Protocol (IP), which enables application programs and computing devices to exchange messages over a network. TCP establishes and maintains a connection between the sender and the receiver during the transferring process and its […]
Drone Cybersecurity
What is Drone Cybersecurity? Drones have increasingly become a resource that businesses can use for many purposes such as marketing, safety, security, data collection, entertainment, and more. Unfortunately, drone security development and implementation has not kept pace with the development and implementation of drone cyberattacks, so it is critical to consider how your drone may […]
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
What is Elliptic Curve Cryptography? Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a public-key algorithm based on the elliptic curve defined over a finite field. ECC works by creating a public key and a private key on an elliptic curve. The public key is shared with others, while the private key is kept secret. Encryption and decryption […]