Types of Security: Comprehensive Guide to Safety and Protection

Security as a Service (SECaaS)

Security-as-a-service solutions enable centralized management of security solutions, allowing you to quickly identify vulnerabilities and respond swiftly.

They also can reduce the number of tools required in-house, thus freeing up resources and simplifying complexity.

Search for a security-as-a-service provider with an expansive global infrastructure to ensure minimal latency should an outage occur.

Inspect the SLA of any prospective providers to ascertain whether they offer 24/7 availability, as well as their response time for incidents, queries, and system updates.

Internet of Things (IoT)

IoT (Internet of Things) refers to an interconnected network of sensors and communication hardware used to monitor their surroundings, including smart speakers, heart monitors, and even cars.

These machines can communicate directly between themselves – an activity known as machine-to-machine communication.

Cyberwarfare has become an increasing threat, as hackers penetrate connected devices in national critical infrastructure like dams and power stations.

The IoT ecosystem includes remotes, dashboards, networks, gateways, analytics, data storage solutions as well as security measures – making its security one of the top priorities of businesses and governments that embrace this expanding technology.

Keylogger

Keyloggers are software or hardware programs designed to record each keystroke on an electronic device, typically for criminal use as malicious spyware and used by cybercriminals as part of their efforts to gain access to passwords, personal details, and other valuable information from unwitting victims.

Keyloggers collect sensitive information that is then sold on to unapproved third parties.

To detect keyloggers, look out for any suspicious programs installed on your computer, browser hijacking activity, or auto search activity; or use cloud security solutions like Cloud Defender and use their block lists feature against suspicious programs; additionally, make sure your device has antivirus protection with updated software installed and running on it.

Sandbox

Sandbox was first coined in 2004 when SEOs noticed that new websites took longer to rank high in Google search than existing ones despite using best practices for content production.

An initial year-long period may pass before any new website emerges from the Sandbox, though this timeframe varies according to industry and user intent; retailers typically spend longer in this phase than financial websites for example.

Furthermore, its length depends on any SEO strategies employed during development.

Scareware

Scareware is software designed to trick users into paying for and installing malicious anti-virus tools that, instead, install spyware onto their computers – often to steal personal information or give attackers control of a computer remotely.

Various embodiments provide systems and processes for detecting scareware.

These evaluation systems and processes evaluate unknown pages to see whether they contain features characteristic of scareware pages compared with features from known scareware pages, including text, pop-ups, HTML coding, or images that have been shared among scareware websites.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Web Gateway is a cloud-based service designed to protect devices connected to networks from malware and cyber threats, filtering web traffic and scanning files in a sandbox environment, sending results back for security analysis by Web Gateway.

SIEM systems may also integrate it for correlation events detection.

This solution uses behavioral analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect suspicious activities and threats that traditional security solutions fail to recognize, helping organizations reduce data breach risks while meeting compliance requirements such as GDPR and PCI DSS.

Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

While firewalls restrict incoming and outgoing network traffic, IDS use signature-based and anomaly-based detection techniques to identify any unauthorized activity across a network and prevent attacks before they cause significant harm.

Host-based intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) operate at the host level by analyzing system logs and file integrity checks to detect unauthorized activity on that host, particularly insider threats and anomalies that might exist within its configuration.

HIDS systems often come integrated with IDS to form comprehensive security solutions.

Data Breach

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a cyber security solution that prevents sensitive company information from leaving its premises and being shared outside.

DLP helps businesses meet compliance regulations and auditing requirements more easily.

DLP solutions monitor data both at rest and in motion to protect personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and other sensitive business data from accidental leakage by employees via password sharing, email attachments, or untrustworthy websites like the dark web.

Understanding cyber security terms will enable your business to ward off costly attacks.

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Business continuity plans provide organizations with an outline for continuing operations following any disruption while mitigating its effects.

They identify critical functions and dependencies, develop recovery strategies, as well as define roles and responsibilities.

BCPs serve to complement disaster management plans and sub-plans to ensure a department can achieve its critical objectives during and after a disruption while informing the Continuity and Disaster Management Committee.

BCPs are managed by Coordination BCP leads (manager/director level for regions and divisions), who record a decision log as well as important details.