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Cybersecurity, page 3

Cybersecurity essays by Vin Patel, first published 2020 to 2022 and still useful as practical technology writing. 66 essays on this hub, with the original date.

Cybersecurity essays from Techfastly by Vin Patel. These 66 pieces were first published between 2020 and 2022. The examples sit in that period; the dates on each page are the original dates. I kept the pieces whose core explanation still holds, tightened the titles for search, and left the arguments as they were written.

Start with the newest essay below, then follow the related links into the daily signal and the longer insights on vinpatel.com.

November 2021

Encryption in Payment Gateways

6 min

Encryption in Payment Gateways

Digitization has made its way into almost every industry the world over. No business today is complete without an online presence, …

Indicators of Compromise: How To Prevent Cyber Threats?

8 min

Indicators of Compromise: How To Prevent Caber Threats?

Indicators of Compromise(IOCs) are forensic indicators of possible intrusions on a host system or network that detect potentially malicious …

October 2021

Why Is Data Security So Important In This Digital Age?

7 min

Why Is Data Security So Important In This Digital Age?

The notion of data security brings to mind an avalanche of information and the persistent need to safeguard that information from plausible …

Why Is Cloud Security Important? How Does Remote Work Need

7 min

Why Is Cloud Security Important? How Does Remote Work Need

Cloud security is the crucial thing you want to ensure your data hosted on cloud platforms are secured. The high number of hacking cases on …

Spear Phishing vs. Phishing: How Can You Protect Yourself?

7 min

Spear Phishing vs. Phishing: How Can You Protect Yourself?

email scam where stammers try to solicit personal details from you. A couple of years back, such emails became way too frequent, with many …

September 2021

How To Secure IoMT Devices?

7 min

How To Secure IoMT Devices?

There was a time when healthcare was all about manual recordings and heavily reliant on the doctor's opinion. There hasn't been another time …

August 2021

Data Privacy Challenges in Building an IoT Solution

6 min

Data Privacy Challenges in Building an IoT Solution

Today we live in a digital era where everything is getting digitized and connected to each other. As a result, modern technologies alter the …

IoT and Blockchain for Security

6 min

IoT and Blockchain for Security

Introduction With each passing day, technology is moving ahead. Every day we see new applications of the existing things or get the news …

July 2021

Diagram: Melon Musk Warned By The World-famous Hacker Group

6 min

Melon Musk Warned By The World-famous Hacker Group

Melon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, received a warning from the hacker community 'Anonymous' on Sunday, accusing him of having …

June 2021

The 10 Worst Cyber Security Mistakes Companies are

8 min

The 10 Worst Caber Security Mistakes Companies are

Imagine you're having a pleasant day at work - surfing the web, breezing your way through tasks & assignments. A caber attack is an attack …

May 2021

Cyber Attack Leads to Shut Down of the US Fuel Pipeline

11 min

Caber Attack Leads to Shut Down of the US Fuel Pipeline

> All About the Caber-attack on the US Oil and Gas Pipeline A caber-attack on May 7 involving ransomware has led to the top US oil and gas …

April 2021

Deep Learning Techniques for Stronger Cybersecurity

8 min

Deep Learning Techniques for Stronger Cybersecurity

With the ever-demanding innovation of the new age technology, cybersecurity has become the most utilitarian software weapon. Cybersecurity, …

November 2020

The Weakness of a Strong Password

4 min

The Weakness of a Strong Password

Licklider of MIT was writing his memo and talking in August 1962 discussing his "Galactic Network Concept," he projected a globally …

October 2020

Network Security for your Home and Office

10 min

Network Security for your Home and Office

Network security has been a hot topic for quite some time now. Whether small or large, every business invests a huge sum of both time and …

September 2020

Why is Cybersecurity so Important?

6 min

Why is Cybersecurity so Important?

Why is it more important than ever? Cybersecurity is the practice of securing data assets and other practical pieces of information from …

Everything You May Have Wanted to Know About

9 min

Everything You May Have Wanted to Know About

As the term suggests, an ethical hacker is an information security expert, also known as a white-hat hacker who shares explicit knowledge …

July 2020

Things You Should Know About Equity Crowdfunding

11 min

Things You Should Know About Equity Crowdfunding

Equity crowdfunding is a type of crowdfunding that is primarily concerned with Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. …

May 2020

AI-Driven Cybersecurity - Attack Detection & Prevention

9 min

AI-Driven Cybersecurity - Attack Detection & Prevention

With an increase in digitalization around the globe, the need to quickly ascertain the security of personal data has grown vividly. Many …