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Creating symbolic links - Like shortcuts but better

The create symbolic links user right determines the users ability to create a symbolic link within Windows from the device they’re logged on to. These links point to other files or folders, just like regular shortcuts, but works in a more advanced way. Symbolic links help maintain organization and flexibility while minimizing potential security risks by giving the ability to create a link in one folder that points to a file in a different folder, making it seem like the file exists in both places.

Scanning the Matrix: SIEM Best Practices

(A thought from The Matrix: Neo likely used a SIEM before he took the red pill and could see the matrix without one...) One of the best ways to monitor security-related activities for your organization is to collect audit logs from every network device and analyze those logs for activities which violate acceptable behavior. This is precisely the role of a SIEM or Security Information and Event Manager. Let me simplify your life by providing some best practice suggestions for deploying and using a SIEM.

Configuring Maximum Security Log Size

Setting the maximum log size for event logs is crucial for your security policy. Proper configuration helps detect attacks and investigate their sources. Insufficient storage can result in information loss and undetected breaches. This article covers everything you need to know about configuring maximum security log size. Server hardening can be labor-intensive and costly, often causing production issues.

Web Scraping Best Practices: Good Etiquette and Some Tricks

In this post, we’ll discuss the web scraping best practices, and since I believe many of you are thinking about it, I’ll address the elephant in the room right away. Is it legal? Most likely yes. Scraping sites is generally legal, but within certain reasonable grounds (just keep reading). Also depends on your geographical location, and since I’m not a genie, I don’t know where you’re at, so I can’t say for sure.

Cyber Security Report Examples (3 Common Styles)

Cyber security reports are an invaluable tool for keeping stakeholders and senior management informed about your cyber security efforts. This post outlines examples of some of the most popular reporting styles, with a particular focus on a field of cybersecurity drawing increasing interest among executive teams - Vendor Risk Management. Each of the cyber security report examples in this list have been pulled from the UpGuard platform.

Top 10 Online Resources for Parents to Educate Themselves About Internet Safety

In today's digital age, ensuring internet safety for children is more critical than ever. The online world offers a vast landscape of opportunities and information, but it also exposes kids to harmful online content that parents need to guard against. Here, we aim to equip parents with the best online resources to educate themselves about internet safety. We'll explore a variety of tools, guides, and courses that provide essential knowledge and strategies to keep your children safe online.

How to Use Facial Recognition for Face Search

The lives of modern people are becoming increasingly comfortable and productive, all thanks to the rapid advancement of innovative technologies. Nowadays, to communicate with acquaintances, make purchases, and pay for services, all you need to do is connect your device to the internet. Have you lost contact with an old acquaintance? This is easily remedied by Face search person by photo. The principle of search work is as simple as possible. To get the necessary information you should simply upload a photo to the search engine.

Navigating the Hybrid Workplace: Balancing Productivity, Efficiency and Security

In today's digital workplace, we rely heavily on a wealth of collaboration solutions; in fact, these tools have become ingrained and part of our daily workflows. Despite hybrid working patterns and the return, for some, to a more traditional work environment, the continued reliance on collaboration apps remains strong. This presents opportunities and challenges for the IT teams tasked with onboarding and offboarding employees and effectively managing an ever-growing plethora of tools and apps.

Guarding the Classroom: Shielding Students from TikTok with Intelligence Powered Cybersecurity

The explosive growth of TikTok in schools isn’t just a trend—it’s a cybersecurity ticking time bomb. From rampant exposure to harmful content to severe data privacy concerns, TikTok’s unchecked influence poses significant threats to the safety and well-being of students, as well as compromising the technical infrastructure and sensitive data of schools.

Fireblocks x Cosmos: Exploring THORChain

THORChain is a network that facilitates native asset settlement between various blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Cosmos, and more. Overall, THORChain aims to provide a seamless and efficient way for users to exchange assets across different blockchains while maintaining a high level of decentralization, security, and community participation.