Data protection laws around the world are changing the way businesses handle customer data. The healthcare industry, in particular, is under scrutiny due to the rise of high-profile cyberattacks aimed at some of the biggest healthcare providers. Health organizations around the world are faced with numerous challenges so far as privacy laws and industry regulations are concerned. ...
Data Protection Laws & Compliance As Drivers of WAF Adoption
WAFs are among the most common security controls used by organizations in both the public and private sectors to protect their web applications against common web exploits. Driven by the extensive growth in attack volume against web applications, the global WAF market size is expected to reach $6.89 billion by 2024. What else is driving this growth across industries? Driver of WA ...
3 Ways to Secure WAF APIs
In a recent cloud WAF hacking, many customers were alarmed when private API keys, salted passwords, and SSL certificates were revealed to have been compromised. It’s clear from this specific hacking incident that the appropriate steps were not taken to protect customers’ data. One proper security measure that was overlooked was API security. API security is concerned wi ...
A Guide to PCI Compliance in the Cloud
In an age where hosting infrastructure in a cloud environment becomes more and more attractive - whether for maintenance, price, availability, or scalability - several service providers offer different PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard) compliant solutions for their customers’ need to deal with payment cards. Many companies believe that when choos ...
What Types of Threat Detection Technologies Are There for WAF (Web Application Firewall) Solutions?
Threat detection is at the core of a WAF’s capabilities to accurately identify and block incoming attacks. However, not all threat engines are built the same. Many cloud WAF vendors use ModSecurity’s engine, an open-source web application firewall, for their core ruleset. This core rule set contains a set of generic attack detection rules that provide protection a ...
What Are Some Barriers That Web Hosting Providers Face in Deploying a WAF?
Website owners rely on web hosting providers to get their websites up and running online. But here’s the thing that may stumble some website owners: Hosting providers are only responsible for protecting the server in which websites are hosted, but customers will need to protect their own websites within the server. Bottom line: Web hosting providers are not respon ...
My Cloud WAF Service Provider Suffered a Data Breach…How Can I Protect Myself?
In the age of information, data is everything. Since the implementation of GDPR in the EU, businesses around the world have grown more "data conscious;" in turn, people, too, know that their data is valuable. It’s also common knowledge at this point that data breaches are costly. For example, Equifax, the company behind the largest-ever data breach, is expected to pay at least $ ...
Top 6 Plesk Security Extensions You Should Consider for Website Security
As one of the most popular hosting platforms alongside cPanel, Plesk provides a variety of security extensions for its users. Each Plesk security extension boosts their own unique features, meant to fully protect your website, server, email, and network from potential threats. Some extensions on Plesk require advanced system administration, so it’s important that you choose the ...
Download Cloudbric’s New Security Extension For Plesk
Cloudbric is proud to announce the release of their much-awaited security extension (inclusive of WAF and DDoS protection) for Plesk, an industry-leading web solution platform. Plesk is an all-in-one platform that allows developers, system administrators, and resellers to run, manage, and secure their domains and servers via their control panel solutions and extensions. ...
Cloudbric Listed on Bitsdaq Exchange, The Trading Platform Powered by Bittrex
Cloudbric’s cryptocurrency CLB was recently listed on the global exchange Bitsdaq on July 4 and began trading on the platform July 5. Bitsdaq was launched as a digital asset trading platform that leverages Bittrex’s cutting-edge technology to provide customers a secure, advanced and reliable platform and extensive selection of digital tokens. Recently, Bitsdaq lis ...