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3 Reasons Why Data Centers & Hosting Companies Need Web Application Security

If you’re an internet data center (IDC) or web hosting provider, you are likely tasked with making security accessible to customers. While a network firewall serves as the first line of defense in your data center, security solutions like web application firewalls (WAF), application delivery controllers, and sandboxing software are needed to address emerging threats aimed at yo ...

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How to Defend From New DDoS Variations in 2020

DDoS are nothing new; the first DDoS attacks started back in 1996. But many gave them no attention until 20 years later, in 2016, when the feared DDoS Mirai botnet infected thousands of IP-based web-cams with “cheap bandwidth” which brought down major websites.  Now, the techniques are evolving.  In this post, we’ll review the evolution of DDoS attacks. ...

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Top 5 Industries with the Most Expensive Data Breaches

Data breaches are costly for any type of business. For smaller enterprises, especially, a data breach can cost a company to go out of business entirely. Among industries, the healthcare industry is by far the leading sector targeted by hackers. We don’t have to look far to know that this is true. WannaCry, Petya, NotPetya all had devastating impacts on the healthcare industr ...

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Cloudbric Honored Silver in the 12th Annual 2020 Golden Bridge Awards® for Best Service To Combat and Reduce the Impact of COVID-19

Cloudbric, a cloud-based website security provider, has earned the prestigious Silver status in the Golden Bridge Awards for its free cybersecurity to vulnerable industries during COVID-19. The Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, innovations, products and services, executives, and management teams from every major industry in ...

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7 Types of Cyberattacks To Watch Out For in 2020

Nowadays the risk of web attacks is increasing, and cyberattacks, such as website forgery, tampering, and unauthorized access to personal information, can cause significant damage than what you expect. Most would think of DDoS attacks or website forgery when they hear the word cyberattacks, but there are certainly more types of cyberattacks.  Here are some typical cyberatt ...

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5 Reasons You Should Upgrade Your Website Security

If you depend on e-commerce to sell merchandise, odds are you have a website. Greater still are the odds you’ve implemented tools and procedures to drive web traffic to your website.  Unfortunately, all your hard work could be erased in an instant. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 540 publicly reported data breaches occurred in the first six months of 20 ...

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Three Checkpoints for Adopting a ‘Good’ Web Application Firewall (WAF)

People install CCTVs and alarm systems to prevent trespassers from entering their home or their office. But how about IT companies that have a lot of expensive products and sensitive data?  Due to time and cost difficulties, it is actually hard to apply equally high-level security in your office, home, and IT environment. That is why you should focus on securing the place with th ...

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The Benefits of a Managed Security Service Provider in 2020

A managed security service provider (MSSP) is basically a manager that tends to the IT security needs of a business sourced from outside the organization itself. MSSPs are a very important resource for businesses looking to maximize the security of their network but lack the resources that they need to build an internal large cybersecurity team.  Business executives often get ...

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Cloudbric passed the web security performance test of ‘Wizlynx’

Cloud security company 'Cloudbric' announced that its cloud web firewall (WAF) service has passed the web application penetration defense performance test conducted by the Swiss information security company 'Wizlynx group'.Although web services such as finance, e-commerce, and public service of government agencies have become completely commonplace, many point out that the level of web ...

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How Remote Access Increases Security Risks

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report (2020), a data breach now costs a company an average of $3.86 million. Although remote work doesn’t account for the majority of the risks, it does, in fact, increase them. We have written extensive articles on the importance of cybersecurity in the past so we won’t be going over the basics again. Instead, let’ ...