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Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Your Backups and How to Be Prepared

Solutions Review

Understanding the Evolution of Ransomware Attacks Traditional ransomware attacks focused on encrypting active production data the information businesses use daily in their operations or, live data, such as customer databases, financial records, and email systems. Even more concerning, these attempts succeeded 60% of the time.

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LDAP vs. Active Directory: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

LDAP vs. Active Directory: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog When you have multiple operating systems and devices connected together, you need a centralized directory service to control authentication and authorization. As a protocol it can be used by various directory services including Active Directory. What Is LDAP?

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Why Microsoft Azure Active Directory Backup Is Needed

Zerto

What would happen to your organization’s day-to-day operations if your Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) stopped working? If the Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) becomes unavailable, then related users cannot log in and systems cannot function properly, which can cause troubles in your environment.

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ZTNA vs. VPN

Pure Storage

A zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) and a virtual private network (VPN) are two different solutions for user authentication and authorization. For example, suppose that a user is authenticated on the network using their credentials. application username and password) to authenticate into the software and access data.

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Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to Add an Extra Layer of Security to Your Accounts

Erwood Group

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to Add an Extra Layer of Security to Your Accounts Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to Add an Extra Layer of Security to Your Accounts Securing online accounts has never been more critical. This is where Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) comes into play.

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Active Directory and Single Sign On (SSO) in Business Continuity

KingsBridge BCP

When we head to client sites, we listen for the key words Active Directory. Active Directory. Active Directory (AD) is the place on the network where all of the user permissions are stored. Active Directory is the common solution. This part of IT infrastructure can be a blessing for every day functionality.

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How To Use SSH Public Key Authentication

Pure Storage

How To Use SSH Public Key Authentication by Pure Storage Blog Instead of using the same key to decrypt and encrypt connections, public key encryption uses a public and private key. What Is Public Key Authentication? Two keys are generated in public key authentication. The private key can be used to encrypt and decrypt data.