DNS Security Threats The Domain Name System (DNS) is a service used on both the Internet and private networks to translate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to Fully Qualified Domain Names. Example, this service allows someone to type a FQDN like www.zymitry.com to reach the Zymitry web site instead of having to type in the domains IP address. Regarding… Read More »
Security Threats to Cloud–Based Systems Threats to both cloud-based and on-site solutions should be evaluated with an additional focus directed towards security issues specific to cloud services. Cloud security threats can come from internal or external sources, and can originate as human or software based attacks. Threat agents are as follows; anonymous attackers, malicious service agents, trusted attackers,… Read More »
Risk management is essential to the success of every company In business, risk is the likelihood that a loss will occur if a threat exposes a vulnerability. An organization must take risks to thrive, but must also recognize that risk cannot be ignored. The key is to understand threats and vulnerabilities, and then mitigate the threat to vulnerabilities… Read More »
Database Threats and Security Measures to Protect Against them The following are a few well-known threats to database and Database Management Systems (DBMS), and mitigating strategies used to help protect against them. Excessive privileges. When users or applications granted database access privileges that exceed what is needed to complete tasks opens the opportunity to abuse privileges for malicious… Read More »