Tag: Encryption
Top 10 Web Server Security Best Practices
How Can You Ensure Security on a Server?
It is important to secure your server to prevent data loss or security compromises. Because security is such a challenging subject for many, it often goes unheeded. Many are caught unaware when an issue arises. By following these best practices, you can significantly lower your risk of being compromised by a malicious actor.
Guide to Testing an SSL Connection Using OpenSSL
What is OpenSSL?
OpenSSL is an open source software cryptography library widely used by applications to encrypt communication over computer networks using Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It's licensed under Apache License 2.0, so you can use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
How to Install, Enable, and Configure Webmin on Ubuntu 20.04
Webmin is a control panel that helps you administer your Linux servers using a browser-based interface. Using Webmin control panel features, you can manage DNS settings and user accounts and configure and change settings for standard packages.
Guide to Installing and Configuring Vault
What is Vault?
Vault protects and secures access to multiple types of confidential data. It stores and manages sensitive password information, API keys, and access tokens that exist in a low trust environment and generates dynamic access to authenticate users to ensure they have authorized ingress and availability to a file, location, service, or application.
Microsoft Exchange Server Security Update
Introduction
In this article, we provide updated information concerning the ongoing threat posed by the malware directed at Microsoft Exchange Servers noted in CVE-2021-26855. We also furnish the steps needed to update and secure your Microsoft Exchange Server. In a recent post, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency posted a priority security advisory regarding the recent Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability. They state:
What is SIEM?
Security Information and Event Management (or SIEM) is a subset of the computer security field, where applications and services join forces with security event management and security information management. When united, these disciplines provide significantly improved real-time statistical data and threat analysis of alerts generated by the related applications. The 2021 Internet Security Threat Report from Sophos denotes that are not only the number of attacks on the rise but also the diverse nature of methodologies and vectors of incursions used. This necessitates the fact that adding a SIEM is especially warranted at this time.
What Is GPG Encryption and Do You Need It?
Introduction
In this article, we will be exploring GnuPG or GPG as it is more commonly known. We will discuss if this software platform is still needed, if it will still be useful in the future, and how to install and utilize it.
What is Blockchain? A Tutorial
The idea of blockchain itself may sound complicated, but the premise is simple. Blockchain is a zero-trust, fully decentralized peer-to-peer data storage system that spreads verified information across participants in the chain, referred to as nodes. Blockchain stores this information in blocks that are chained together. As new data arrives, it is recorded into a block. Once a block has been filled with information, it is linked to the previous block. This process allows the data to be bound together in sequential and chronological order.
How to Locate Open Ports in Linux
What is a Port?
First, let’s define what a port is. According to the IEFT, a port is:
How to Install an SSL on a Core/Unmanaged Ubuntu Server
Why do I Need to Install or Reinstall My SSL Certificate?
According to Globalsign;
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