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How to Block Adservers   How It Works It's possible to set up a name server as authoritative for any domain you choose, allowing you to specify the DNS records for that domain. You can also configure most computers to be sort of mini-nameservers ...

There are a lot of  computer users that know little about "Spyware", "Mal-ware", "hijackers", "Dialers" & many more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and all those baddies. What is spy-ware? Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors ...

From a business perspective, penetration testing helps safeguard your organisation against failure, through: Preventing financial loss through fraud (hackers, extortionists and disgruntled employees) or through lost revenue due to unreliable business systems and processes. Proving due diligence and compliance to your industry regulators, customers and shareholders. Non-compliance can result in your organisation ...

Penetration Test  - Much of the confusion surrounding penetration testing stems from the fact it is a relatively recent and rapidly evolving field. Additionally, many organisations will have their own internal terminology (one man's penetration test is another's vulnerability audit or technical risk assessment). At its simplest, a penetration-test (actually, we ...

Understanding ASA5520 Cisco ASA5520 series in a single platform to provide a variety of market, a powerful combination of proven technology, which from an operational point of view and economic point of view, can be deployed to more locations and comprehensive security services. It is a multi-functional ...

Network security is essential because the Internet is a boundryless network of interconnected networks. Because of this reason, the organizational network becomes accessible and vulnerable from any host or computer in the world. As now a days companies business are more depended on Internet, new threats arise from ...

What is Spyware ? A spyware is a malware that monitors the activities on the computer which are illegally installed in computer without the user's knowledge. The information is sent back to its creator. Examples , Collection or passwords and credit card numbers. Some spyware programs are designed to monitor the user's ...

10 tips to protect the security of an organisation Even in the economic development of the best of times, computers also need to update the rotation, and we also need to decide how to deal with them reasonably. In the era of economic crisis, people have laid ...

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) In computer networks, a DMZ or Demilitarized Zone is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains an organization's external services, largely to untrusted network, such as Internet.  It prevents outside users from getting direct access to a server that has company data. In other words "demilitarised ...

Port Security The Port security feature restricts the number of MAC addresses used on a switch or restricts the use of a port to a specific group of users.  The number of devices on a secured port can range from one to 132.  The MAC addresses are assigned either ...