Microsoft is ready to kill off Patch Tuesday as we know it
Say hello to ‘Regular Tuesday’ For many organizations, Patch Tuesday will soon become “just another Tuesday”, because Microsoft is preparing to roll out a new tool that automates the patch…
October 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Operating system updates and zero-days aplenty
September has been a packed month of continuous updates. Apple and Microsoft released new operating systems, and several vulnerabilities exploited in web services resulted in a domino effect of zero-day…
AT&T Data Breaches: Full Timeline Through 2023
The most recent AT&T data breach occurred in March 2023, when AT&T notified 9 million customers that their data had been exposed following an attack on a third-party vendor. As…
What is DDoS mitigation?
Properly implemented DDoS mitigation is what keeps websites online during an attack. Explore the process of DDoS mitigation and the essential characteristics to look for in a mitigation service. What…
CDN reliability and redundancy
A CDN is designed to circumvent network congestion and protect against service interruption. CDN benefits – reliability & redundancy One of the essential characteristics of a CDN is its ability…
What is Anycast? | How does Anycast work?
Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in which incoming requests can be routed to various locations. What is Anycast? Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in…
What is a data center?
A data center houses many networked computers that work together to process, store, and share data. What is a data center? A data center houses many networked computers that work…
Barriers to Entry: Understanding What Limits Competition
What Are Barriers to Entry? Barriers to entry is an economics and business term describing factors that can prevent or impede newcomers into a market or industry sector limiting competition.…
CDN SSL/TLS | CDN security
What are the security risks to a CDN? Like all networks exposed to the Internet, CDNs must guard against on-path attacks, data breaches, and attempts to overwhelm the network of…
What is a web crawler? | How web spiders work
A web crawler, or spider, is a bot typically operated by search engines like Google and Bing. Their purpose is to index the content of websites all across the Internet…