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Security and compliance, explained.
Guides, comparisons, glossary entries and breach breakdowns from the Osto team, written for startups that need to get secure and stay compliant.
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Application Security
Application security has two halves that operate at different times. Most teams buy one of them and believe the problem…
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Digital Forensics
The outcome of a digital forensics investigation is decided months before the incident, by what you were recording and how…
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Threat Intelligence
Most threat intelligence sold to small companies is a list of addresses that stops being true within days, and which…
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BEC (Business Email Compromise)
Business email compromise carries no malicious link and no attachment. There is nothing for a scanner to find, which is…
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Content Filtering
Content filtering is a policy, not a product. The same rule can be enforced in four different places, and choosing…
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URL Filtering
URL filtering reads the full web address, not just the domain. Doing that on encrypted traffic means decrypting it, and…
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DNS Filtering
DNS filtering stops a connection before it is made. It is the cheapest security control you can deploy, and the…
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