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Name the major points of vulnerability in a typical online transaction and describe the technology solutions that a company can use to defend itself against security and cyber threats.
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Security vulnerability types, network vulnerabilities, operating system vulnerabilities, human vulnerabilities, and process vulnerabilities.
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So we can see here that there are vulnerabilities in a number of different ways.
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So the major points of vulnerability are at the client level, the server level, and over the internet communications levels.
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So what can be done to limit these vulnerabilities? we want to minimize them as much as possible.
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So technology solutions that a company can use to defend itself against security and cyber threats.
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Stay updated.
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You need to stay up to date with hacking threats.
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Having a basic understanding of what the threats are is protection because then you know what you're looking for.
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Toughen up access control.
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The admin level of your website is an easy way into everything so you don't want a hacker to be able to see it and you want to enforce user names and passwords that cannot be guessed.
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Change the default database prefix to something random and harder to guess.
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Limit the number of login attempts within a certain time, even with password resets, because email accounts can be hacked as well...