#intrusion prevention

[radiantindia]

Enhancing Network Security with SonicWall TZ570 Firewall

Discover how SonicWall TZ570 Firewall enhances network security with advanced features like SSL decryption and intrusion prevention. Learn more about deploying TZ570 with Radiant Info Solutions

[noob2networking]

Firewall Friday: Network Security - Protecting Your Network from Threats

Welcome to Firewall Friday, where we dive into the exciting world of network security with a touch of humor and relatable analogies. In this edition, we’ll explore the importance of network security and how firewalls act as the guardians of your network, protecting it from potential threats. Get ready to embark on a hilarious and informative journey as we use common analogies, playful emojis, and…

[wolexsocial]

Persistence Cyber Security Threat Facing Businesses

As technology advances, cybercriminals continue to develop new tactics to steal sensitive information and disrupt business operations. One of the most persistent threats to businesses is cyber-attacks that are designed to infiltrate and compromise computer systems. These attacks can take many forms, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering. The threat of persistent cyber-attacks is real and can cause significant harm to businesses of all sizes.

What is a Persistent Cybersecurity Threat?

Persistent cybersecurity threats are those that are designed to continually attempt to compromise a target system. These threats are often initiated by sophisticated attackers who are highly motivated and well-resourced. They may use a variety of tactics to gain access to a system, such as exploiting vulnerabilities in software, stealing user credentials, or using social engineering techniques to trick users into giving up sensitive information.

Once attackers have gained access to a system, they may use a range of techniques to maintain persistence and avoid detection. For example, they may create backdoors that allow them to regain access to the system after it has been patched or reset. They may also use rootkits to hide their presence on the system, making it difficult for security teams to detect and remove them.

Why are Persistent Cybersecurity Threats a Concern for Businesses?

Persistent cybersecurity threats pose a significant risk to businesses for several reasons. First, they can be difficult to detect and remove. Attackers may use advanced techniques to evade detection by security tools, making it challenging to identify and stop the attack.

Second, persistent cyber-attacks can result in the loss or theft of sensitive information. Attackers may use the access they have gained to steal valuable data, such as customer information, intellectual property, or financial data. This can lead to reputational damage, legal liabilities, and financial losses for the business.

Third, persistent cybersecurity threats can disrupt business operations. Attackers may use their access to the system to launch denial-of-service attacks, ransomware attacks, or other types of disruptive attacks. This can cause significant downtime and lost productivity, resulting in financial losses for the business.

What Can Businesses Do to Protect Themselves from Persistent Cybersecurity Threats?

There are several steps that businesses can take to protect themselves from persistent cybersecurity threats. First, they should implement robust cybersecurity controls, such as firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems. These tools can help to detect and prevent attacks, as well as provide early warning of potential threats.

Second, businesses should provide regular cybersecurity training for employees. Employees are often the weakest link in cybersecurity defenses, and attackers may use social engineering tactics to gain access to sensitive information. By providing regular training and awareness programs, businesses can help to reduce the risk of successful attacks.

Third, businesses should conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to identify and remediate weaknesses in their systems. This can help to identify potential attack vectors and prevent attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities.

Finally, businesses should have a robust incident response plan in place. This should include procedures for detecting and responding to attacks, as well as steps for mitigating the damage caused by an attack. By having a clear plan in place, businesses can respond quickly and effectively to cyber-attacks, minimizing the impact on their operations and reputation.

In conclusion, persistent cybersecurity threats are a significant concern for businesses of all sizes. These threats can be difficult to detect and remove, and they can result in the theft of sensitive information, disruption of business operations, and financial losses. To protect themselves from persistent cyber-attacks, businesses should implement robust cybersecurity controls, provide regular training for employees, conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and have a robust incident response plan in place. By taking these steps, businesses can reduce the risk of cyber-attacks and protect themselves from the potentially devastating consequences of persistent cybersecurity threats.

[orbitbrain]

Spyderbat Raises $10 Million for Cloud and Container Security Platform

Spyderbat Raises $10 Million for Cloud and Container Security Platform

Home › Cloud Security Spyderbat Raises $10 Million for Cloud and Container Security Platform By Ionut Arghire on October 26, 2022 Tweet Cloud-native runtime security startup Spyderbat this week announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $14 million. The funding round was led by NTTVC, with participation from Benhamou Global…

[ronanceautistic]

another day another "'reblog or else' post will does nothing except trigger people's ocd. I don't care how important ur post is, triggering people into reblogging is ableist"

I hate this site. we had this discourse on TikTok when will Tumblr finally have it.

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

Is it still suicide awareness month?

Frankly I still don't approve of the "throw them in the hospital against their will" approach to suicide prevention.

Because one time I opened up about my intrusive thoughts because they were really scaring me.

For context intrusive thoughts are associated with anxiety and OCD and are ALWAYS things you do not want to do so they're ALWAYS very upsetting, traumatizing, or triggering.

Anyways I opened up to someone about my intrusive thoughts because they were scaring me, but I didn't know what intrusive thoughts were at the time. And I almost got a sweet new pair of grippy socks out of it.

I had to be like "I HAVE THOUGHTS OF HURTING MYSELF BUT I DO NOT WANT TO HURT MYSELF. THAT'S WHY I'M SO UPSET ABOUT IT." They actually did not help me at all but at least I did not have to be hospitalized over it so that's good.

-fae

[happyplaceoflu]

You don't have to believe every single thought

That tumbles through your head

Just 'cause it sounds like you talking

- The Crane Wives

[rouge-the-bat]

i am. SO fucking tired of ppl trying to make "problematic" fiction out to being the same fucking thing as shit me and other csa survivors have gone through. how do yall not realize how fucking disrespectful it is to have our trauma watered down to be equal to some shit thats literally not even real ????? THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING, ONE HAS AN ACTIVE REAL ABUSER AND REAL VICTIM, ONE IS A FAKE STORY ABOUT FAKE PEOPLE.

[standupcomedyhistorian]

Good morning, everyone!

It is Bo Burnham's 33rd birthday today! 🥳

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BO! You've got seven more years to go per your last birthday song haha 😉

It is also my last day in my intensive therapy program. I feel SO much lighter and happier than when I started. I never thought it was possible! 🥰

I just wanted to again thank everyone who's supported me through the HARDEST month of my entire life.

The combination of being suicidal and then my ex asking for divorce on July 26th—one day after I was admitted to the psych ward—felt like the world was collapsing around me.

But I found the strength to open up during group sessions (EVERYONE at the hospital knew I love Bo's stuff haha), and some very special people there gave me the courage to go on living. Thank you, Alexia, for playing Bo's music in the gym and Donte for giving me a soft fleece blanket (the sheets were SO itchy) so I could finally sleep again.

Special shout-out to my sister. Jill has been there for me since we were kids (she's 4 years younger than me), and we've weathered the same shit from our awful parents and both have complex trauma because of it. I'm more sensitive than her in general and internalize things, but she sent me two videos that changed my whole perspective.

The first was Brent Charleton and his chart of the Ego States. This helped me reconfigure how my thinking was constantly making things worse in life. I'm basically a teenager learning to be an adult in my mind, and that is OKAY. I am learning to heal my wounded inner child, and she is thankful for the emotional support when she had none from her narcissistic mother and enabling father growing up.

The second was Tim Fletcher's series on shame. This is incredibly hard to watch (I recommend taking as many breaks as you need), but I promise you it gets SO much better when you let go of shame. All shame does is make us feel miserable...it is SO not worth it to live that way!

I know this all sounds like nonsense to most of you, but I was ready to kill myself because the intrusive thoughts had become unbearable. If you're at that state too, please watch one of these videos—I PROMISE it can get better 🌈

What made me realize my self-worth was watching my interview with Quentin Stuckey about my website. I could hardly believe that I could APPEAR that personable and happy when I was secretly dying inside.

Thank you so much, Quentin, for giving me the opportunity to be on your podcast, and I hope the weather gets better in Europe soon! 💗

And, last but not least, I have a brand-new interview with one of the most creative and inspirational Bo content creators I've had the pleasure of talking to: Dylan Case.

Please make it a priority to watch his 38-minute parody of Inside here—he is an absolute GEM and I will support his comedy career in any way I can! 🙌🏼

Thanks, everyone. I didn't think I would still be here on July 25th, but I'm glad I stayed. ✌🏼🐔

[jimmyandthegiraffes]

randall and hopkirk deceased as an extended metaphor for reactions to severe trauma

i think theres a lot to be said about martys death as like. a metaphor or symbolic of severe trauma. its a life altering event that fundamentally alters everyone involved. marty obviously. because hes dead. but what if we think about it in a less literal, more abstract way? i dont know. there are a few experiences for the characters in this show which regardless of how they were intended, resonate a lot. for the sake of argument im avoiding referring to the event as 'martys death' in order to generalise the experiences and make them less specific. martys death for the sake of this post is an event. any event. that changes the lives of the people it touches both subtly and tangibly

its a traumatic event which means that marty can no longer relate to or interact with other people . hes isolated and ostracised and numbed, literally. he's derealised and dissociated, hes out-of-body. the traumatic event has left him unable to engage physically with anyone or anything around him. the only physically 'real' thing to marty is himself - which we can see when he says to bugsy "you're solid!": he doesnt recognise them as both being incorporeal. to marty, it's the rest of the world that doesn't exist anymore, and him and bugsy (someone with shared trauma) are all that's left. he is Such an isolated character, as a direct result of the traumatic event. it's left him with the ability to detect 'bad vibes' (hypervigilance). and it's not something that can be reversed - now that it's happened, that's it, but even tho he is often unhappy and hypervigilant and anxious and wishes he could go back to how he was before, he still does find moments to be silly and have fun, and eventually also to find excitement and empowerment in his new state of being. because hes still a person, even if most people dont treat him as such. his trauma means that other people no longer recognise him as a person, and that's not their fault. the living arent deliberately ostracising marty: it's his trauma which has distinctly separated him from everyone else. it's left him silent and invisible and almost completely alienated. no matter how much he yells to people to warn that they're going to be murdered, or yells for help, nobody is paying attention to him.

for jeff, his best friend is dead. yea. but jeff stops grieving this loss. in a very parallel way to marty being frozen in time and unable to continue his life, jeff is also trapped.when jeff comes home after the funeral, we see the beginnings of his journey with grief, and its a grieving process that has been interrupted; a healing process gone wrong. now he can't move on; marty is a constant reminder to him. its no wonder jeff gets angry with marty, occasionally wants marty to leave. and while jeff might feel trapped by marty, and marty feel hurt by jeff not recognising how tragic death was for marty, neither of them are to blame. its a terrible situation - and the evil isnt in either of them or their reactions to it. marty might have trouble with boundaries and jeff might occasionally be callous. but theyre just two traumatised people. the evil is that marty was killed at all.

jeff knows that things can't ever be the same; he has the dual struggle of mourning the loss of a normal life and a normal friendship, and accepting the fact that this is normality for them now. marty is who he is, the traumatic event happened and can't be undone, and marty is still here and suffering and so so deserving of compassion. sometimes when marty is silly jeff smiles a little bit and he loves him so much and he remembers that he does; because a lot of the time, the struggle in the aftermath of that traumatic event makes him too wrung out and stressed and tired to remember that that's his best friend, his best friend is right there and needs jeff as much as jeff needs him, if not more so

jeff ALSO now can't relate normally to the people around him. in the second ever episode jeannie, one of his best friends, tricks him into a hold in a psychiatric clinic, based on nothing but a few instances of jeff behaving a little strangely, right after having been bereaved. jeff has to act normal at all times under difficult or even impossible circumstances; he has to maintain the illusion of normality even more than marty does, even while marty is yelling directly into his ear. while marty might perform and mimic a 'living' existence (sitting on furniture, which we know he doesnt need to do; speaking to people he knows cant hear him; not allowing jeff to touch him so that they can both maintain the fantasy of normality after trauma) but for Jeff the illusion is crucial to his safety

jeannie is the one we might think is ironically spared some of this, even though she and marty were married. shes not involved in marty's continued existence post-trauma in the same way jeff and marty are. they deliberately keep it from her to preserve her wellbeing and, in jeff's case at least, to ensure that her ability to move on with her life isn’t curtailed the way Jeffs and Martys have been. and jeannie is trying; but it's not the case - not yet. caught up in his own life, and marty caught up in his death, jeff sometimes forgets that jeannie lost her husband, recently. him saying "i thought you got over marty ages ago" when it's been less than a year seems like an absolutely deranged thing to say to a widow when you hear it out of context. but it has to be a moment for jeff to remember: he and marty have sacrificed the healing of the grieving process in favour of what they have now, in favour of continuing their friendship and being there for each other. but jeannie hasnt. jeannie is still going through it in all of its agony. jeannie is consistently vulnerable when it comes to marty; over and over again she is manipulated by people who take advantage of her grief. and it's easy to say well she's being silly or naive, but thats because the audience follow the show primarily through jeff and marty's eyes, not jeannies. The only person Jeannie could talk to about marty seems so altered by his grief that she doesnt feel she can even bring Marty up in conversation

we also see that jeannie has been isolated from other people because of the traumatic event. Jenny comes down to see her shortly afterwards; but crucially when we see jeannie among her friends of whom we see, she has many! She is alone in a crowd, just as Jeff and Marty are. At parties she is on her own. She’s in the corner, changed by her experience of finding her husband dead just outside their house. The people around her are amiable and friendly but they don’t understand. They don’t approach her; and they don’t listen when she expresses reluctance at being asked to join in an activity she finds deeply uncomfortable.

All three characters love each other so much; and as a direct result of the traumatic event, they still sometimes harm each other inadvertently. Jeff harms Jeannie by forgetting that she is still grieving; perhaps he even harms her by keeping huge secrets from her even if he does so under oath and the best of intentions. Jeff harms Marty by not telling him ahead of time that Jeannie is an alibi when they’re in bed together; he harms him by being insensitive to Marty’s limitations; he harms him by dismissing his fears and anxieties out of hand; he harms him by rejecting him and telling him to leave. Marty harms Jeff and Jeannie both, tragically, by his inability to let them go. He harms Jeff by neglecting to observe Jeff’s boundaries appropriately. He harms Jeannie, albeit without her knowledge, in his jealous urge to keep her from moving on and finding someone else, even if he doesn’t act on it. He does Jeannie a disservice occasionally by underestimating her, and so does Jeff. Jeannie harms Jeff by not trusting him, by tricking him and having him confined without ever speaking to him about her concerns. She harms Marty without meaning to when she half believes that sheldon is Marty, and by agreeing to help cecil exorcise Marty.

None of these things are deliberate; and I think all three characters can overcome this. They love each other enough. But they’re just people. They’re trying to navigate a life that has become strange to them.

i dont know. its 4am. i have many thoughts and this isnt nearly as clean or comprehensive as i would want it to be. Jeannie, Jeff and Marty are all traumatised and are muddling their way through the aftermath as best they can and they all need each other’s understanding and compassion.

[cringefailroboguy]

Fellas... I think I might have ocd

[caffeinatedopossum]

Events of last night:

Me: *crying*

My girlfriend: what's wrong?? :(

Me: *struggling to form words* intrusive thoughts are bad... I don't want to talk about them because then I'm scared that they're true and you might think I'm awful

My girlfriend: ah I actually get that. I have those a lot. It doesn't mean anything though, intrusive thoughts are just like dreams. Like the things you do in them aren't really things you want to do, it's just stuff your brain comes up with.

[nogchompa]

controversial but remember when there were discussions on how if u ostracize a minority of a group by shaming them that they often just find more secretive ways to do their shameful acts instead of seeking help. weird

[etlu-yume]

suddenly reminded of how I described feeling the PMDD ... mood swings? Hazard zone? Darkside? whatever you want to call it. When you can FEEL it coming in;

It comes from behind, soft and subtle at first. Like a comforting back hug. Until it tightens its grip, until it's got you by the throat. And it keeps you in a chokehold until either you outlast it and the danger is over...

Or until it kills you.

(Sending hugs to all the PMDD folks struggling hard this cycle, hang in there <3)

[theclosetedskeleton]

throwback to this afternoon where for the first time i accidentally twitched in-front of my mom (usually i try to suppress my twitches in front of family bc they're involuntary and i don't want anyone mocking or asking about it) and my mom told me to "stop twitching like you have something" in the most irritated tone like i was doing it on purpose.

[musical-chick-13]

ONCE AGAIN:

“Do not ever engage with The Bad Fiction Things for any reason because interacting with it automatically reflects who you are as a person because it means that this fictional, not real thing is actually you” IS DIRECTLY. ANTITHETICAL. TO RECOVERY. FROM THE THING. THAT I SUFFER FROM.