Online Security and Privacy News

Getting results from your search engine is a breeze - but behind the scenes, things are a lot more complicated than that. There are all sorts of tools out there that monitor your traffic to make sure your network is secure, but one of the most important ones you may not even know about is a NAT Firewall - or Network Address Translation. You might be surprised to learn that you probably have one on your router already - its the thing that lets your router connect your private network to the internet using NAT, allowing all your devices to talk to the wider world using just one IP address. First off, let's talk about what a firewall actually is. Essentially its like a personal assistant for your computer - think of your PC as a director, and the firewall as their trusted secretary, sorting through all the incoming and outgoing mail and only letting in the stuff that the director wants to receive. When you browse the internet, stream a movie or send an email, you're sending all sorts of requests to different servers - and the firewall sits between your local network and the wider world, sorting out the incoming and outgoing data to make sure everything matches up. If it doesn't, it just gets tossed. And the good news is that the firewall protects you from all that dodgy stuff lurking on the web that could do you harm.

The Red and Blue Teams are the cyber security Red and Blue Teams, respectively, specializing in distinct, but complementary roles in making your organization stronger. In the Red Team, the attackers (simulating real world cyber attacks) attempt to uncover vulnerabilities and in the Blue Team defend against these threats, to secure systems and data. Together they aid organizations in identifying weaknesses and build a strong security strategy.  In this article, we’ll dive into what each team does, how they work together, and how tools like VeePN can support both teams in securing sensitive information.