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SSH Key Management & Best Practices

Secure Socket Shell (SSH), also popularly referred to as the Secure Shell, is an exclusive network regulation that leverages public-key cryptography to permit approved users to enter a computer/network or any other device remotely with the aid of  SSH key security  credentials. Since they are used to navigate through the sensitive information and conduct critical and extremely privileged operations, handling SSH keys with care is as vital as any other confidential credentials. Although SSH keys are commonly used with Unix and Linux platforms, they are equally popular with windows based application authentications too. SSH Key Security Authentication Overview The Secure Shell and the public-key cryptography used by SSH keys are specially devised to implement a guarded and encrypted connection authentication between the user and a remote machine. SSH design is based on the client-server model and offers an effective way of accessing remote devices thr

Access Control | A Crucial Data Security Component

Who are legally authorised to access your company's data? How do you ensure that the system admittance was granted to those who tried to access it? What are the possible conditions under which Access Control | A Crucial Data Security Component Who are legally authorised to access your company's data? How do you ensure that the system admittance was granted to those who tried to access it? What are the possible conditions under which you revoke or withhold access rights of a user? To ensure robust protection of your critical information, the above questions (besides many others) need to addressed appropriately in the access control policy of your organisation. Access Control Access control is a way to authenticate a user and providing them with sufficient rights to access company data. Authentication is a technique used to confirm that an individual is a person whom he/she claims to be. However, authentication alone is not enough to protect the data. What's r