Tag: open ports

Unraveling open port threats and enhancing security with port scanning tools

From exposing your network vulnerabilities to becoming a passageway for intruders, open ports can pose several risk vectors that threaten your network’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This is why it’s a best practice to close your open ports. To tackle the risks introduced by open ports, network admins rely on port scanning tools to identify, […]

Are you listening to your logs? Part 4: Open Ports

Did you know that an organization with more open ports is more vulnerable to data breaches?In the first, second, and third parts of the Are you listening to your logs? series, we saw how logs can be used to detect security and operational issues in a network. In the final blog, we’ll talk about open […]