Differences between the declarative and imperative models can be summed up in one sentence: imperative focuses on how and declarative focuses on what.

UpGuard Blog

10.01.2025

8 Ways Indian Organizations Can Mitigate Cyber Threats | UpGuard

Learn how Indian organizations can overcome industry challenges to address and mitigate the cybersecurity risks threatening their data security.

UpGuard Blog

09.01.2025

What is a Reverse Proxy Server? Learn How they Protect You | UpGuard

Learn about reverse proxies and how they could support your cybersecurity objectives.

UpGuard Blog

09.01.2025

What is Metasploit? | UpGuard

The Metasploit Framework is an open-source framework that is used to find, exploit, and validate system vulnerabilities. Learn more about how it works.

UpGuard Blog

09.01.2025

What is Kerberos Authentication? A Complete Overview | UpGuard

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that secures user access to services/applications through secret-key cryptography. Learn how it works.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

Top 10 Configuration Management Tools You Need to Know About | UpGuard

Learn about the best 10 configuration management tools and the pros and cons of each so you can figure out which is best fit for your DevOps organization.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

How to Fix the Top 10 Windows 10 Vulnerabilities [Infographic] | UpGuard

Learn how to fix the top 10 security vulnerabilities and exploits on Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system and prevent your systems from being exploited.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

The Difference Between Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking | UpGuard

A quick explanation of the differences between cybersecurity and ethical hacking.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

What is OAuth? A Complete Explanation | UpGuard

OAuth grants websites and applications access to users' information on other services without providing important credentials like passwords.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

6 Ways Hackers Can Bypass MFA + Prevention Strategies | UpGuard

This article outlines the ways hackers can exploit MFA and how to protect your organization’s sensitive data from such attacks.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)? + Best IDS Tools | UpGuard

An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a software application or hardware device that detects cyber attacks. Learn more about how it works and its uses.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

What are Indicators of Attack (IOAs)? How they Differ from IOCs | UpGuard

IOAs, when used in conjunction with IOCs, can significantly increase the efficacy of cybersecurity programs defending against data breaches.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

Reverse Proxy Vs. Load Balancer | UpGuard

Reverse proxies and load balancers have some features in common but aren't quite the same thing. Learn more.

UpGuard Blog

08.01.2025

What is CIFS? | UpGuard

CIFS (Common Internet File System) is a network protocol that allows clients to communicate with servers and access file sharing and print services.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

7 Ways to Secure Sensitive Data on a USB Flash Drive | UpGuard

If you must use a USB flash drive for data storage (not recommended), there are ways to improve your data security. Learn how to secure your thumb drive.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

Authenticity vs. Non-Repudiation | UpGuard

Learn the difference between two core concepts of information security: authenticity and non-repudiation.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

Ansible vs Ansible Tower: What are The Key Differences | UpGuard

Ansible is a configuration management tool and orchestration engine that doesn't use master-and-minions setup. Ansible Tower is a UI, dashboard, and API.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

CIFS vs. SMB: What's the Difference? | UpGuard

The key difference between CIFS and SMB is that CIFS is a dialect of SMB – a particular implementation of the SMB protocol. Learn more.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

What Is Configuration Management and Why Is It Important? | UpGuard

Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a system's attributes.

UpGuard Blog

06.01.2025

Can SIM Cards Get Hacked? | UpGuard

Find out how SIM cards can get hacked and why you need to be careful.

UpGuard Blog

31.12.2024

7 Third-Party Risk Management Trends to be Aware of in 2025 | UpGuard

Discover what Third-Party Risk Management trends your organization should watch in 2025 and learn how to adjust your TPRM program accordingly.

UpGuard Blog

13.12.2024

What is Cyber Threat Intelligence? Fighting Cyber Crime with Data | UpGuard

A cyber threat intelligence strategy encourages you to think like a cybercriminal, helping you predict and intercept their next moves.

UpGuard Blog

13.12.2024

What is Cyber Threat Detection and Response? | UpGuard

Learn the key principles of detecting and mitigating cyber threats before they develop into security incidents and data breaches.

UpGuard Blog

29.11.2024

Human Factors in Cybersecurity in 2024 | UpGuard

Discover the primary human factors that could be disrupting the efficacy of your cybersecurity program and learn how to mitigate them.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Ansible vs Salt | UpGuard

For busy system administrators, Configuration Management (CM) tools like Ansible and Salt are absolute lifesavers.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Don’t Use Production Data In Your Test Environment: The Impact Of Leaked Test Credentials | UpGuard

Read about why your third-party vendors and test environments should not contain production data, and how to protect your customers by taking a few steps.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Carbon Black vs CrowdStrike | UpGuard

How does Carbon Black's endpoint security platform match up against CrowdStrike's SaaS-based solution for endpoint protection? Read more to find out.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Check your Amazon S3 permissions. Someone will. | UpGuard

Companies regularly host sensitive data on Amazon's S3. Sometimes they forget to close it off to the internet. Here's a guide to make sure you don't.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Cavirin vs RiskRecon | UpGuard

Which one of these cybersecurity platforms is better for measuring enterprise cyber risk? Read more to find out.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Docker vs. Vagrant [Infographic] | UpGuard

Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both Docker and Vagrant? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

5 Common Problems in Puppet Enterprise | UpGuard

Check out these 5 commonly encountered problems in Puppet Enterprise and how to go about resolving them.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Apache vs Nginx | UpGuard

Apache is an established player in the web server market but Nginx has some strong advantages. Find out which works for you.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

Carbon Black vs Symantec Endpoint Protection | UpGuard

Find out how veteran Symantec's Endpoint Protection stacks up against Bit9 + Carbon Black's security solution.

UpGuard Blog

19.11.2024

How to Secure Your Windows Environment: Top 10 Ways | UpGuard

Learn more about the basic elements to bolstering your Windows environment against cyber attackers.

UpGuard Blog

16.11.2024

Cast a Wider Net: UpGuard Now Scans 5x More Sources | UpGuard

Introducing UpGuard’s enhanced news and incident coverage. 500% better coverage to keep you ahead of the latest security threats.

UpGuard Blog

14.11.2024

Is the ASX 200 Resilient to Cyber Threats? Our Report Says No. | UpGuard

A sneak peek into some of the key vulnerabilities we discovered impacting ASX 200 companies in 2024.

UpGuard Blog

05.11.2024

2024 U.S. Election Integrity Threats: Not Just Data Leaks & Hacks | UpGuard

We recap the major events impacting voter data integrity in U.S. elections over the past eight years (since 2016).

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Unmasking Shadow AI: What Is it and How Can You Manage it? | UpGuard

What is Shadow IT? Benefits & Risks | UpGuard

Mitel MiCollab Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-35286 and CVE-2024-41713 | UpGuard

Declarative vs. Imperative Models for Configuration Management: Which Is Really Better? | UpGuard

8 Ways Indian Organizations Can Mitigate Cyber Threats | UpGuard

What is a Reverse Proxy Server? Learn How they Protect You | UpGuard

What is Metasploit? | UpGuard

What is Kerberos Authentication? A Complete Overview | UpGuard

Top 10 Configuration Management Tools You Need to Know About | UpGuard

How to Fix the Top 10 Windows 10 Vulnerabilities [Infographic] | UpGuard

The Difference Between Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking | UpGuard

What is OAuth? A Complete Explanation | UpGuard

6 Ways Hackers Can Bypass MFA + Prevention Strategies | UpGuard

What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)? + Best IDS Tools | UpGuard

What are Indicators of Attack (IOAs)? How they Differ from IOCs | UpGuard

Reverse Proxy Vs. Load Balancer | UpGuard

What is CIFS? | UpGuard

7 Ways to Secure Sensitive Data on a USB Flash Drive | UpGuard

Authenticity vs. Non-Repudiation | UpGuard

Ansible vs Ansible Tower: What are The Key Differences | UpGuard

CIFS vs. SMB: What's the Difference? | UpGuard

What Is Configuration Management and Why Is It Important? | UpGuard

Can SIM Cards Get Hacked? | UpGuard

7 Third-Party Risk Management Trends to be Aware of in 2025 | UpGuard

What is Cyber Threat Intelligence? Fighting Cyber Crime with Data | UpGuard

What is Cyber Threat Detection and Response? | UpGuard

Human Factors in Cybersecurity in 2024 | UpGuard

Ansible vs Salt | UpGuard

Don’t Use Production Data In Your Test Environment: The Impact Of Leaked Test Credentials | UpGuard

Carbon Black vs CrowdStrike | UpGuard

Check your Amazon S3 permissions. Someone will. | UpGuard

Cavirin vs RiskRecon | UpGuard

Docker vs. Vagrant [Infographic] | UpGuard

5 Common Problems in Puppet Enterprise | UpGuard

Apache vs Nginx | UpGuard

Carbon Black vs Symantec Endpoint Protection | UpGuard

How to Secure Your Windows Environment: Top 10 Ways | UpGuard

Cast a Wider Net: UpGuard Now Scans 5x More Sources | UpGuard

Is the ASX 200 Resilient to Cyber Threats? Our Report Says No. | UpGuard

2024 U.S. Election Integrity Threats: Not Just Data Leaks & Hacks | UpGuard

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