Tag: Firewall
How Can You Ensure Security on a Server?
It is important to secure your server to prevent data loss or security compromises. Because security is such a challenging subject for many, it often goes unheeded. Many are caught unaware when an issue arises. By following these best practices, you can significantly lower your risk of being compromised by a malicious actor.
How To Open and Change Firewall Ports In Windows Server 2019
Managing your network traffic is essential in securing any device that handles your workloads. One of the primary tools in doing so is a firewall. The Windows operating system (OS) comes prepackaged with the Windows Defender Firewall to assist with this task.
How to Configure Your Network Firewall for Video Conferencing
Many companies have replaced their live office meetings with video conferencing. It is the easiest way to get all employees together, present the latest news and updates, and effectively gather employee feedback. Whether it is for your office or your home network, properly configuring a firewall benefits video conferencing.
osTicket is a free, open-sourced, and web-based customer support platform. In this article, we will show you how to install and configure the support ticket system osTicket on CentOS 7. While this guide will cover installation for unmanaged servers, Liquid Web’s fully managed servers with cPanel, Plesk, or InterWorx control panels allow for a one-click installation of osTicket.
How to Install and Configure Grafana on Ubuntu 20.04
What is Grafana?
Grafana is a data visualization and monitoring tool written in Typescript (frontend) and Go (backend) that allows users to create and edit both log and data graphs and create metrics. Used in conjunction with time series databases such as InfluxDB, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Grafana can use plugins as templates and ready-made graphs and metrics.
What is an Intrusion Detection System?
The security of your network is of the highest priority, and an attack on your network could cost your business thousands, or even millions, of dollars. An intrusion detection system is one such system that can be used to monitor your network and receive alerts when suspicious activity is detected. In this article, we will explain what an intrusion detection system is and how it works.
Alert Logic Security and Compliance Suite
Introduction
Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are an ever-present requirement in a cybersecurity infrastructure to ensure a server or internal network is protected. An intrusion detection system is either a hardware device or software program that actively monitors a server or group of servers for network policy violations or malicious activity. Any suspicious activity, attempted attack, or policy violation is reported and logged to a centrally located security information and event management (SIEM) system database, or directly to a security administrator for further review. This article explores Liquid Web’s intrusion detection product called Alert Logic Security and Compliance Suite.
How To Install and Configure Vault

What is Vault?
Vault protects and secures access to multiple types of confidential data. It stores and manages sensitive password information, API keys, and access tokens that exist in a low trust environment and generates dynamic access to authenticate users to ensure they have authorized ingress and availability to a file, location, service, or application.
Threat Stack Intrusion Detection System
Introduction
This article will review some of the more technical aspects of Threat Stack. Threat Stack is a platform-independent intrusion detection system (IDS) designed to provide users with a unique view into various integrated server security functions. It monitors both Linux and Windows servers as well as Kubernetes or other container-based server infrastructures to observe behaviors and detect malicious, uncommon, and risky activity.
Microsoft Exchange Server Security Update
Introduction

In this article, we provide updated information concerning the ongoing threat posed by the malware directed at Microsoft Exchange Servers noted in CVE-2021-26855. We also furnish the steps needed to update and secure your Microsoft Exchange Server. In a recent post, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency posted a priority security advisory regarding the recent Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability. They state:
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