Ted Coombs

This All-in-One gathers the expertise of the leading For Dummies authors in the world of cybersecurity, including Joseph Steinberg, author of Cybersecurity For Dummies; Kevin Beaver, author of Hacking For Dummies; Ted Coombs, author of Cloud Security For Dummies; and Ira Winkler, author of Security Awareness For Dummies.

Articles From Ted Coombs

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Cybersecurity All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-10-2023

To cyber-protect your personal and business data, make sure everyone at home and at work recognizes that they are a target. People who believe that hackers want to breach their computers and phones and that cyber criminals want to steal their data act differently than people who do not understand the true nature of the threat. Many businesses use security awareness programs to improve security related behaviors.

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Cloud Security For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-10-2022

So many computing resources have migrated to the cloud because of ease of use, accessibility, cost, maintainability, and getting your computing closer to your clients (edge computing). With all of these advantages comes additional responsibilities. Cloud service providers do provide some security for your applications and data, but you share responsibility with them. Primarily, those responsibilities include managing access to your cloud resources and maintaining the security of your applications. While it may seem that having responsibility for two things is not a lot of work, it’s quite a challenge. Following, are the essentials of cloud security.

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