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What is Access Control?

Access control is a security technique that regulates who or what can view, use or access a place or other resources. It is a fundamental concept in physical security and information security designed to minimize risk. At a high level, access control is about restricting access to a resource. Any access control system, whether physical or logical, has five main components: Access control can be split into two groups designed to improve physical security or cybersecurity:

How to Perform an IT Cyber Security Risk Assessment: Step-by-Step Guide

A cyber security risk assessment is about understanding, managing, controlling and mitigating cyber risk across your organization. It is a crucial part of any organization's risk management strategy and data protection efforts. Risk assessments are nothing new and whether you like it or not, if you work in information security, you are in the risk management business.

What Is Configuration Management and Why Is It Important?

Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. Configuration management is a form of IT service management (ITSM) as defined by ITIL that ensures the configuration of system resources, computer systems, servers and other assets are known, good and trusted. It's sometimes referred to as IT automation.

UpGuard November 2020 product releases and roadmap

Keynote address from our Chief Product Officer about this quarter's latest features, and a sneak peek into our February 2021 product launch. UpGuard's integrated risk platform combines third party security ratings, security assessment questionnaires, and threat intelligence capabilities to give businesses a full and comprehensive view of their risk surface. This quarter alone, UpGuard has released over 30 features to the UpGuard platform, including 6 major releases.

UpGuard Summit opening keynote: Security in 2020

UpGuard co-founder and co-CEO, Alan Sharp-Paul shares UpGuard’s journey in the complex year of 2020 and what the shift to remote work means from a security standpoint. UpGuard helps businesses manage cybersecurity risk. UpGuard's integrated risk platform combines third party security ratings, security assessment questionnaires, and threat intelligence capabilities to give businesses a full and comprehensive view of their risk surface.