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What is the Principle of Least Privilege (POLP)?

The Principle of Least Privilege is one of the highest-ROI security practices available—especially for lean teams. This guide breaks down how to shrink your attack surface, control admin access, and stop privilege creep with actionable strategies like JIT elevation, break-glass accounts, and role-based controls. With a 30/60/90-day roadmap and expert support from VirtualArmour, you can move from abstract policy to real-world implementation—fast.

Cybersecurity

Understanding the Security Operations Center (SOC): Why It’s Important

A Security Operations Center used to feel like enterprise overkill—but not anymore. For lean IT teams facing growing cyber risk, a SOC provides 24/7 protection, faster response, and critical compliance support. This guide explains how managed and co-managed SOC models can extend your team, reduce downtime, and bring clarity to today’s threat landscape.

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How a Network Health Assessment Strengthens Your Cybersecurity Platform

A network health assessment reveals hidden risks, misconfigurations, and performance issues across your IT environment. By aligning infrastructure with security best practices and compliance frameworks, it strengthens your organization’s cybersecurity posture, improves operational visibility, and ensures long-term resilience against threats.

Business

Cybersecurity Basics Every Manufacturing & Logistics Company Needs to Have in Place

Cybersecurity has become mission-critical in manufacturing and logistics as connected systems, cloud tools, and digital supply chains expand the attack surface. This article explores the evolving threat landscape—from ransomware to vendor risk—and offers actionable strategies to secure operations and ensure resilience.

Managed Services

Optimizing Network Performance with Vendor Support and Maintenance Strategies

In today’s digital-first environment, network performance directly impacts productivity, security, and profitability. From hybrid work to cloud applications, businesses can’t afford downtime. This guide explores how to proactively optimize network reliability through vendor support, maintenance strategies, and managed services to ensure business continuity and long-term success.

Risk Mitigation & Prevention

Patch Management: Why It’s Essential for Security

In cybersecurity, some of the biggest threats aren’t exotic, zero-day exploits–they’re known vulnerabilities that never got fixed. That’s

Cloud

Key Differences between XDR and SIEM in Cybersecurity

SIEM and XDR are two powerful but distinct cybersecurity tools. This guide explores their core differences, use cases, and how they can work together to strengthen your organization’s threat detection, compliance, and incident response capabilities—whether you’re a cloud-native startup or a compliance-focused enterprise.

Terms & Phrases Used in the Managed IT & Cybersecurity Industries

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Terms & Phrases Used in the Managed IT & Cybersecurity Industries

Last updated September 12, 2025 Summary: Not everyone knows what a managed IT provider does—or how to define

Risk Mitigation & Prevention

Insider Threats: Identifying and Mitigating Internal Security Risks

Insider threats—whether malicious or accidental—pose serious cybersecurity risks to organizations. Learn how to identify warning signs, strengthen access controls, deploy effective monitoring tools, and build a culture of security awareness to defend against internal actors. Discover actionable strategies to mitigate risk and ensure fast, compliant response if an incident occurs.

Security Risk Assessments

What Is Security Posture? A Practical Guide for Modern Enterprises

Build resilience with real-time threat detection, posture assessments, and managed cybersecurity services. Work with Virtual Armour and learn how to stay ahead of evolving risks.

Risk Mitigation & Prevention

How to Adopt a Zero Trust Approach to Cybersecurity

Zero Trust implementation can be complex, especially for organizations with legacy systems or limited in-house expertise. That’s why many businesses rely on professional cybersecurity services from trusted partners to guide strategic rollout and ensure long-term success.

Endpoint

Implementing SentinelOne for Endpoint Protection: What Enterprises Need to Know

Explore how SentinelOne, deployed and monitored by VirtualArmour, delivers next-gen endpoint protection with AI-powered threat detection, autonomous response, and real-time visibility. Learn the key features, implementation steps, and enterprise benefits of securing your remote and hybrid workforce.

Industry News & Events

6 Cybersecurity Conferences You Can’t Miss in 2025

Stay ahead in cybersecurity by attending top conferences in 2025. From Black Hat to DEF CON, this guide highlights key events for networking, training, and industry insights. Discover dates, locations, and what each event offers security pros at all levels.

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Managed Services

Understanding EDR vs. XDR: Key Differences

Business operations have undergone a massive shift to the cloud over the past decade and a half. This

Managed Services

Optimizing Your Network Security Posture with Managed Support for Palo Alto Infrastructure

Evaluating network security posture provides a comprehensive view of the overall strength and resilience of an organization’s cybersecurity

Employee Training

The Importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees

Investing in leading edge cybersecurity products is an essential part of protecting our networks in the twenty-first century,

Cybersecurity

Integrating Stellar Cyber into Your Existing Security Framework

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is an essential service when protecting your organization’s network in today’s modern business

Managed Services

Cybersecurity in 2025: Current Trends & Future Predictions

The world of cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving one. Each year, hackers and other bad actors utilize a

Risk Mitigation & Prevention

Advanced Threat Prevention with Palo Alto: Strategies and Tools

The modern attack surface for businesses operating over digital networks is a complex beast. The rapid growth of

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Challenges in the Age of Remote Work

The world has recently and rapidly adapted to a new reality where remote workers make up a significant

Cybersecurity

How Fear Motivates People to Click on Spam

Summary: Fear is a powerful motivator—and spam, which make up over 85% of all email, takes advantage of

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