Cybersecurity, the Business, and Demilitarized Zones

No, not North Korea

Although…if you think about it…

Anyway.

According to ISACA, a web server should always be placed within a demilitarized zone, in order to shield the internal network.

What is a demilitarized zone?

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Ask any business person, and they’re likely to tell you it’s a place between South Korea and North Korea, right?

While they’d be right, you and I both know that in cybersecurity, a demilitarized zone is “a perimeter network that protects and adds an extra layer of security to an organization’s internal local-area network from untrusted traffic.”

…Right ok I’ll be honest and let you know I didn’t actually know that. Coming from the business and all. I knew it was a no-go area but not the details behind it.

And that’s my point.

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When you’re talking to the business, it’s not always necessary to get into the details about what you’re doing in your role to protect them, and your organization, from cyber-attacks. Just like you really don’t need to know the in’s and…