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What is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Handbook of Research on Advancing Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation
An important function in encrypting internet and network traffic, is necessary for measures to be taken against cyber threats.
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Business Management and Strategy in Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation
Fahri Özsungur (Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6975-7.ch008
Abstract
Cyber security threatens vital elements of enterprises such as network, information, application, operational, sustainability, education, and trade secret. Digital transformation and widespread use of IoT caused by the pandemic reveal the importance of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This study is prepared by a systematic review method for cybersecurity. The inspiration of this chapter is the cyberattacks that threaten the global economy and enterprises and the effects of cybercrime on management and strategy. The cybersecurity problem, which continues to increase with the pandemic in the manufacturing and service sector, is current and becoming a serious threat. This study reveals strategy development against cybersecurity threats; sustainability elements in management; measures to be taken against cybercrime, cyberattack, and cyberterrorism; and organizational and business culture management in digital transformation.
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Developing Content Delivery Networks
A protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data that is transferred over the SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. (By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:).
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Virtual Private Networks
A technology that supports encryption, authentication, and other facilities and is built into standard UNIX communication protocols (sockets over TCP/IP).
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