Technology@Wooster

Tag: cybersecurity

  • What is the purpose of a firewall?

    Illustration of how a firewall works

    Even though we don’t think about it very often, network security is extremely important. This post is going to discuss a device that is used to enforce protection in networks. A firewall is a component that is used to monitor the incoming and outgoing traffic in a network. The term ‘firewall’ can be used to…

  • An Introduction to SQL Injection Attacks

    Illustration of databases and an injection

    This Cybersecurity month, I wanted to introduce everyone to one kind of vulnerabilities that can exploited to take advantage of web applications. Many websites we use every day depend on databases for their backend infrastructure. Databases can be created and managed using a programming language called Structured Query Language (SQL). Statements written in SQL to…