Over the years, there's been an alarming increase in the number of passwords the average person must remember. While cloud apps, mobile apps, and any number of new technologies have brought many positive changes to the workplace, they've also introduced a plethora of passwords that employees struggle to keep track of....
About 25,000 email addresses and passwords that are apparently for staff at the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and other organizations have been dumped online, according to the Washington Post.
With $30 million in funding, Silicon Valley icons Jim Clark and Tom (TJ) Jermoluk launched Beyond Identity, a new identity management platform that promises "the end of passwords." Jermoluk discusses the technology and how this is a continuation of what he and Clark started 25 years ago.
"Passwordless authentication" is one of the hot cybersecurity topics, but who's actually implemented it - and how? Jeff Carpenter of HID Global discusses the business benefits and the future of passwordless authentication.
For many, cost-effective scalability usually means outsourcing some or all of your business functions to a complex web of third-party vendors. The Third-Party Risk to the Nth Degree white paper provides quantitative and contextual measures by which your organization can compare current practices and investment to help...
The stuck-at-home chronicles have fast become surreal, as remote workers face down a killer virus on the one hand and the flattening of their work and personal lives on the other. To help, many have rushed to adopt Zoom. And for many use cases - hint: not national security - it is a perfectly fine option.
Users - One of the Weakest Links in Your Cybersecurity Strategy
They say 'it's all about who you know' - for cybersecurity, that's partially true. If a cyberattacker knows your users, there's a good chance they can get into your network. Why? Because they can take what they know - usually an email address or...
Data breaches expose a wealth of personal information that can enable cybercriminals to bypass security measures, take over accounts, and compromise enterprise networks. To provide a snapshot of the breach exposure affecting major enterprises, we examined SpyCloud's database and found:
412 million breach assets tied...
Security technologies are evolving at an incredible pace to protect the dynamic business IT environment against an innovative and agile threat landscape. Unfortunately, the staple of security testing is still based on pen-testing which can take several weeks, even months from initial engagement to the final report. A...
Account Takeover is now a ubiquitous term, and ATO prevention has become a high priority for cybersecurity leaders. But most of the effort is put toward thwarting high-volume, automated credential stuffing. Less understood are "targeted ATO attacks." Highly effective and difficult to detect, they cause huge damage to...
Passwords are the access point to almost every system in our environment. Can they ever truly be replaced? John Bennett of LogMeIn talks about the steps necessary to create a secure, passwordless login experience.
SpyCloud is out with its annual credential exposure report, and the bad news is: Password reuse continues to leave enterprises open to breach and account takeover. Chip Witt of SpyCloud shares some of the key takeaways and analysis.
Users - One of the Weakest Links in Your Cybersecurity Strategy
They say 'it's all about who you know' - for cybersecurity, that's partially true. If a cyberattacker knows your users, there's a good chance they can get into your network. Why? Because they can take what they know - usually an email address or...
As an IT and security professional at an SMB, you likely manage more responsibilities than ever. You may be juggling many competing priorities, from the helpdesk to network maintenance to managing user access and securing employee identities. But what exactly is an identity, and what do you need to know to maximize...
Cyberattacks leverage faster tools and exploit known weaknesses to get around even the strongest of passwords. Pairing them with additional technology and authentication factors is essential. But what to protect, and what variation of multifactor authentication will thwart threats best, depends on your...
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