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Privacy & Cybersecurity Compliance Deadlines – 2024
What Privacy and Security Mean for Companies With Data Privacy Week coming up soon, we’re thinking about the important symbiotic relationship between privacy and security, and ahead to some pending deadlines for cybersecurity and privacy compliance. How can company leaders best navigate the waters and enjoy peace of mind? Here are a few upcoming privacy and security […]
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The LastPass Lockout – And Lessons in MFA
Angry LastPass users have taken to social media with reports that they’ve been struggling to access their accounts since the company’s security upgrade back in May. What’s more, there doesn’t seem to be a simple solution in sight. What does this have to do with MFA? The trouble began on May 9, 2023, when LastPass […]
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Norton LifeLock and LastPass Breaches Raise Doubt about the Security of Password Managers
But are the Wrong Questions Being Asked? Recent news of cyber-attacks on two major security companies has many asking, “Are password managers secure enough to protect our data?” But perhaps there’s a more important question that needs to be addressed. This week, news came of a cyber-attack on Norton LifeLock. Several thousand customers were reportedly […]
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MFA Fatigue – What We Learned From the Uber Breach
What Happened, and How Can We Prevent Attacks Like these? Not All MFA Is Created Equal The recent cyber-attack on Uber has had the tech community buzzing. The incident, an example of an attack method called MFA Fatigue, brings up an essential point about MFA that all individuals and organizations need to know: Not All MFA […]
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HOW TO HACK A PASSWORD
Password Hacking or Cracking has evolved over the years, with instances of serious credential-based attacks topping headlines daily. Why? It’s become frighteningly easy for cybercriminals to get your password. Several high-profile attacks in recent news (SolarWinds, The US Pipeline … and so on) sparked an executive order from the White House calling for improved cybersecurity […]
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DO NOT LET YOUR BROWSER STORE COMPANY PASSWORDS!
No one likes the Password. Clunky, frustrating, and by now, we all know they’re not particularly secure, as almost daily we hear news of cyberattacks with compromised user credentials as the root cause. But until they go away, there is a proper way to manage them. Here, are a few quick DOs and DON’Ts around […]
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TraitWare delivers simple, secure access to Citrix Workspace
Citrix continues to empower companies to have better and more secure access to enterprise resources. Now, it has expanded its capabilities and enhanced user experience, efficiency, and security by deploying modern authentication integrations for Citrix Workspace via SAML 2.0. What is SAML 2.0? Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based open standard for transferring identity […]
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Make MFA Adoption Easier for Everyone in Your Organization
Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a must for enterprises to ensure data security in the face of both new attacks and persistent older ones that are constantly being fine-tuned by cybercriminals. It offers multiple layers of security to your login processes through multiple means of authentication. However, while MFA is intended to thwart cybercriminals attempting to […]
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Best Practices for SMEs’ Data Security
Data Security at SME’s are targeted by cyber attackers for their lack of resources or expertise to effectively protect their data. Managed security services provider Alert Logic estimates that small businesses make up 58% of malware attack victims, and that 94% of these attacks are carried out through malware or phishing emails disguised as bills, […]
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How Does Biometric Authentication Improve User Experience and Enterprise Security?
Biometric authentication is a method of digital identification and authentication through physical or behavioral human characteristics for access to systems, devices, or data. It is one of the methods that drive both two-factor authentication (2FA) and multifactor authentication (MFA). Biometrics is one of the technologies that are being adopted as more advanced methods to address increasing […]
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7 Priciest Data Breach Penalties Ever
The cost of a data breach is becoming more pricey—especially with the introduction of international data protection laws such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018. According to IBM, a breach of 1 million records has an average total cost of 42 million USD, which represents an eight percent growth from 2018. […]
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Password Spraying, and How You Can Avoid It
In August last year, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), prompted by the advisory released by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), advised the American public to be watchful of their passwords with the threat of a new form of brute force attack known as password spraying, which targets businesses […]