4 Information Security Slipups From ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to Avoid in the Enterprise
How does Star Trek's information security stack up against current cybersecurity hygiene best practices? Turns out the future's not so bright.
Beyond 2FA: Secure Your Critical Assets With Risk-Based Multifactor Authentication
Passwords have become an insecure and cumbersome form of authentication. Learn about risk-based multifactor authentication, an approach to access management that uses context to determine risk.
How to Make Third-Party Risk Management Second Nature
Organizations that sleep on third-party risk management could unknowingly expose their systems to remote attacks, access risks and more.
Long Live the Password — Even if You Don’t Want It To
To reduce the risk of a breach due to weak or stolen passwords, companies are adopting multifactor authentication, which requires users to submit an extra piece of data in addition to their password.
Google 2FA Approach Turns Android Smartphones Into Security Keys
Smartphones running Android 7.0 and higher can now serve as two-factor authentication (2FA) tools as part of a Google 2FA strategy to boost security across its online services.
Shade Ransomware Campaign Compromises at Least 500 WordPress and Joomla Websites
Security researchers discovered a hidden HTTP directory that is allowing threat actors to install Shade ransomware on WordPress and Joomla websites.
Reap the Promise of One and Done Authentication With Single Sign-On (SSO)
With SSO, employees can use one set of credentials to access all their apps instead of remembering, looking up and frequently resetting multiple passwords.
New Gustuff Android Trojan Capable of Targeting More Than 100 Banking Apps
Researchers detected a new Android Trojan called Gustuff that is capable of targeting more than 100 mobile banking apps.
To Move Forward Securely, Look Backward With Ongoing Risk Assessments
If we focus on the future at the expense of performing risk assessments to maintain defenses against existing threats, we will always be one step behind attackers.
Let’s Make 2019 the Year of Fewer Records Compromised in Data Breaches
A notable takeaway from the report was that despite fewer reported data breaches, 2018 witnessed a 126 percent uptick in the number of records breached containing personally identifiable information.