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Multi-factor authentication (also referred to as 2FA or 2 Factor Authentication) is one of the most important steps you can take to secure your identities. MFA is an added step…
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Multi-factor authentication (also referred to as 2FA or 2 Factor Authentication) is one of the most important steps you can take to secure your identities. MFA is an added step…
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The case for multi-factor authentication (MFA) is clear. The harder you make it for cyber attackers to get to your data, the lower your risk of a breach—and MFA definitely makes it harder, by requiring people who request access to authenticate their identity in more than one way. The downside is that if you don’t…
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There are times when trying to put together an effective authentication strategy feels like competing in track-and-field events. Business and IT are supposed to be on the same team, but far too often seem to be racing toward completely different goals. Sure, it’s important to get to the finish line fast, but not at the…
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The market for automated credential stuffing tools is growing fast, because of a record number of breaches. Continue reading Password Breaches Fueling Booming Credential Stuffing Business
Cloud backup for the password manager’s Authenticator certainly reduces the hassle for users – but it’s a security compromise Continue reading LastPass’s new cloud backup option – sunny skies or a brewing storm?
In our last discussion on the six keys to an identity assurance strategy, we talked about anomaly detection. In that blog, we discussed recognizing normal and abnormal behavior. Recognizing this behavior, and adapting to changes in that behavior, is where the topic of this blog starts as our next key component of an identity assurance…
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A recent, massive spike in sophisticated and successful phishing attacks is prompting many universities to speed up timetables for deploying mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) — requiring a one-time code in addition to a password — for access to student and faculty services online. This is the story of one university that accelerated plans to require 2FA after witnessing nearly twice as many phishing victims in the first two-and-half months of this year than it saw in all of 2015. Continue reading Phishing 101 at the School of Hard Knocks
A recent, massive spike in sophisticated and successful phishing attacks is prompting many universities to speed up timetables for deploying mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) — requiring a one-time code in addition to a password — for access to student and faculty services online. This is the story of one university that accelerated plans to require 2FA after witnessing nearly twice as many phishing victims in the first two-and-half months of this year than it saw in all of 2015. Continue reading Phishing 101 at the School of Hard Knocks
Takeaways from a Recent Identity Survey by IDG It’s the infamous joke we’ve all used at one point or another – “Knock, knock. Who’s there?” When it comes to identity management, knowing the answer to this question is mission critical. Whether your employees, contractors, customers and partners are accessing your data, applications and systems in…
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