An identity and access management strategy for a distributed work environment must leverage advanced monitoring tools, according to a panel of experts who also offered other IAM insights
With more than 61% of breaches attributed to stolen passwords, a password manager can go a long way in helping enterprises enhance security, say Chandan Pani, CISO at Mindtree, and Lloyd Evans, identity lead, JAPAC, at LogMeIn.
The rise of ransomware as a criminal moneymaking powerhouse parallels the services offered by initial access brokers, who continue to offer affordable access to victims' networks - often via brute-forced remote desktop protocol or VPN credentials - to help attackers hit more targets in search of larger profits.
The threat of ransomware and other credential theft attacks has only grown over the last year. According to the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report, credential theft accounted for 89% of web application breaches, and phishing attacks increased by 44% across 2020. The recent attack against the Colonial Pipeline company...
Building business resilience through a "zero trust" approach requires role-based authentication, user access velocity checks, and monitoring people, processes, and technologies, a panel of experts says.
How can insurers take advantage of face authentication to verify customer identity online and prevent fraud?
We've all heard gruesome stories of people hiding a corpse so they can continue to claim a friend or relative's pension. Unfortunately, deepfakes and other technology make it much easier for fraudsters to...
CyberArk Identity Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) adds an extra layer of protection before access to corporate applications is granted. Leveraging device, network, and user behavior context, CyberArk MFA intelligently assigns risk to each access event and allows you to create dynamic access policies that...
Before the COVID pandemic forced most employees to work remotely, workforce identity security was already a big deal. Many industry analysts have long acknowledged that “identity is the new perimeter” alluding to the fact that business digitization, the transition of apps and infrastructure to the cloud, and the...
The FIDO Alliance, which is developing and promoting authentication standards designed to help reduce reliance on passwords, has unveiled user experience guidelines and new FIDO2 standards enhancements, says Andrew Shikiar, executive director.
As identity related attacks have increased in recent years, organizations are continuously evaluating how to optimize the security policies in their environment.
In this whitepaper, we cover Okta ThreatInsight, a baseline security feature of the Okta Identity Cloud which helps organizations secure their organization...
The White House has written to business leaders, urging them to prioritize having robust ransomware defenses in place. The move comes as the Biden administration pursues multiple strategies to combat ransomware and digital extortion, including ordering a new task force to coordinate all federal investigations.
The explosion of mobile and cloud technologies has dissolved the traditional perimeter. Whether you’re handling transactional or personal data, it’s critical that it is gathered ethically, managed with integrity, and properly safeguarded. When people are the perimeter, identity becomes the foundation of a Zero...
The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, says an "organized cybersecurity attack" has led it to shut down servers in North America and Australia. Experts say a prolonged outage could have a noticeable impact on the global supply of meat. The company has yet to disclose if the attack involved ransomware.
The FBI will soon begin sharing hashes of compromised passwords found in the course of its cybercrime investigations with Have I Been Pwned, a data breach notification service. The data will contribute to Pwned Passwords, a service that alerts users to passwords that have been exposed in data breaches.
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