12.10.2021 - Why You Need Identity Management Services
When it comes to your business, the need for identity and access management (IAM) is unquestioned. You must protect the security of your business and your data from cyber attacks. The question is, do you generate those security protocols from within, or do you find an established IAM provider for your managed identity and access management solutions? We think you will find that professional IAM managed services are the clear choice.
10.27.2021 - The Implications of Big Tech’s Meeting With Biden
Big data is no longer just an industry buzzword — it’s estimated to grow to $103 billion by 2027. It’s no wonder that the tech sector needs to acknowledge the challenges that will arise from this growth. Before this meeting, President Joe Biden said that cybersecurity was “a core national security challenge” to the U.S. Several recent, high-profile cyberattacks had to be addressed during this meeting in Washington.
10.27.2021 - How to Better Secure User Authentication Protocols
Authentication and authorization are not the same, and remembering that is critical to avoiding threats like ProxyToken. An attacker may use ProxyToken or a similar method to bypass authentication, but tighter controls can still mitigate damage.
10.27.2021 - Twitch Adds New Phone Verification Option to Avoid Bot Attacks
The new Twitch phone verification option aims to stop automated hate raids through two-factor authentication. Many companies use this measure for employees since passwords may be vulnerable, especially if workers reuse them.
10.22.2021 - What is SCIM?
Is your organization expanding and adding a growing number of employees to your staff? Or do you see frequent movement in personnel roles, with individuals being promoted or moved to other departments? If you’ve answered, “Yes!” to either of these questions, SCIM can offer your organization a streamlined, secure way of user provisioning.
09.29.2021 - The Rise of Identity Access Management in Fintech
Identity and access management is an umbrella term covering policies and technology that manage users’ access privileges. That includes everything from multifactor authentication (MFA) to network segmentation. Many employees use the same passwords for cloud access for critical internal data, making data breaches from credential stuffing more likely. Segmentation and access restrictions within IAM help mitigate these risks. View the full article at FinTechReview.net. ...
09.1.2021 - Authentication vs. Authorization
In the world of identity and access management, you may have heard the terms “authentication” and “authorization.” You may have often heard them mentioned as if they were a single process — “authentication and authorization.” But are they the same thing? What’s the difference between authentication and authorization, if any?
08.31.2021 - 4 IT Priorities in the WFH Era
Data breaches have become a fact of life in the working from home era, but there are steps we can take to make our networks safer. It only takes one backdoor, or, as with the Colonial Pipeline in 2021, an old password sold to the right person, to open the floodgates and shut everything down. View the full article at Wire19.com. ...
08.23.2021 - Top 5 Cyber Exposures Tied to the Rising Use of International Remote Workforces
Securing company data isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. Things get even more complicated if you have an international remote workforce with phishing making up to 30% of all attacks against small businesses. View the full article at TheLastWatchdog.com. ...
08.20.2021 - How Data Breaches Happen
Words that are probably only spoken in hushed tones around your office are “data breach.” A data breach can be disastrous for a company. Typically, one results in the theft of either company data, personal information of customers such as credit card numbers, names and email addresses or both. Even a data breach that’s caught quickly can require an expensive cleanup, and one that’s allowed to go on for any reasonable length of time can cost companies millions and ruin their reputation.
