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Twitter to Charge for Second-Factor Authentication

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Decision Sparks Concerns That Twitter Accounts Will Be Less Secure Twitter says it will turn off SMS second-factor authentication for all but paying customers starting March 20 in a decision provoking concerns that many customers will be less secure than before. of active Twitter accounts have activated second-factor authentication.

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Zero Trust Authentication: Foundation of Zero Trust Security

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Beyond Identity's Husnain Bajwa on a Solution That Supports Zero Trust Architecture Identity is more important than ever in today's "work from anywhere" world where the need for secure authentication has become paramount.

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Beating Clever Phishing Through Strong Authentication

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But strong authentication can thwart even the most clever phishing campaigns, says Brett Winterford, regional chief security officer for APJ at Okta. Successful account takeovers are one of the most common ways that organizations end up with attackers in their systems.

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Twitter Two-Factor Authentication Has a Vulnerability

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Hackers Gain Path to Potential Account Takeover by Turning Off SMS Second Factor Twitter accounts that use SMS for two-factor authentication are at a heightened risk of account takeover with the disclosure that texting "STOP" to the verification service results in it being turned off.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. 47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement.

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Safeguarding Cyberspace: Unleashing Mainframe's Fortified Digital Trust through Advanced Authentication

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Broadcom's Mary Ann Furno on Authentication Changes, How Orgs Adapt to Challenges Network boundaries have dissipated while changes in regulation and customer approaches to trust now require more advanced authentication and the ability to treat each authentication in relation to its specific risk level.

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OCC's Hsu Urges Multifactor Authentication

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MFA Plus Patch Management and Backups Can Prevent Cyber Incidents A top federal regulatory official urged financial institutions to implement multifactor authentication for all nonpublic systems, telling an audience of financial executives that a majority of breaches could be avoided or mitigated through basic cybersecurity controls.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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The Modern Encryption Software Checklist: The Secret to Understanding Your Data Security Needs

User authentication and advanced security factors. The following checklist is built to help you evaluate the scope of services offered by various encryption solutions on the market and covers questions on the following topics: Encryption. Key management system. Enterprise features. Flexibility and scalability.

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Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

Conversations have always been at the heart of our most authentic relationships. Whether it’s a business deal or a personal connection, they are a driving force to solidify a foundation of trust. Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes.