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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Compromised logins continue to facilitate cyber attacks at all levels, from phishing ruses to credential stuffing to enabling hackers to probe deep inside of a breached network. That said, we may very well be in the early adopter phase of weaving leading-edge “password-less authentication” solutions into pliant areas of legacy networks.

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. That should be a sobering, if not terrifying, call to action.”

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

They need to maintain an easy user management access for cloud-based applications and services, without compromising on security. Pandemic intensifies the need for secure remote access management. Even before the onset of the pandemic, many risk and IT leaders were concerned with more secure access for remote workers.

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