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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. Related: Why data science is the key to securing networks. LW: Let’s come back to ‘adaptive authentication.’ This is what digital transformation is all about.

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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

Cyber assaults – from data theft to credential stuffing to account take over — today often start with legitimately accessing a client-facing application and then manipulating an API to extract valuable data, launch a DoS attack, or perform an account takeover. A startling 95% of API attacks happen on authenticated endpoints.

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Multi-Party Cyberattacks Lead to Big Losses: Security Researchers

eSecurity Planet

A report issued this week by research and data science firm Cyentia Institute put the threat of such multi-party cyberattacks into stark relief. Collaboration is at the heart of vendor relationships and supply chains, so the security of data is key when shared externally. “A

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Top Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

“We are seeing endpoint management teams ask for DEX capabilities that are tightly integrated with UEM to provide customers with the means to deliver and measure rich telemetry, analyze using data science, and proactively remediate user experience issues across endpoints, apps, network, and access,” said Kunduri. Matrix42 Secure UEM.

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