The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated. 1 use case is remote access.”.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 16, 2018

While Shadow IT has been largely quelled, the core dynamic that started all this fuss – eager humans scrambling to use the latest, greatest cloud-enabled services – remains a major security issue, one that now connects directly to digital transformation. A synopsis of key takeaways: Misconfigurations.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm. Two different cryptographic keys – a public key and a private key – get issued.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

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. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. This is what digital transformation is all about.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 23, 2018

And today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. What’s more, APIs are driving digital transformation; companies have come to depend on APIs to reorganize how they do business. APIs enable innovation at unprecedented speed and scale.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 10, 2023

IRC CISO on Modernizing Security Controls to Detect Rather Than Respond to Problems The International Rescue Committee has identified new processes and ways to safeguard information in the midst of rapid digital transformation, according to CISO JT Jacoby.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Silverfort continues to make inroads into proving the efficacy of its innovative approach to multi-factor authentication, or MFA, in corporate settings. They recognized that rising complexities as business networks underwent digital transformation made MFA cumbersome, and sometimes even impossible, to deploy.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce. Each one of these digital hookups requires PKI and a digital certificate to ensure authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

Related : SMBs are ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats Without a cohesive cybersecurity framework, SMBs are falling further behind as digital transformation, or DX, ramps up. Embracing digital transformation becomes even more of a challenge without a dedicated platform to address vulnerabilities. That’s our goal.”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

From the start, two-factor authentication, or 2FA , established itself as a simple, effective way to verify identities with more certainty. Related: A primer on IoT security risks The big hitch with 2FA, and what it evolved into – multi-factor authentication, or MFA – has always been balancing user convenience and security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Is the demise of OTP authentication imminent? Digital transformation and the increasing reliance on remote business continue to accelerate the adoption of new identity and access management (IAM) approaches and technologies. Historical perspective of strengthening authentication. Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:22.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Silverfort continues to make inroads into proving the efficacy of its innovative approach to multi-factor authentication, or MFA, in corporate settings. They recognized that rising complexities as business networks underwent digital transformation made MFA cumbersome, and sometimes even impossible, to deploy.

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Rocket Software

APRIL 13, 2020

That means authentication, audit and compliance consistency across platforms. . The post Reducing Shadow IT Through Digital Transformation appeared first on The Rocket Software Blog. Leveraging data virtualization to share data to whichever platform is needed for their applications. . Embracing cross-platform security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This year the report focuses on the post digital transformation era. In previous years, we have discussed the efforts of businesses to digitally transform their processes to maintain or gain a competitive advantage and many of these transformative technologies involves moving to the cloud.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

First, the identities of any two digital entities – a sensor and a control server, for instance, or even a microservice and a container — must be authenticated, and, second, the data exchanged between any two such digital instances must be encrypted. What we’re seeing is pretty basic things around authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2023

APIs have been a linchpin as far as accelerating digital transformation — but they’ve also exponentially expanded the attack surface of modern business networks. We discussed, in some detail, just how far the new rules go in requiring best practices for accessing and authenticating APIs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

However, in an attempt to be “better” many organizations have leaned heavily on emerging technologies such as cloud, blockchain and IoT – aka digital transformation. However, as digital transformation proves “better” for many aspects, it isn’t proving to be better for security.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It may seem like two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication are the same. Also: Breaking Bad Security Habits Podcast Episode 150: Microsoft’s Tanya Janca on securing Azure and Armor Scientific’s CTO on Life after Passwords RSA warns Digital Transformation is supercharging Digital Risk.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Now information technologies and the information revolution are again transforming society. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the transformation from many years to just a couple of years. This 3-part series will discuss digital transformation (DT) from several perspectives. The Genesis of Digital Transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a critical role in digital transformation by enabling communication and data exchange between different systems and applications. So, how can you ensure your API security is effective and enable your digital transformation?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2024

Multi-Factor Authentication: the mandatory first step for organizations moving to the cloud. Any IT Security professional in charge of IT environment cloud migration knows: there is no way to move the sensitive digital resources of an organization to the cloud, Microsoft 365 environment included, without securing their access.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Modern digital systems simply could not exist without trusted operations, processes and connections. They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Today we’re in the throes of digital transformation. However, PKI has engrained itself much more pervasively than that across the digital landscape.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2021

And PKI , of course, is the behind-the-scenes authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. As digital transformation has quickened, it has become clear that electronic signatures are destined to become even more pervasively used to conduct business remotely. Achieving high assurance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How to Choose the Right Access Management, Authentication and SSO Solution. Not Everyone Needs the Same Level of Authentication. Not all security solutions are created equal and this is doubly true of access management and authentication solutions. Authentication is key to security. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 06:33.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2023

With such a diverse portfolio and digital touchpoints, how can insurers bring their brand and product suite together across channels for a secure, streamlined user experience? This is where digital transformation and CIAM come into play. Adding value to the user experience (a top priority for 59% of insurers) 2.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report advises organizations to deploy multifactor authentication throughout all systems and discourage password reuse. The combination of prominent media-reported mega breaches and less famous identity thefts have promoted the industry to adopt passwordless authentication methods.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Zero trust refers to the notion of evaluating the security risk of devices and users within the context of any given moment, without automatically conferring access based on credentials.

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Info Source

MARCH 5, 2018

Top 7 Areas for Digital Transformation (responses shown as percentage of respondents). In the Quocirca study, customers identified seven core Digital Transformation areas that are capturing their attention. Private, hybrid or public cloud (46%). YSoft SafeQ supports private and hybrid cloud scenarios.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2018

A common thread to just about every deep network breach these days is the failure of the victimized entity to effectively deploy multi-factor authentication (MFA) to at least make it harder for threat actors to access their sensitive systems. LW: What are a few best authentication practices companies should embrace?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

There’s no question the benefits of accelerating digital transformation are astounding. Take authentication, for example. Threat actors are taking great advantage of the lag in upgrading authentication. Threat actors are taking great advantage of the lag in upgrading authentication.

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AIIM

MAY 18, 2018

In a recent AIIM Industry Watch survey -- State of Intelligent Information Management: Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve -- I asked this question -- “ Agree or Disagree : Digitizing and standardizing business inputs is one of the key bottlenecks for Digital Transformation.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. MFA bombing or MFA fatigue attacks demonstrate the limitations of simple two-factor or multi-factor authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

When the popular streaming audio service went offline globally, last August, we saw a glimpse of just how tenuous digital transformation sometimes can be. If Spotify has an excuse, it is that the complexity of issuing and managing digital certificates has become prodigious. Related: Why it’s vital to secure IoT.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2022

From the simplest protections like anti-virus, multi-factor authentication, patch management software, and employee security awareness training to the most advanced features like SIEM and conditional access, adding layers provides a vital safety net should something fall through the cracks. •Adopt a layered approach.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 1, 2022

As more companies move along the path toward digital transformation, the need for better security has never been more evident. While the majority of these advancements operate behind the scenes, protecting the organization transparently, authentication touches every member of an organization personally. Introducing Adaptive MFA.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. Tool limitations.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. Digital certificates get issued publicly, by a CA, or privately by an individual company for users and servers. This is how we authenticate human and machine identities and move encrypted data between endpoints.

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