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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) coordinate the collaboration between the government and industry, running a human-centric campaign themed “See Yourself in Cyber”.

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News alert: AppDirect poll reveals company leaders losing sleep over cyber risks, compliance

The Last Watchdog

The study, conducted by independent research firm Propeller Insights, dives into how IT business leaders feel about their security posture in a world where the technologies they embrace to grow and thrive are also vulnerable to constant and increasing threats. Human error is among the top causes of security breaches.

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Shifting Risk and Business Environment Demand creates a Shift in Security Strategies

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Shifting Risk and Business Environment Demand creates a Shift in Security Strategies. The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. Malware and accidental human error are the biggest security threats.

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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The goal of Data Privacy Week, celebrated between January 24 – 28, is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. Data privacy and security: a delicate balance. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 05:15.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how and why ‘trust’ presents an existential threat to cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

This neglect is not only a threat to personal data, but also a threat to corporate security. According to our survey, the majority of consumers (77 percent) are confident they can identify, and report suspected malicious cyber activity despite general apathy toward proactively securing their devices and personal data.

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MFA Advantages and Weaknesses

eSecurity Planet

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Passwordless Authentication 101. The Problem with Passwords.

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Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

NAC can set policies for resource, role, device and location-based access and enforce security compliance with security and patch management policies, among other controls. Pulse Policy Secure. The company started in education and has expanded to government and corporate markets. Pulse Policy Secure. Auconet BICS.

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