IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. caused problems of their own.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

AIIM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And relying on legacy technology creates business risk because these older systems are much harder to fix when things go wrong and more vulnerable to security threats. Relocating the data from a legacy system to a modern ECM system is also a relatively simple one-off exercise that should quickly pay for itself.

ECM 167

ECM Digital transformation Compliance Access 167

KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

Phishing 78

Phishing Security awareness Passwords Computer and Electronics 78

Robert's Db2

JUNE 6, 2013

OK, now imagine you're a security administrator. For several reasons, however, the RACF IDs that you use are different in form from the network IDs that the end users utilize for client-side authentication. That trusted context would define the circumstances in which the privileges granted to a role could be exercised by a user.

Authentication 48

Authentication Passwords Mining Access 48

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

I've written before about what's involved in verifying data breaches and it's often a non-trivial exercise. If @1Password was to integrate with my newly released Pwned Passwords k-Anonymity model so you could securely check your exposure against the service (it'd have to be opt in, of course). Oh wow - look at this!

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Passwords Risk Personal data 112

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I read this while wandering around in LA on my way home from sitting in front of US Congress and explaining security principles to a government so it felt like a timely opportunity to share my own view on the matter: This illustrates a fundamental lack of privacy and security education. needs to meet this need and be secure also.

Passwords 82

Passwords Access Risk Security 82

Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

Two months later, critical security flaws still remained in some of the watches tested , the most egregious of which was with Gator's product: Adding to the severity of the issues, Gator Norge gave the customers of the Gator2 watches a new Gator3 watch as compensation. Around a year later, Pen Test Partners in the UK found more security bugs.

Passwords 111

Passwords Privacy Manufacturing Access 111