eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS): Deploys cloud-hosted and scalable protection enterprise-wide for all resources (networks, branch offices, remote users, etc.). Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access.

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Security Cloud Cybersecurity Risk 120

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

Across industries like education, retail and government, organizations are choosing private cloud settings to conduct business use cases involving workloads with sensitive information and to comply with data privacy and compliance needs. The popularity of private cloud is growing, primarily driven by the need for greater data security.

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Cloud Digital transformation Access Compliance 92

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. Now this is in itself isn’t bad.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. Significant changes have been made to sections covering remote access, privileged operations, user access levels and the use of multifactor authentication.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

The victim is sent an email with an attachment, and once they click on the link, the malware file downloads. Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect critical applications and devices, as can zero trust security principles.

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 98

eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

government and others, we are still no closer to seeing zero trust architecture widely adopted. I am very surprised that the cyber insurance industry has not required zero trust architecture already, but perhaps the $1.4 All data sources and computing services are considered resources. No asset is inherently trusted.

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Cloud IT Insurance Authentication 109

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports. CrowdStrike: Detected significant signs of credentials theft: 76% YoY increase in victims named on eCrime dedicated link sites. 13% maintain access to company tools or resources after leaving the organization.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 121

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

“From there, the actor was able to distribute phishing emails that looked authentic but included a link that, when clicked, inserted a malicious file used to distribute a backdoor we call NativeZone,” Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post late last week.

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Phishing Cybersecurity Government Authentication 70

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

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