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Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Big Data and Identity Management

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this age of big data, the concept is fitting, because this kind of information is increasingly being used to identify individuals and even machines. For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). Big Data Analytics. What one has (tokens).

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Types of cyberthreats

IBM Big Data Hub

Spyware is a highly secretive malware that gathers sensitive information, like usernames, passwords, credit card numbers and other personal data, and transmits it back to the attacker without the victim knowing. Many password attacks use social engineering to trick victims into unwittingly sharing this sensitive data.

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Operational Technology (OT) systems, which were once isolated, have progressively integrated with IT technology and moved to various cloud platforms powered by sophisticated IoT sensors and guided by big data analytics. A Very Human Problem When tackling these security challenges, the human element is the most important factor.

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Data breach prevention: 5 ways attack surface management helps mitigate the risks of costly data breaches

IBM Big Data Hub

IBM Security® Randori Recon , an ASM solution performs an important role in your data protection strategy. It identifies your organizational exposures, including IPv4, IPv6, cloud, and IoT assets in a high-fidelity and low-impact manner, while keeping false positives under control and reducing alert fatigue.

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Federal Trade Commission Hosts Panels Related to Consumer Privacy and Data Security at PrivacyCon

Data Matters

Internet of Things (IoT). This panel primarily focused on voice-activated devices, and argued that consumers are often unaware about how much of their personal data is captured and disclosed to third-parties. Privacy – Children and Teenagers.

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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

IoT gizmos make our lives easier, but we forget that these doohickeys are IP endpoints that act as mini-radios. They continuously send and receive data via the internet and can be the easiest way for a hacker to access your home network. Department of Homeland Security described IoT security as a matter of homeland security.

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Penetration testing methodologies and standards

IBM Big Data Hub

The web application methodology can be used separately or as a part of the web testing framework for web application penetration testing, mobile application penetration testing, API penetration testing, and IoT penetration testing. Post exploitation is when data is extracted from a compromised system and access is maintained.

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