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GUEST ESSAY: The case for an identity-first approach ‘Zero Trust’ privileged access management

The Last Watchdog

In fact, the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report revealed an alarming 13 percent increase in ransomware attacks overall – greater than past five years combined – and the inability to properly manage identities and privileges across the enterprise is often the root cause. A ‘Zero Trust’ core. Dodhiawala.

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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

This data is managed by different entities, such as primary care facilities, acute care facilities and within associated applications that collect, store and track health data, creating numerous exposure vulnerabilities. The vast majority of breaches are the result of poorly managed access controls. Security-privacy teamwork.

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SHARED INTEL: Poll highlights the urgency to balance digital resiliency, cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

Related: The criticality of ‘attack surface management’ Massive global macro-economic shifts have fundamentally changed the way companies operate. Fundamentally, Zero Trust is based on not trusting anyone or anything on your network by default and using least required privilege concepts. Cyber threats impact.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why it’s high time for us to rely primarily on passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. The sudden inadequacy of passwords has prompted broad changes to how companies must create, store, and manage them. The bottom line is user authentication is vital for securing access to data and systems.

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GUEST ESSAY: Taking a fresh approach to privileged access management — to curtail abuse

The Last Watchdog

To be productive in an interconnected work environment, employees need immediate access to numerous platforms, both on- and off-premises. Some nine out of ten cyberattacks are estimated to begin with a threat actor gaining unauthorized access to a computer system via poorly managed access credentials.

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing data leaks and other privacy, security exposures attendant to M&As

The Last Watchdog

At the same time, the acquired company needs to open access to critical systems in order to successfully transition all users and data into the acquiring company’s tech stack. This way, you automatically prevent unauthorized employees from accessing specific resources. Lack of documented evidence. Post-Close Risks.

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Expert Insight: Adam Seamons on Zero-Trust Architecture

IT Governance

How networks have evolved and how to secure them Adam Seamons is the information security manager of GRC International Group PLC, after more than 15 years’ experience working as a systems engineer and in technical support. It was natural to automatically trust the devices that got past your firewall and onto your network.

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