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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why data science is the key to securing networks. I recently visited with Silverfort CEO Hed Kovetz, who described how the idea for the company percolated when the co-founders were toiling in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military.

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A brief history of data and how it helped change the world

Collibra

Yes, the ancient pyramids relied not only on labor and raw materials, but on data collection and analysis. . Data collection is what we do. Today, we think of Big Data as a modern concept. Cloud storage, text mining and social network analytics are vital 21 st century tools. But her larger contribution was in statistics.

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