Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Online surveys designed to steal personal information. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Use safe passwords or pass phrases. Never use the same password on multiple accounts. Advertisements on social media platforms that promote non-existent or counterfeit items.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 13, 2016

A recent study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) warns that an overabundance of computer security measures might actually lead users to engage in “risky computing behavior at work and in their personal lives.”. design for consistent decision making whenever possible.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2023

8 Key Components of a CIAM Platform sparsh Tue, 05/23/2023 - 04:15 Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) is essentially developed to improve the customer experience (CX), ensure the highest level of security, protect customer data, and support the management of external, non-employee identities.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

A recent survey of more than 1,000 senior execs and IT professionals, called the AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, showed a high level of awareness among SMB officials that a cyberattack represents a potentially devastating operational risk. You can give a listen to the entire interview at this accompanying podcast.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. Given this, it is hardly surprising that respondents to the Thales survey did not trust social media companies. Governments need to take action.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This presents a set of challenges for IT professionals, with 36.6% of those surveyed listing poorly secured personal and network devices as being their primary concern with a remote workforce. A recent survey , commissioned by Cyberscout and conducted online by The Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In fact, according to our recent survey of retailers , 88% feel vulnerable to data threats. Almost 1 million visited physical stores. Happy (and safe!) holiday shopping.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS “ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated. This kind of attacks is very efficient due to the bad habit of users of reusing the same password over multiple services. billion per month.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

As a result, the way in which they connect and authorize communication makes them a primary security risk for organizations. The report, titled The Economic Impact of Machine Identity Breaches , was commissioned by Salt Lake City, UT-based security vendor Venafi. This survey categorizes many, many instances like that that.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? ” Hacking campaigns exploiting poor domain name security can be more subtle.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Once Eurostar realised it had suffered a data breach, it: Identified the timing and the scale of the breach; Blocked access; Emailed customers alerting them to the situation and advising them to reset passwords; and. Assess yourself now with our short survey to discover where improvements can be made. What did Eurostar do differently?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Besides the traumatic experience for some retail employees and those injured in shop-floor brawls, Black Friday is also a time in which many of us are caught out by scams, with cyber criminals taking advantage of customers desperate for a bargain. It’s not 100% secure, but it’s much harder to tamper with than public Wi-Fi.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In a month where security experts across Europe were boosting awareness of cyber security , organisations had mixed results in their own data protection practices. IN-based Goshen Health leans that 2018 data security incident did need to be reported (9,160). NAISS (the Nigerian HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey) (80,000).

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. com’ websites.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. With 30+ years of experience as an IT security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you're prepared to defend against quickly-evolving cybersecurity threats.

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