The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. In other words, we’ve lost the balance between ease-of-use and adequate security under the increasingly antiquated system of password-based access. Some solutions do this today.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Traditionally, airport security focused on physical access and the perimeter; however, in the years since 9/11, the digital footprint of the vast interconnected systems contains valuable assets that must be protected. Identity records are often stored across different systems based on the type of identity and operational workflows.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We are thrilled to share that IBM is named a Leader in the most recent Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management. They are increasingly working across multi-cloud environments and tools — each of which provides their own set of identity and access management (IAM) capabilities to manage.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This is an emerging form of personal authentication, if you will, that represents the future of identity. When I try to log into one of these self-hosted accounts, such as an address book web app, I am redirected, via OIDC, to the self-hosted identity manager and prompted to login. the address book web app). Scale to come.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There’s no doubt, the increasing use of telemedicine, the explosion of health-based cloud apps, and innovative medical IoT devices are improving the patient care experience. The vast majority of breaches are the result of poorly managed access controls. Dealing with policy-based access. Security-privacy teamwork.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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. the crown jewels are on endpoints or accessed from these.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cisco addressed multiple flaws impacting its products, including high-severity issues in identity, email, and web security solutions. Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities impacting some of its products, including high-severity flaws in identity, email, and web security products. ” reads the advisory.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

Just decades ago, the internet was something that could only be accessed from large, immobile personal computers. 36% of respondents have been the victim of data loss, identity theft or digital fraud. •41% Today it is everywhere. 41% of respondents believe that a connected world would make their everyday lives easier.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability that affects multiple products that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. VMware has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its products, including a critical issue that could allow an attacker to access confidential information.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

The second Tuesday of April has been christened “ Identity Management Day ” by the Identity Defined Security Alliance, a trade group that provides free, vendor-neutral cybersecurity resources to businesses. Here are five tips for securely managing identities across the new, hybrid work environment: •Think granularly.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 8, 2023

Fine-grained Authorization: Protecting and controlling user access in a digital-first world madhav Fri, 06/09/2023 - 05:22 Strong and flexible customer authentication is a key driver for adopting a customer identity & access management (CIAM) solution, with customer experience and security being the apparent benefits.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to experts, the leak of PII data containing Aadhaar information (and other such details) related to Indian citizens on the Dark Web creates a significant risk of digital identity theft. Threat actors leverage stolen identity information to commit online banking theft, tax refund fraud, and other cyber-enabled financial crimes.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Security Misconfigurations Inadequately designed security settings, such as open ports, lax access restrictions, or misconfigured firewall rules, might expose infrastructure vulnerabilities. Escaping these boundaries could potentially allow unauthorized access to sensitive data and compromise the security of the entire infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Single sign-on is a capability that allows an end-user to login once and get access to all the resources they need. Instead, they simply sign in once and the solution communicates the appropriate credentials to the separate applications and systems. Thus, vendors hoping to perform well will need to provide cloud-based SSO services.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, you would not be able to access the restaurants more sensitive data such as their financial, employee, or tax records. This illustrates how a customer is allowed to access a selected portion of the restaurant's business information they have chosen to expose via an API. Why have APIs become ripe attack vectors?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The zero-day flaw is a command injection issue that impacts the administrative configurator of some releases of VMware Workspace ONE Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. VMware has evaluated the this issue to be of Critical severity with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.1.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2023

5 Ways CIAM Enables Effective, Secure Business Partner Identity Management madhav Tue, 05/02/2023 - 05:40 Businesses and their partners must work together without barriers to maximize customer value. At the same time, you might be dealing with an ever-expanding business ecosystem and managing dozens of partner identities on your own.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Following a recent and highly disruptive cyberattack on telecom carrier Orange España , the cybersecurity community needs to rethink its approach to safeguarding the digital identity of staff involved in network engineering and IT infrastructure management. The actions of bad actors extend beyond simple credential theft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The leaked information includes a staggering amount of sensitive personal details, making users susceptible to identity theft, sophisticated phishing schemes, targeted cyberattacks, and unauthorized access to personal and sensitive accounts. According to a recent report, in 2023, cloud-based data breaches made up 45% of all breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 11, 2023

This Identity Management Day, Go BIG or Go HOME! madhav Wed, 04/12/2023 - 06:11 Identity and Access Management (IAM) has evolved significantly over the past decade. New domains like CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) and ITDR (Identity Thread Detection and Response) are gaining traction.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 13, 2021

Identity Management Day Underpins the Importance of Securing Digital Identities. Thales is happy to participate in the first-ever Identity Management Day which is held on 13 April 2021. Therefore first and foremost, identity and access to sensitive data and applications must be protected. Tue, 04/13/2021 - 13:57.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2024

Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based in China whose principal owners all appear to be completely fabricated identities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

More than 22,000 users of Blink Mobility should take the necessary steps to protect themselves against the risk of identity theft. Los Angeles-based electric car-sharing provider Blink Mobility left a misconfigured MongoDB database open to the public. Anyone with any MongoDB viewer could have accessed the public-facing database.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Yet, the tech titans recently agreed to adopt a common set of standards supporting passwordless access to websites and apps. Instead of the teller having to type in a username and password, then also use a second-factor of authentication over and over, access now happens silently and swiftly based on who the teller is.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system also gained access to files belonging to 134 customers. Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system in October gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, the company revealed. ” reads the post published by the company.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2022

Identity Management Day 2022: Identity Security Is Our Responsibility. As the lines between our personal and professional lives continue to blur, protecting our digital identities as consumers, employees, or partners is essential to security. Identity, the last frontier. Tue, 04/12/2022 - 09:41.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2021

At Thales we are excited to participate in this week’s virtual Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit taking place on 28 and 29 April 2021. Identities have become the forefront of strong corporate security posture, highlighting the need for robust identity and access management. Enabling Transformation.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2023

Modern Identity and Access Security - Keeping the Good Guys In and the Bad Guys Out madhav Tue, 06/06/2023 - 07:27 Regarding identity and access, it's becoming harder and harder, if not impossible, to distinguish the "good guys" from the "bad guys." Access security and authentication play an important role.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. In 2012, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) began to emerge to monitor user access of cloud services.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2023

The lawsuit also seeks information about the identities of 20 different “John Does” — Freenom customers that Meta says have been particularly active in phishing attacks against Facebook , Instagram , and WhatsApp users. . We are working on a solution and hope to resume operations shortly.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Related: IT pros support passwordless access. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. We know that passwordless authentication is a goal of many IT leaders, but can be challenging if solutions are not user-friendly.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. These temporary employees will require immediate access to mobile catalogues, ordering systems, loyalty programs, and even point-of-sales (POS) systems. Access management risks of seasonal workers. The importance of effective access management. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 05:36.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“By compromising and replaying a token issued to an identity that has already completed multifactor authentication, the threat actor satisfies the validation of MFA and access is granted to organizational resources accordingly,” the team wrote in a blog post. ” That’s a particular concern for personal devices.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

A school asks parents to verify their identities before giving out student information. Only administrators can access customer data on the backend. Mitigating privacy risks: The app limits data access to trusted employees who need it for their roles, and employees can access data only when they have a legitimate reason to.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 8, 2021

Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication. Controlling access is at the heart of any enterprise security environment—making sure only those who have the appropriate permissions can access the data, enter the facilities, print a secure document, etc. Thu, 07/08/2021 - 08:40. PKI and Credential Management.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Data storage: Identify whether your organization’s data storage is on-premises or cloud-based. Forcepoint DLP dashboard If you’re looking for more options, check out our comprehensive guide on the top DLP solutions. Analyze the storage’s security protocols and scalability.

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