Identity Management

Application Security
Security as Code — a faster, safer approach to AppSec

Right in the middle of the holiday season, as much of the world was preparing to take some deserved time off to celebrate with their families and bid 2020 a less-than-fond farewell, some terrible news broke involving a number of…

Application Security
Nation-state attack on government validates concerns about AppSec and supply chain security

One of the top trends that we witnessed covering government and military cybersecurity in 2020 – aside from the massive upswing in threats that accompanied the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – was a renewed and increased focus on securing the supply…

Application Security
Securing school networks in the age of COVID-19

We are in the midst of a dramatic global cultural change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Online education and remote work environments that were once flexible options are now becoming the new normal — and demand is only increasing. Due…

Application Security
Is the Twitter hack even worse than we think?

What do Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Kanye and Kim Kardashian West and Warren Buffett all have in common? According to the New York Times and CNN, they were all victims of last week’s Twitter…

Identity Management
Easy targets? Why healthcare and government ransomware attacks are on the rise

Earlier this month it was reported that an Alabama-based health system had fallen prey to a ransomware attack. The healthcare organization, DCH Health System, was ultimately forced to pay off malicious actors that perpetuated an attack that drastically impacted business…

Endpoint Security
Phishing – why humans are the biggest security vulnerabilities

Phishing, vishing, whaling, spear-phishing: the list of clever new terms seems constantly to change. A successful attack by any other name, though, is just as sweet to the adversary. Terminology aside, the fundamental problem is this. Phishing is the most…

Identity Management
Why multi-factor authentication is essential for IAM

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the art and science of ensuring that someone is who they say claim to be. This ensures that they have the correct level of access to systems and data – enough to do their…

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