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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Use strong passwords. Resilient multi-factor authentication and strong passwords are critical. Tue, 10/04/2022 - 05:20.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. Instead of relying solely on traditional passwords, consider passwordless methods for added security.

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Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Working in Cybersecurity & Other High Risk Fields

Jane Frankland

And these changes increase the risk of developing anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. This increases the likelihood of making mistakes, such as clicking on phishing links, sharing data in insecure ways, using weak passwords, or not spotting cyber threat patterns. Naturally, attackers take advantage.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Here are four evolving themes reverberating from RSAC 2023 that struck me: Password enabled access will endure for the foreseeable future. The theme of RSA Conference 2023 — ‘stronger together’ — was certainly well chosen.

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Harvard Business Publishing licensee hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

A recent discovery by the Cybernews research team is a stellar example of how open databases pose a great risk to businesses and consumers alike. In total, the database leaked over 152,000 pieces of information pertaining to customers, such as emails, names, links to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook profiles, and hashed passwords.

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PCI Audit – Checklist & Requirements

Centraleyes

Established by the main major credit card financial companies back in 2004 (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, Mastercard and Visa), the standard has evolved over the years and is currently at version 4.0. Important Note: PCI DSS current version, Version 3.2.1, in March of 2024.

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

For example, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) requires users to provide a password or passphrase to gain access to the network. Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) — introduced in 2004 — remains the most popular wireless security protocol. It provides stronger security measures like message integrity checks and improved key management.