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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. Since then Portnox continued to add capabilities, launched the first cloud-native NAC in 2017, and now offers a NAC SaaS solution, Portnox Cloud.

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OWASP Names a New Top Vulnerability for First Time in Years

eSecurity Planet

OWASP security researchers have updated the organization’s list of the ten most dangerous vulnerabilities – and the list has a new number one threat for the first time since 2007. Insecure authentication process such as flawed account recovery or password reset, or insecure session tokens. Previously “Broken Authentication.”

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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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How Dow Jones used the pandemic to undergo a zero trust overhaul

SC Magazine

Flags and the Dow logo at the main entrance of the Dow world headquarters complex is shown April 12, 2007 in Midland, Michigan. That’s often where most companies start (and a fair amount end) their zero trust journey, but Guerra said they then established a new conditional access and authentication regime for users across the company.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

Golang (also known as Go) is an open-source programming language designed by Google and first published in 2007 that makes it easier for developers to build software. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. Background. Recommended actions. Conclusion.

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SAML: Still Going Strong After Two Decades

eSecurity Planet

These communications on the backend of username and password login processes ensure users get authenticated by the overarching identity manager and authorized to use the given web service(s). Context: Authentication vs. Authorization. Despite the recent prevalence of OAuth and OIDC for authentication and authorization, SAML 2.0

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The Life and Death of Passwords: Improving Security With Passwords and People

Duo's Security Blog

Back in 2007, I believe, the Aurora attack saw Google employees targeted by a nation state. Jayson: One: Use a password manager and multi-factor authentication whenever you can, especially that. Humans are not the weakest link in information security. They’re the least invested in for security.