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Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Subsequent investigations into the incident found that the initial intrusion stemmed from a dormant VPN account. A password for the VPN account was found inside a leaked batch of stolen passwords from a previous data breach. The hacker simply reused the password and gained access to the VPN.

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What are the Benefits of a Password Manager?

Identity IQ

Generates Passwords A password manager enhances your account security by creating unique passwords. When you create a new account, the password manager prompts you to generate a new password instead of reusing your old one. Offers Secure Storage Password managers focus on improving your security.

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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

ISE is intended for use with guest and employee endpoints, but Cisco also offers separate and specialized NAC solutions for equipment (internet of things (IoT), operational technology (OT), and industrial controls), for medical devices , and specifically for rapid threat containment.

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ChatGPT at work: how chatbots help employees, but threaten business

SecureList

The technology is becoming commonplace, and its inability to keep up with people’s growing demands has led to complaints that the chatbot is gradually getting dumber. Account hacking. Account security is always a priority issue. Use a VPN sometimes there are empty hides without accounts.

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Beyond Passwords: 2FA, U2F and Google Advanced Protection

Troy Hunt

The former is a physical device, for example I had one of these old RSA tokens more than a decade ago back in corporate land: When I logged onto the work VPN, I needed to enter not just my Active Directory credentials but also the 6-digit number shown in the token above known as a time-based one-time password (TOTP).

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