SecureWorld News

JULY 6, 2023

The Internet is a free-fire zone were most organizations are simply unarmed." Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea, said: "Ransomware attacks have a far-reaching effect, particularly when a major part of the global supply chain is targeted.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On the heels of President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity (EO 14028) , the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a memorandum addressing the heads of executive departments and agencies that “sets forth a Federal zero trust architecture (ZTA) strategy.” Devices – Are the devices authenticated and managed?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The ASVS lists 14 controls: Architecture, design, and threat modeling. Authentication. Additionally, the ASVS notes it can be applied to the following use cases: Security architecture guide. Center for Internet Security (CIS) Control 16: Application Software Security. Provide secure authentication features.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Technology: Technology is the foundation for an IAM program delivery within a layered security architecture. RELATED: Death of the VPN: A Security Eulogy ] VPNs have notably higher operating costs and lower scalability when using device-based architecture. In this case, CISOs must manage the risks due to the technology debt.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

Pity the poor CISO at any enterprise you care to name. As their organizations migrate deeper into an intensively interconnected digital ecosystem, CISOs must deal with cyber attacks raining down on all fronts. CISOs need only to follow the principles honed over the past 200 years by the property and casualty insurance industry.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Unauthenticated vulnerability scans should be conducted to view the systems from the perspective of an external hacker and authenticated vulnerability scans should be conducted to view systems from the perspective of a hacker with stolen credentials. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 5 – Recession requires CISOs to get frank with the board about proactive security. 1 – Attacker tradecraft centers on identity and MFA.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

As such, this year’s World Password Day is in fact a timely reminder for businesses to drop passwords forever, and instead rollout access management solutions such as passwordless authentication. For example, how much data, how sensitive, how available must it be, user access levels, what kind of internet connection, access to and from where?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

Here’s what they had to say, edited for clarity and length: Vikram Asnani, senior director – solution architecture, CyberGRX. Chris Clements, VP of solutions architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. Gary Phipps, VP of solution architecture, CyberGRX. Bill Lawrence, CISO, SecurityGate.io.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Imagine a shift away from logging into a “network” to having security seamlessly built into the network, and multi-factor authentication and authorization continuously performed at the application level on the fly — without users typing passwords. The vision being set forth by OMB is ambitious — but vital. What’s Next?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. SAP National Security Services (NS2) CISO Ted Wagner told eSecurityPlanet that network slicing “adds complexity, which may lend itself to insecure implementation. To be successful, an attacker must gain access to the 5G Service Based Architecture. 5G Systems Architecture.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Related: The shared burden of securing the Internet of Things. Company networks must support endless permutations of users and apps, both on-premises and in the Internet cloud. For instance, SD-WAN solutions have generally lacked threat prevention capacities that CISOs today look for in cybersecurity solutions, Greenfield observes.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Understand that until the mid 1990s interconnectivity via the internet was largely academic. To be good at digital forensics, to be a digital Sherlock Holmes, you need to understand systems architecture. For even skin cells left at a crime scene. But how does something like that map to the digital world?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

The fall of VPNs and firewalls The cyberthreats and trends of 2023 send a clear message to organizations: they must evolve their security strategies to the times and embrace a zero trust architecture. As such, it is imperative to prioritize these security measures in 2024.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 21, 2021

One of the biggest challenges is likely to be, how you actually make the transition to a Zero Trust model whilst still having to maintain investment from your previous IT security tools and architectures, which were likely built around more perimeter-based models. Ross Moore, Cyber Security Support Analyst.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

which already account for 73% of Internet traffic will surge. To counter advancing cyber threats, organisations will implement more sophisticated security measures like multi-factor authentication, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring. Security by Compliance will increasingly drive action.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

While some of the measures stipulated in the order are considered table stakes like multi-factor authentication, the fact that the order exists will help to raise the collective security posture of products and services. The US government does not own or control Internet traffic, as some nations such as China does.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

This was a way of strategically and authentically engaging the audiences that we needed to reach. To return to the earlier inciting idea of design and storytelling strategy in the context of the security industry, let’s consider six “characters” that share architectural responsibilities for security’s narrative.

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