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NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

The Last Watchdog

Doing authentication well is vital for any company in the throes of digital transformation. Related: Locking down ‘machine identities’ At the moment, companies are being confronted with a two-pronged friction challenge, when it comes to authentication. We spoke at RSA 2020. And that’s not an easy task.

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WebAuthn, Passwordless and FIDO2 Explained: Fundamental Components of a Passwordless Architecture

Duo's Security Blog

When someone is told that passwords are going away in favor of a new, “password-less” authentication method, a healthy dose of skepticism is not unwarranted. Passwordless authentication refers to a system that does not require the use of passwords at all. What is WebAuthn?

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Check Point Warns of Hackers Targeting Its Remote Access VPN

SecureWorld News

In the advisory , Check Point says the attackers are targeting security gateways with old local accounts using insecure password-only authentication, which should be used with certificate authentication to prevent breaches. "We Switching from weak authentication to stronger authentication has multiple benefits.

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How to evolve your organization into a data-centric security architecture

CyberSecurity Insiders

Users may also need to re authenticate themselves if they choose to switch tasks or have been inactive for a set amount of time. How you choose to authenticate users is up to you. The post How to evolve your organization into a data-centric security architecture appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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25 Most Dangerous Software Flaws Identified by MITRE

eSecurity Planet

MITRE has released its latest list of the top 25 most exploited vulnerabilities and exposures found in software. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other agencies and instead focuses on more generic software development weaknesses, similar to the OWASP list for web applications. Big Moves at Bottom of List.

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Privacy and security in the software designing

Security Affairs

The project must be planned, following a common denominator for the whole software life cycle, to ensure the security requirements for the data, functions and programming language. This will allow the client to verify the specified features and the designer to proceed with the implementation of the software architecture.

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MITRE, CISA Reveal Dangerous Hardware & Software Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

According to MITRE, “Because hardware is not patchable as easily as software, any flaw discovered after release and production typically cannot be fixed without a recall of the product.”. The unranked list contains 12 entries that categorize data found in hardware programming, design, and architecture. The full MITRE-CWE list.

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