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Access Control: The 5 Single Sign-On Benefits

IT Security Guru

Working from home resulted in additional risk management and security challenges for employees, executive leadership, and information technology (IT) teams. The concept of a static login for all user activities is not enough to address the evolving risk landscape where businesses operate. SSO has several benefits and use cases.

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Increasing Your Business’s Cyber Threat Intelligence

SiteLock

With more consumers and B2B enterprises conducting business in the cyber world, security threats are an increasing concern. Although new threats are being created every day, most successful hacks are variations on old themes, like the DDoS attacks that are as old as the internet itself. Learn from the past.

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Kaseya Breach Underscores Vulnerability of IT Management Tools

eSecurity Planet

Like SolarWinds, both companies serve large B2B audiences, where Kaseya’s products produce hundreds of end products and services. A reliance on built-in trust between systems and excessive user privileges is a risk that a list of ingredients can’t fix. Managing supply chain risk. Preparing for Criminal Enterprise.

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The story of the year: ransomware in the headlines

SecureList

This is the era of big game hunting: high-profile B2B targets, big ransom demands, sophisticated attacks, highly sensitive data being stolen, and major fallout from a successful attack. The former target both B2B and B2C, while the latter target primarily the B2C sector. billion in transfers over the last three years.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Best Practices & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. Two-factor authentication is also being deployed for mobile security and by Internet of Things companies such as Nest to secure IoT devices. VPN Authentication. Rise of multi-factor authentication.

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The story of the year: remote work

SecureList

Two drivers of this conflict are not having a separate room for every family member who needs to work from home (26%) and arguments about how much children should use the Internet (33%). A virtual private network (VPN) allows for much more secure connections, but only 53% of workers are using one to access their corporate networks.

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