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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. I’ve since discovered that there’s a heck of a lot going on in the B2C VPN space. The leading B2C VPNs all recognize this and have begun promoting the use of personal VPNs as, essentially, a DIY security tool.

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

It’s in findings of a deep dive data analytics study led by Surfshark , a supplier of VPN services aimed at the consumer and SMB markets. For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. That’s for the B2C users.

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Respecting Privacy and Data Protection: World Consumer Rights Day

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Driven by Consumers International and accredited by the United Nations, World Consumer Rights Day is an opportunity to raise awareness for the respect and protection of all consumers, and to protest social injustices and market abuses. How can retailers rise to meet these demands?

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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

Stolen usernames and passwords are loaded up on botnets, which then relentlessly test them on account logon pages. Botnets can test stolen usernames and passwords at scale. Thus, what we’re experiencing today is the blossoming of B2B and B2C commerce transacted digitally.

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How to Choose the Right Access Management, Authentication and SSO Solution

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The access management market has been more relevant this year than ever before. Gartner estimates that the access management market will be $4.42 Just because an access management vendor can support B2C, B2C and a wide range of other use cases doesn’t necessarily mean it is the right solution for your organization.

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‘If you wait for government, you’re going to be waiting a long time’: A look at Biden’s cyber funding

SC Magazine

When I say classic, I mean basic application security – passwords and making sure that if you’re using cloud-based service from either Amazon or Google or Microsoft that they’ve got some of those security features toggled on. It depends whether the company is in the B2C market or in B2B.