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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

Related: VPNs vs ZTNA. 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. Here are excerpts of our dialogue, edited for clarity and length: LW: Is it safe to assume demand for consumer VPNs has spiked, post Covid19?

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how Secure Access Service Edge — ‘SASE’ — can help, post Covid-19

The Last Watchdog

Many enterprises have accelerated their use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions to support remote workers during this pandemic. However deploying VPNs on a wide-scale basis introduces performance and scalability issues. It incorporates zero-trust technologies and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN).

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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. Supports Business to Business (B2B), Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Employee (B2E) activities (e.g., fewer requests to reset passwords).

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Insert Tokens to Play! OpenID Connect (OIDC) Support in Duo SSO Is Now in Early Access

Duo's Security Blog

Organizations that adopt and developers that build third-party OIDC apps want to enable users (B2C, B2B) single sign-on access to them. We use Duo SSO for securing access to Microsoft 365, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, and IFS Aurena, our ERP system. OIDC is an identity layer that works on top of the open OAuth 2.0 OIDC has been phenomenal.

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The story of the year: ransomware in the headlines

SecureList

companies and even the major Japanese technology company Olympus, the group shut down, apparently due to pressure from law enforcement. The former target both B2B and B2C, while the latter target primarily the B2C sector. After a brief period of success targeting U.S. The first three quarters of 2021 showed a similar picture.

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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. Use a VPN sometimes there are empty hides without accounts. Write + again in 5 minutes 50% are valid Can’t log into the site?