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How to Overcome Common SSH Machine Identity Risks with Automation

Security Boulevard

CyberArk and Venafi teamed up to offer an integrated solution for enterprise-wide governance and risk reduction by enabling easy and robust management of SSH keys. Higher levels of automation for system administrators. Digital Transformation Fails without Machine Identity Management. Related Posts.

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Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The SEIA bill passed on June 27th in the Senate could be a good start to isolate and segment the most important control systems of the U.S. But government bills and regulations can at best only mandate what organizations should be doing on their own to protect themselves and the people who depend on them.

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MY TAKE: How SMBs can improve security via ‘privileged access management’ (PAM) basics

The Last Watchdog

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. In fact, sophisticated identity and access management , or IAM, solutions, of which PAM is a subset, came along to help companies improve their data governance.

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. A privileged account provides access to sensitive systems and data bases and typically gets assigned to a system administrator or senior manager.

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. The software giant’s intent was to make it more convenient and efficient for system administrators to perform Windows upkeep. Remote desktop risks.

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The Challenges in Building Digital Trust

SecureWorld News

System administrators didn't bother locking down their systems, because the possibility of bad actors using them didn't really cross their minds. People think facial recognition technology is creepy because at this point, we don't trust governments to not abuse it.

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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

Prior to joining Collins, Alexandra led Booz Allen’s Commercial Aerospace practice, building and overseeing multi-disciplinary teams to advise C-level clients on cybersecurity and digital transformation initiatives. government clients. Director Information Assurance Office of Cybersecurity. House of Representatives.