The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

The good news is that passwordless technologies are not only ready for prime time, they appear to be gaining traction in ways that suggest we’re on the cusp of a period of wide-scale adoption. Meanwhile, 64 percent saw value in improving user experiences and 21 percent said it could help achieve digital transformation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2025

Traditional Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), while a step up from password-only security, is no longer enough to fight modern phishing schemes. As malefactors hone their methods, entities must adopt phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication to secure their digital identities.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 11, 2020

In this Spotlight* podcast, Sayed Wajahat Ali the Senior Director of Security Risk Management at DU TELECOM in the UAE joins us to talk about how digital transformation is shaking up the once-staid telecommunications industry and how his company is staying on top of both the risks and opportunities created by digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

Related : SMBs are ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats Without a cohesive cybersecurity framework, SMBs are falling further behind as digital transformation, or DX, ramps up. Embracing digital transformation becomes even more of a challenge without a dedicated platform to address vulnerabilities. That’s our goal.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Level Up Your Security: Embrace Passkeys and Phishing-Resistant 2FA andrew.gertz@t Fri, 01/31/2025 - 15:17 Celebrate Change Your Password Day and 2FA Day by embracing passkeys and phishing-resistant 2FA. Redefining Change Your Password Day Well start with Change Your Password Day because, frankly, its a little complicated.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

At RSA Conference 2022 , which takes place next week in San Francisco, advanced technologies to help companies implement zero trust principals will be in the spotlight. Votiro has established itself as a leading supplier of advanced technology to cleanse weaponized files. This is the dark side of digital transformation.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

This surge is driven by a convergence of factorsfrom a spike in ransom ware attacks to the digital transformation of healthcarethat CISOs and healthcare executives must understand and act upon. Digital transformation - cloud and IoT exposure: The healthcare industry's rapid digitization is expanding the attack surface.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 5, 2023

In an era where digital technology increasingly underpins food production and distribution, the urgency of cybersecurity in agriculture has heightened. As outlined in a study , “Various technologies are integrated into one product to perform specific agricultural tasks.” A surprising 35.7%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For too long, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has played a background role—a fundamental but ‘invisible’ part of digital transformation. Identity is as diverse as the technology involved and the people who shape it,” writes Danny de Vreeze, Thales VP of IAM, in his Word of Welcome. Why IAM 360? Passwordless workforce?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report advises organizations to deploy multifactor authentication throughout all systems and discourage password reuse. authentication technologies. Passwordless authentication replaces passwords with other methods of identity, improving the levels of assurance and convenience.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. It gets back to the central difficulty of balancing productivity and security in a competitive, complex and fast-changing digital landscape. Password concierge.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Adaptive control, no trust, zero-trust, auto-remediation artificial intelligence, and content filter with multi-factor authentication aligning with your CASB deployment add in open-source technology, unpatched critical infrastructure, is your organization’s cybersecurity risks and compliance mandates protected?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

AI-powered social engineering makes scams more convincing, while stolen passwords enable criminals to log into corporate networks and move laterally unnoticed. Organizations are quickly embracing technologies like passwordless logins and biometric authentication, making it simpler than ever to access accounts. But at what cost?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Go Beyond FIDO Standards: Best Practices When Deploying FIDO Security Keys in Enterprise madhav Thu, 02/20/2025 - 06:22 Initially designed for the consumer market, the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) standard aims to replace passwords with more secure authentication methods for online services. While recent versions, like FIDO2.1,

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Silverfort has introduced new technology that is designed to help corporations address unprecedented authentication exposures spinning out of ‘digital transformation.’. This is what digital transformation is all about. It has become easy to get user credentials and use them to access the network.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Breaking Free from Passwords: Passkeys and the Future of Digital Services josh.pearson@t… Mon, 09/02/2024 - 15:14 As passkeys offer a more secure and convenient way to authenticate users, it is no surprise that industry experts agree that they will become the standard authentication method used worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Botnets can test stolen usernames and passwords at scale.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

What’s more, 99 percent of the IT pros said they believed their customers would switch to a competitor should they lose trust in the enterprise’s digital security. And nearly half, 47 percent, said they’ve stopped doing business with a company after losing trust in that company’s digital security. Infusing digital trust.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2022

As digital transformation is advancing and automation is becoming an essential component of modern enterprises, collaboration between humans and machines is crucial. While people need usernames and passwords to identify themselves, machines also need to identify themselves to one another. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

At Thales we appreciate what lies ahead for security professionals and, as a result, this year at RSA (in our booth #N5445), some of the technologies we’ll be showcasing and discussing include data discovery, trusted access, cloud security and, of course, encryption. A post digital transformation world. 26, from 8:00 – 8:20 a.m.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. The rise of IABs corresponds with the increase in digital transformation. IABs aren’t necessarily a new threat, but they’ve seen tremendous growth over the past few years.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Among the exposed data were personal backups of Microsoft employees' computers, passwords for Microsoft services, secret keys, and more than 30,000 internal Microsoft Teams messages from hundreds of employees. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Retail’s great “digital transformation” sped up, as did the number of data breaches impacting retail. The 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report observes passwords caused 89% of web application breaches, either through stolen credentials or brute force attacks, making the protection of credentials a high priority.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 3, 2022

Smart technologies that manage and self-regulate the built environment and its operations help businesses to enhance occupants’ convenience, reduce costs, and drive sustainability. There are lots of sound business reasons why an organisation would want to use more operational technology (OT) around its buildings.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

Related : The promise and pitfalls of IoT At the technology level, two fundamental things must get accomplished. The good news is that the technology to do this – on the fly and at the massive scale required — exists and is being reinforced. A lot of them are encouraging multifactor authentication, for instance.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. With DevOps and API advances steamrolling forward, no one has thought to establish the practice of requiring passwords to authenticate users at the API level. The forward-pull of digital transformation is kicking in.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In addition, the increasing speed of technology innovation has lead to a broader diversity of payment methods in recent years with new platforms for mobile payments continuing to be deployed. Typically, something you know (such as a password) and something you have (such as code that’s been texted to you.)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2023

With such a diverse portfolio and digital touchpoints, how can insurers bring their brand and product suite together across channels for a secure, streamlined user experience? This is where digital transformation and CIAM come into play. Digital technologies play a key role in that process.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

All it takes is one phished or hacked username and password to get a toehold on AD. I had the chance to discuss this with Gerrit Lansing, Field CTO at Stealthbits Technologies, a Hawthorne, NJ-based supplier of software to protect sensitive company data. We spoke at RSA 2020. But SSO proved to be a boon for intruders, as well.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2019

Many organizations are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the security of their digital transformation strategies. So, what is the best way for companies to maximize their digital transformation efforts as the data breach threat and costs continue to grow? Let’s dive deeper.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Geofencing is a location-based technology that uses GPS to delineate geographical boundaries. EB Control: Integrating Geofencing with Cybersecurity At EB Control, we believe in the power of advancements, nuances and innovative applications of technology to enhance security. Now, bring that concept in the world of cybersecurity.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Single sign-on (SSO) is one of several authentication technologies aimed at streamlining and keeping login information and processes secure. In addition to a password, the user needs a pin, a physical token or key, a code sent to a smartphone, or some kind of biometric input. What is Single Sign-On? Increasingly.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For too long, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has played a background role—a fundamental but ‘invisible’ part of digital transformation. Identity is as diverse as the technology involved and the people who shape it,” writes Danny de Vreeze, Thales VP of IAM, in his Word of Welcome. Why IAM 360? Passwordless workforce?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Surge of Identity and Access Management (IAM): Unveiling the Catalysts madhav Thu, 08/22/2024 - 07:02 The domain of Identity and Access Management (IAM) has undergone a remarkable surge, underpinned by a myriad of factors spanning technology, regulatory dynamics, and security imperatives.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Even the most security-aware and technologically apt teams can fall victim to a sophisticated attack like this. Mitigating AI social engineering risks To bolster resilience, organizations should update policies, processes, and technology safeguards. Embrace the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a baseline defense tactic.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

By eliminating passwords and stored secrets, Badge bolsters Radiant Logic’s extensible identity data platform to accelerate strategic initiatives such as digital transformation, Zero Trust, automated compliance, and data-driven governance. This sets the stage for a more connected and secure online future for everyone.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

As digital transformation accelerates, business leaders and even individual consumers are going to have to familiarize themselves with PKI and proactively participate in preserving it. Fortanix is supplying the advanced encryption technology underpinning Google’s new service. Here’s the bottom line: PKI is the best we’ve got.

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