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3 Essential Elements of an Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Strategy

Security Boulevard

Identity threat detection and response (IDTR) equips enterprises to protect digital identities along with the identity systems that manage them. This is why it's critical to secure your user identities and passwords and the IAM services that manage them. Digital identity data is a cybercriminal's favorite target.

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A Clear and Present Need: Bolster Your Identity Security with Threat Detection and Response

Duo's Security Blog

Security professionals agree that passwords are low hanging fruit for cybercriminals and can even be the keys to the kingdom when the compromised passwords belong to privileged accounts. According to a 2023 Cisco Duo sponsored survey , only 62% of organizations make MFA mandatory for their entire workforce.

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Passkeys vs. Passwords: The State of Passkeys on Cloud Platforms

Duo's Security Blog

But conventional protection solutions, like password security, fall short when it comes to efficacy. We have a lot of thoughts on passkeys – some of which we’ve shared in other posts in this passkey blog series – and today we’re going to explore how passkeys stack up against passwords from the perspective of cloud platforms.

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Why access management needs to evolve beyond passwords

CyberSecurity Insiders

Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Such programs overlook the burden that passwords can cause to users as well as to IT and security teams. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. Users have too many passwords to remember on their own.

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Hands-on domain password policy setup for Active Directory

CyberSecurity Insiders

Having a weak password policy is a key vector for attackers to gain system access. However, admins can help protect password security of the wide-reaching network using Group Management Policy (GPO). Let's get rolling about how we can configure Domain Password Policy for Active Directory. Use long character passwords.

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Password Hash Cracking, User Cloning, and User Impersonation: Three Risks Every SAP Customer Should Know

Security Boulevard

Password Hash Cracking, User Cloning, and User Impersonation: Three Risks Every SAP Customer Should Know. Password Hash Values in SAP. The passwords of all SAP users are stored encrypted as hash values in transparent tables on the database. USRPWDHISTORY: Contains the password history of every user. These tables are: .

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GUEST ESSAY: 7 tips for protecting investor data when it comes to alternative asset trading

The Last Watchdog

Prioritize continuous threat detection. Maintaining continuous observability of the trading system is essential for early threat detection. Prompt detection and response to potential security incidents mitigate the impact of breaches, ensuring ongoing protection of investor data.