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GUEST ESSAY: ‘World password day’ reminds us to embrace password security best practices

The Last Watchdog

Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Use multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the process of protecting your digital password with a physical form of identification.

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Massive Data Breach Includes Social Security Numbers, Potentially Affects Billions

SecureWorld News

NPD, which provides background check services to employers, investigators, and other businesses, reportedly obtains this information by scraping data from various sources, often without the direct consent of the individuals involved. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private Evervault Developer encryption 2019 Private Verkada Security surveillance 2019 Private Armis IoT network security 2015 Private Sumo Logic Threat intelligence 2014 Nasdaq: SUMO Okta Identity management 2013 Nasdaq: OKTA Barracuda Enterprise security 2006 Private. Accel Investments.

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How to Secure Your Business Social Media Accounts

BH Consulting

The incident shows that not all hackers’ motives are financial or data collection. Here’s another example of hackers wanting to cause reputational damage: in February 2013, Burger King’s Twitter account was hijacked and rebranded with the logo of arch-rival McDonald’s.

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How to Manage IAM Compliance and Audits

Centraleyes

Apply segmentation of duties where appropriate Each user should only be able to oversee some security procedures, including authentication, user permission assignment, and account offboarding. IAM technologies ease regulatory compliance by automating regulations and tracking access to sensitive data throughout the IT infrastructure.

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SW Labs | Review: Bishop Fox CAST

SC Magazine

Originally founded in 2005 as Stach & Liu and rebranded in 2013, Bishop Fox is one of most widely recognized security services firms. The initial setup process is notable, as CAST joins a small club of ASM vendors that not only offer multifactor authentication by default, they require it to be configured on first login.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

For larger organizations, the PRTG Enterprise Monitor can monitor thousands of devices for a distributed environment offering auditable data collection and service-based SLA monitoring through the ITOps Board. Read more : Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems for 2022.

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