CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2021

Organizations mandate users to be authentic and validated with the appropriate privacy configuration before accessing apps and information. The post How Zero Trust architecture improves the organization’s network security appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Zero Trust presupposes there is no traditional network boundary.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

While security teams layer essential preventative measures, resilience measures also need to be implemented in an architecture to reduce the impact of ransomware attacks on your backups. Figure 1: Typical VLAN architecture. Figure 2: Resilient VLAN architecture. Protecting Authentication. Does this add latency?

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Going beyond the hype, passwordless authentication is now a reality. Cisco Duo’s passwordless authentication is now generally available across all Duo Editions. “ Cisco Duo simplifies the passwordless journey for organizations that want to implement phishing-resistant authentication and adopt a zero trust security strategy.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When someone is told that passwords are going away in favor of a new, “password-less” authentication method, a healthy dose of skepticism is not unwarranted. Passwordless authentication refers to a system that does not require the use of passwords at all. What is WebAuthn?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) : Enforce robust MFA protocols to add an extra layer of security. Zero Trust Architecture: Adopt a Zero Trust approach that verifies every access request, regardless of its origin.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The two vulnerabilities are: CVE-2025-0108 Palo Alto PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-53704 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Vulnerability Researchers recently warned that threat actors exploit a recently disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2025-0108, in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Users may also need to re authenticate themselves if they choose to switch tasks or have been inactive for a set amount of time. How you choose to authenticate users is up to you. The post How to evolve your organization into a data-centric security architecture appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Step 1: Rethink your security architecture Zero Trust requires securing every layer—network, applications, identity, and access—while enforcing least privilege. Google moved away from VPNs, instead using device-based authentication and continuous access verification, ensuring that each access request is authenticated.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Our research reveals 69% of breaches are rooted in inadequate authentication and 78% of organizations have been targeted by identity-based attacks. Experts here explore the importance of fostering a resilient workforce, backed by AI-enhanced training and layered security strategies.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Rhysida went so far as to publish sample files to verify the authenticity of the data, revealing access to a trove of information, including city databases, employee credentials, cloud management files, and even the city’s traffic camera feeds. Here are some essential steps every business can consider to safeguard against cyberthreats: 1.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2024

When reading the title of this blog, you might be wondering to yourself why RADIUS is being highlighted as a subject — especially amidst all of the advancements of modern authentication we see taking place recently. Instead, it supports a variety of authentication protocols , including EAP, PAP, CHAP, and others. What is RADIUS?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Zero trust networking architecture (ZTNA) is a way of solving security challenges in a cloud-first world. Encryption in transit provides eavesdropping protection and payload authenticity. More importantly, it provides message authenticity: a bad actor cannot change the data or instructions being sent.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 9, 2025

Resolution #4: Deploy Cloud-Based Security Solutions for Enhanced Security and Simplicity Moving PAM to the cloud enhances security through advanced encryption, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and continuous monitoring. The post Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2025 appeared first on IT Security Guru.

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Hacker Combat

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Access is only granted once an individual’s identity and context have been confirmed through multifactor authentication and. The post Zero Trust Architecture appeared first on Hacker Combat. Zero trust security takes an “never trust, always verify” approach to access control.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Instead of using secure solutions like VPNs or Zero Trust architectures, many HMIs were directly connected to the internet, exposing them to attackers. Without strong authentication, authorization, and encryption, APIs can become additional entry points for attackers."

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zero Trust principles help protect against identity and access-based security risks by requiring all users, whether inside or outside the organization’s network, to be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated for security configuration and posture checks before granted access to applications and data. The Move to Passwordless.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

I joined the Inrupt team last summer as its Chief of Security Architecture, and have been in stealth mode until now. Just trying to grasp what sort of granular permissions are required, and how the authentication flows might work, is mind-altering. I think of Inrupt basically as the Red Hat of Solid.)

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security. Beyond patching, identity security is a persistent weak point in defending against ransomware attacks."

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) should be enhanced with AI-driven behavioral analysis to detect fraudulent activity. Organizations should integrate AI-driven risk scoring into their Zero Trust architecture. Enterprises must increase employee awareness of AI-generated threats, particularly deepfake fraud and AI-powered phishing.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

The extension then silently authenticates the victim into a Chrome profile managed by the attackers Google Workspace. Once this authentication occurs, the attacker has full control over the newly managed profile in the victims browser, allowing them to push automated policies such as disabling safe browsing and other security features.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

The NSA’s 58-page Network Infrastructure Security Guidance (PDF) is more of a catalog of network security best practices, based on principles of zero trust and segmentation , following up on brief January guidance (PDF) on segmentation that discussed the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (image below).

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Additionally, quantum computing could revolutionize identity and authentication systems by eliminating weaknesses in traditional authentication methods and implementing quantum-secure biometric authentication and digital signatures, thereby significantly reducing the risk of identity theft, phishing attacks, and deepfake-driven fraud.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2025

demands a structured approach to implementation and preparation. Each step, from initial technical review to mock assessments, is designed to build upon the previous, ensuring a seamless path to CMMC certification.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When we talk about the superpower of this microservice architecture, we should not forget- ‘great power comes with great responsibility’ – this holds true for API security. Of course, there are common vulnerabilities between APIs and web applications, like buffer overflows, SQL injections, and broken authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Access controls are the nexus of security and the expanding perimeter, and zero trust is the architecture that encompasses it. Zero trust is an all-inclusive security and privacy architecture. The network security perimeter is dynamically created and policy-based, and must be guarded by secure and highly managed access controls.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication. Much has been done with connectivity and authentication. Zero trust, put simply, means eliminating implicit trust. But that needs to change, he says.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 18, 2022

Auth0’s OpenFGA project is an open source effort that undertakes to provide a universal authentication solution. Authentication vs. authorization. Authentication is concerned with who and authorization with what. Authentication is concerned with who and authorization with what.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

We went over how Zero Trust Architecture ( ZTA ) is gaining steam — and how it embodies a critical paradigm shift necessary to secure hyper-interconnected services. Every device, every connection, every interaction must be verified, authenticated, and monitored. Hanna You can no longer trust the network, Hanna observes.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 28, 2024

In the advisory , Check Point says the attackers are targeting security gateways with old local accounts using insecure password-only authentication, which should be used with certificate authentication to prevent breaches. "We Switching from weak authentication to stronger authentication has multiple benefits.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Single sign-on” (SSO) is an authentication method that allows users to enter one set of authentication credentials to access multiple websites, applications, and services. The goal of SSO is to streamline the authentication process by eliminating the need to enter different usernames and passwords for each resource.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Cisco SD-WAN is a cloud-delivered overlay WAN architecture that enables digital and cloud transformation at enterprises, it allows to connect disparate office locations via the cloud. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit the CVE-2021-1529 vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This requires data-level protections, a robust identity architecture, and strategic micro-segmentation to create granular trust zones around an Organization’s digital resources. Everyone can agree that implementing a Zero Trust Architecture can stop data breaches. The Zero Trust journey.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

He’ll also look at why identity and access management are the first elements you should modernize as you start your zero trust journey, and how Zero Trust Authentication will help accelerate your journey. Zero Trust , will join us and discuss the current state of zero trust.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

SASE architectures must be validated end to end—from users and branches, through SASE points of presence, to cloud application servers. Additionally, performance needs to be profiled across all networks and SASE behavior measured across all architectures—virtualized, containerized, and bare metal Jeyaretnam Test for the real world.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Thales collaborates with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to provide enhanced privacy and secure authentication for global 5G users, further extending its partner ecosystem. The multi-vendor landscape, complex infrastructure and distributed nature of 5G networks has historically made subscriber authentication and privacy a challenge.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model. Most of the web applications were owned by companies based in Russia, China and the Middle East.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems.

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