Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. Lillian knew that a shift in authentication couldn't wait. Fortunately, it didn’t have to.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

I’m delighted to announce the latest member of our growing CISO Advisor team, Pam Lindemeon. Pam is an exceptional leader; dedicated to advancing women in the IT industry, and I’m so glad she’s now joined Cisco to work closely with our community of CISOs and offer advice and guidance based on her incredible experience. Pam Lindemeon.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

CISOs looking to beef up their customer-facing authentication procedures to thwart cyberattacks need to walk a fine line. Selecting the most appropriate authentication method for your customers is something of a moving target because consumer attitudes are always changing.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2024

If you’re not using basic measures like password managers, two-factor authentication (2FA) and cybersecurity training, you’re risking more than you might realize. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 4/19/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Heath Renfrow, CISO and Co-founder of Fenix24, noted: "While I commend law enforcement and all involved in Operation Heart Blocker for their successful efforts in dismantling a key cybercriminal network, it will have minimal impact on slowing the larger cybercrime epidemic that continues to escalate.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 5, 2024

Providers, please start requiring multifactor authentication (MFA). The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/5/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Insight #1 In light of 23andMe blaming victims for their data getting breached, I have two things to ask: Users, please stop reusing passwords.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2024

The attackers reportedly got in through an old testing environment, which seemingly had no multi-factor authentication (MFA) stopping them. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/26/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Threat models? It all matters.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

At its core, Zero Trust is all about authenticating and authorizing access policies that have been designed to provide the least privilege, for the least amount of time, to the least amount of assets. The ascendency of CISOs. And there will never be Zero Trust because the identity is exploitable.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But as a CISO or cyber risk owner, it’s not just about locking down sensitive informationits about doing it without slowing down your people. Amid a backdrop of increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyberattacks, APTs are a growing concern for CISOs and cyber risk owners.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. Our research reveals 69% of breaches are rooted in inadequate authentication and 78% of organizations have been targeted by identity-based attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

These solutions empower organizations to manage, authenticate, and analyze privileged access, streamlining the granting of credentials with role-based access controls and automated workflows. With these scalable and reliable PAM solutions , organizations of all sizes can address their complex and ever-evolving cybersecurity challenges.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As CISOs embark on their transformational journeys, identifying these areas of weakness should be the top priority. This has led to CISOs shifting how they approach protecting the corporate perimeter with additional controls and monitoring tools being used to scan any access to the network. Cloud dominance .

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

If your website authentication form prevents users from pasting in their password, or from using their password manager you need to fix it immediately. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast Security CISO David Lindner | 5/6 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Insight #1. "If Insight #2. "Do

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Which topics should CEOs, CIOs and CISOs have on their radar when it comes to Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) and cyber security risks in 2022? Related: How IAM authenticates users. Multi-Factor Authentication ( MFA ) can tremendously increase their access security and prevent phishing and social engineering attacks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

James Scobey, CISO at Keeper Security, stated, "The reported downtime of online ordering demonstrates how even temporary interruptions can have a significant impact on revenue and brand reputation." Strong Password Management: Enforce strong, unique passwords and multi-factor authentication to protect against unauthorized access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

Now that we know what’s driving zero trust adoption let’s shift to how zero trust can help the CISO and CIO of a company be more secure, which I will do by drawing on the lessons and characters of “Top Gun”! The post Top Gun and Zero Trust: Lessons in Cybersecurity for the CISO and CIO appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security measures such as multifactor authentication or challenge questions create friction in the buying process, but a breach that results in the loss of sensitive customer data could have a much bigger business impact than a few abandoned shopping carts.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2025

Despite Oracle's denial of any breach, cybersecurity experts and researchers from CloudSEK and other firms have raised serious concerns, pointing to potential vulnerabilities in Oracle's authentication systems and the broader implications for cloud-based supply chains. oraclecloud.com. The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Setting Up an Instant Registration Database You don’t know who’s going to sign up and register, and you don’t have time to integrate it with any databases you have with citizen data in order to uniquely identify and authenticate them. This does a bit of authentication by proving possession of the email address that was registered.

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Dark Reading

JULY 31, 2023

CISOs are incorporating biometrics as part of their multifactor authentication strategies. This is what they should be thinking about during implementation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

“For CISOs and security leaders, the goal isn’t just detectionit’s the remediation of these vulnerabilities before they’re exploited,” said Fourrier. These credentials lack standardized patterns, making them nearly impossible to detect with conventional tools. This surpasses the overall GitHub average of 4.6%.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From a governance standpoint, Agnidipta Sarkar, Vice President of CISO Advisory at ColorTokens, emphasizes the critical role of regulatory frameworks. Guccione also underscores the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a safeguard for individual accounts, even in a credential leak.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2024

Account compromise due to lack of multifactor authentication (MFA). The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/2/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Insight #1 Per IBM , the average cost of a data breach is now closing in on $5 million. You know what causes many of those breaches?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2022

What’s the difference between Basic and Modern Authentication? Basic Authentication…. The post CISO Urges Switch to Microsoft Exchange Online Modern Authentication: What You Need to Know appeared first on Nuspire.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Passwordless Authentication without Secrets! This highlights an increasing demand for advanced authentication methods like passkeys and multi-factor authentication (MFA), which provide robust security for most use cases. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2024

Insight #1 It's been a while since I reminded everyone that one of the single greatest controls to implement to prevent account compromise is multifactor authentication (MFA). The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/19/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Do it today!

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google announced that it will automatically enroll users in multifactor authentication – what they are calling two-step verification. Using their mobile device to sign in gives people a safer and more secure authentication experience than passwords alone,” Risher said. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). “To address the issue further, I reached out to several CISOs on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a result, five companies eventually fixed the problem. ”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Beyond patching, identity security is a persistent weak point in defending against ransomware attacks."

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Insight #1: CISOs, you need insurance coverage According to German multinational insurance company Munich Re, the global cyber insurance market is expected to rise from $14 billion to $29 billion by 2027. Rather, the onus is on the providers to do so: e.g., require multifactor authentication (MFA) for all accounts, as a starting point.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Requirements By November 1, banks and other firms under the department's jurisdiction must demonstrate, among other requirements, that they must: Have a CISO who regularly reports significant cyber incidents to senior management.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 6, 2023

Speaking to many CISOs, it’s clear that many security executives view zero trust as a journey that can be difficult to start, and one that even makes identifying successful outcomes a challenge. Or will they present conflicting demands that will disrupt rather than assist the CISO in their role? So, are these complementary?

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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, standard (i.e.,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Wainwright “We’re excited to release VECTR Enterprise to help CISOs and their teams clearly tell the story of their adversary detection program strengths, needs, and changes over time. This approach balances automation with the need for realistic and “attacker authentic assessments.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2023

Zero trust emphasizes the importance of micro-segmentation, multi-factor authentication, encryption, and monitoring of user behavior to prevent lateral movement within the network and detect and respond to potential threats in real time. Importance for CISOs and CIOs Zero trust is no longer just a buzzword for CISOs and CIOs.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

The hack of Words with Friends in 2019 was high-profile, but today’s columnist, Yuval Elddad of CYE, says CISOs at all gaming companies have to take a closer look at the growing threats to online gaming platforms. The post Why CISOs at gaming companies need to reimagine security appeared first on SC Media.

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