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Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Big Data and Identity Management

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this age of big data, the concept is fitting, because this kind of information is increasingly being used to identify individuals and even machines. For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). Big Data Analytics. What one has (tokens).

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Current forecast: Cloudy with a chance of exposed data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to Data Threat Report for 2018 , the majority of businesses don’t just operate in one cloud environment in a single location, but multiple. 94 percent of respondents are using sensitive data in cloud, big data, IoT or mobile environments. The numbers are truly revolutionary.

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

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However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. The rising reliance on cloud platforms creates an expanded attack surface for threat actors and adversarial nation-states to exploit.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

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Findings from the 2018 Federal Edition of the Data Threat Report. Remember earlier this year when news broke that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency was keeping their passwords on a Post-it note, right after a false missile alert was blasted to residents across the state? The report also reveals that the U.S.