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NEWS ANALYSIS Q&A: Striving for contextual understanding as digital transformation plays out

The Last Watchdog

LW: In what noteworthy ways have legacy technologies evolved? Ollmann: Cybersecurity technologies are continuously evolving; they must because both the threat and the business requirements are continuously changing. It’s been that way since the first person suggested using a password along with a login ID.

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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Botnets can test stolen usernames and passwords at scale. Shifting security challenge.

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5 Things Retailers Should Know About Cybersecurity

Duo's Security Blog

Retail’s great “digital transformation” sped up, as did the number of data breaches impacting retail. The 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report observes passwords caused 89% of web application breaches, either through stolen credentials or brute force attacks, making the protection of credentials a high priority.

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Introducing the Control Plane for Machine Identity Management

Security Boulevard

We invented the technology and created the category Gartner now calls machine identity management. The digitally transformed systems that billions of people rely upon to live their everyday lives depend on Venafi. We are in the middle of an epochal change from data center centric to a modern cloud-native digital transformation.

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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

Silverfort has introduced new technology that is designed to help corporations address unprecedented authentication exposures spinning out of ‘digital transformation.’. This is what digital transformation is all about. It has become easy to get user credentials and use them to access the network.

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10 Best Attack Surface Management Tools

Security Boulevard

Provided the hacker has an internet connection, they can exploit the following vectors to launch an attack: Misconfiguration: Cybercriminals can use incorrectly configured firewall policies, network ports, and wireless access points. This helps in identifying potential attack vectors and unmanaged assets that could be exploited.

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7 Types of Penetration Testing: Guide to Pentest Methods & Types

eSecurity Planet

As enterprise IT environments have expanded to include mobile and IoT devices and cloud and edge technology, new types of tests have emerged to address new risks, but the same general principles and techniques apply. See the Top Web Application Firewalls 4. Complete Guide & Steps.