Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the importance of securing identity admins, highlight the risks of poorly managed admin accounts and provide best practices to mitigate these risks. The risks of poorly managed administrator accounts Poorly managed identity administrator accounts can lead to significant security risks.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We have evolved from passwords to multi-factor authentication (MFA) to phishing-resistant passwordless — our most secure form of authentication to date. It combines Duo’s current authentication capabilities like MFA, Passwordless and SSO with powerful security insights into identity and device risk.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And for more information on protecting against ransomware, be sure to check out our ebook: Protecting Against Ransomware: Zero Trust Security for a Modern Workforce. What is ransomware? This gives your workers flexible MFA options. Want to try Duo for yourself? Sign up for a 30-day free trial !

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2022

Machine Identities, Human Identities, and the Risks They Pose. Notwithstanding the risks discussed above, human identities still pose less of a concern than machine identities. Code Signing Risks: Hackers Are Getting Better at Stealing Code Signing Machine Identities . brooke.crothers. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:12. Related Posts.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2023

The study also covered multi-factor authentication, identity protections, identity risks and identity vulnerabilities experienced. Study Findings We’ll focus on the workforce findings: 1. Multiple account or credential compromise is the norm This result is surprising, but it’s not entirely new.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Millions of Britons (1) have now fallen victim to an online scam, losing life savings, their identity, passwords, photos or vital personal data. In the physical world you wouldn’t willingly give out passwords and personal data to strangers, so why go online and do it, and risk being a target for online criminals?

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

“There are primarily three ways you can authenticate someone: with their username and password, with two-factor authentication, and with a company-supplied device that you can trace. For most stuff, you should have two of those things. For critical things, you should have all three.”. Try Duo for Free Want to test it out before you buy?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Despite solid cybersecurity defenses within her enterprise, the reliance on age-old passwords left it vulnerable. They struggled to create and remember complex, ever-changing passwords for the maze of systems they accessed daily. But while passwords have served their purpose, they have outlived their usefulness.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 31, 2022

After creating your child’s Apple ID, enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for that added layer of security, ensuring that your child’s account won’t get popped easily even if someone got hold of their password. Note that your child’s iCloud account is automatically created along with their Apple ID.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

As World Password Day comes around again this May 6 th , how much has changed in the year since we last marked the occasion? With more employees working remotely than ever before due to COVID-19, businesses are at greater risk from a cyber-attack with workers accessing systems outside of the usual company network. Encryption.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Totaling up to billions of Australian Dollars at risk each year from hackers and various online scams, it's crucial that organisations (and individuals!) Rolling out a multi-factor authentication solution sets up a fast line of defense against the risks of phishing, like unauthorized data access.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Implementing a model of secure access with solutions like Duo can help mitigate the risk of cyberattacks today and the Ransomware 4.0s Without using an agent and keeping user privacy intact, Duo can check whether the OS is up to date, if disk encryption is enabled, if a password is set and more. of tomorrow.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Reduce reliance on passwords with single sign-on and MFA Nobody ever appreciated opening an exciting email just to find out their company had bamboozled them with a fake phishing test. Reducing the number of credentials by adopting SSO ultimately minimises the risk of losing those credentials to phishing attacks. PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc.)

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Vipre

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Even prior to the pandemic, a 2019 survey revealed that only 14 percent of SMBs rated their ability to prevent and properly address cyber risks and vulnerabilities as useful. . There are a number of reasons that SMBs find themselves at risk for security breaches. What are the potential risks your company faces if there’s a breach?

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Accidental CISO (“AC”) adds, “Then you can implement tools and processes that also happen to address security risks, but that first and foremost are going to make everyone’s lives easier.” Working closer to ground-level let me better understand how the business worked and how to solve their problems and manage risk at the same time.”.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The dissolution of the traditional security perimeter and the increase in identity-based attacks has come with its fair share of new risks for security practitioners to consider. They should understand that even though asking for a password reset or MFA reset might be a common ask it is always a big ask.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Businesses spend billions protecting usernames and passwords for people, but almost nothing on protecting keys and certificates for machines. Reduce risk and achieve compliance. With the rapid evolution of today’s technology, calculating where true risk lies can be extremely challenging. Ensure clean, low-risk audit results.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2020

sensitive personal data which includes health and genetic data, biometrics, caste or tribe data, passwords etc. Until the law gets enacted, businesses should look to: Include privacy as a measure for risk assessment. critical personal data which remains undefined but can be specified by the central government.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

Mitigating the risks associated with the rapidly changing manufacturing supply chain must be prioritized by CISOs and form part of a comprehensive “ identity-first security ” strategy. This will reduce risks, costs, and time to value. . Investments in cloud technologies are often exclusively geared toward consumer identity use cases.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2022

. “We place our trust in applications to perform only the functions we intended, Operating Systems to perform functions we authorized, and that our credentials (user ID/password) are used only by authorized personnel. A risk management strategy states that we cannot eliminate all system vulnerabilities or block all cyberattacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 31, 2021

Trust is now a risk. Utilizing a VPN model also creates the scenario where users must add another credential set to their running list of usernames and passwords to remember. For Zero Trust security, the solution to the trust crisis problem is to “never trust, always verify”. Danna Bethlehem | Director, Product Marketing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The authorization can be associated with specific hardware, shared encryption keys, passwords, and more. Claims Ownership of Content Applying DRM to content stakes an ownership claim as unobtrusive as a watermark for photos or marketing material or as complete as password-protected content with highly restrictive use restrictions.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That brings up an even higher level of risk. Firms need to ensure seamless remote collaboration, mitigate risk to the network, employees and data, and protect themselves from COVID exposed weaknesses to operations that may have been overlooked previously. Is that because users think that password is secure?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

They change their IP addresses while maintaining a clean state and use multiple domain names to spread their risk, ensuring that they can continue phishing even if one domain is blocked. Additionally, NFTs and eBooks are also suitable for money laundering. Dealing with CNP fraud is difficult when focusing on upstream.

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Elie

JUNE 6, 2019

Overall, we find that women in the region face unique risks due to the influence of patriarchal norms and because fewer women are online. Highlights the risks and abuse faced by South Asian women when using online services. When building products, features that mitigate the risks would help to improve the safety of South Asian women.

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