How AI can improve user experience and security for the finance industry
For the last 50 years, the fundamental and largely unchanged model for identifying and authenticating users has been based on the combination of a username and password, …
Data breach fallout haunts companies long after the fact
Data breaches have become a priority in most business’ cybersecurity agenda. The series of breaches that companies experienced in 2018 emphasized what security experts …
Tricking attackers through the art of deception
In cybersecurity, deception is redundant if it cannot fulfill its critical aim – to misdirect, confuse, and lure attackers into traps and dead-ends. It is the art of tricking …
Security or compliance? Stop choosing between them
The difference between security and compliance is more than just process. It’s philosophy and practice. Compliance can be one tactical execution of a great security strategy …
What you should know about the Equifax data breach settlement
Equifax has agreed to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, as part of a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial …
Healthcare’s blind spot: Unmanaged IoT and medical devices
From imaging to monitoring systems, infusion pumps to therapeutic lasers and life support machines, medical devices are used to improve and streamline patient care. Many of …
How DNS firewalls can burn security teams
It’s easy to see how DNS firewalls could have thwarted 33% of data breaches. For most IT and security teams, DNS has been an afterthought. Or, worse, not even that. The …
NSS Labs test exposes weaknesses in NGFW products
Firewalls are the most widely deployed network security devices. Enterprises expect next generation firewalls (NGFWs) to prevent exploits and malware from infecting critical …
True passwordless authentication is still quite a while away
The password has been one of the great inventions in the history of computing: a solution that allowed simple and effective identity and access management when the need arose …
Skills gap remains a top barrier to SD-WAN adoption
SD-WAN security drives selection, skills gaps remain a primary obstacle to adoption, and adoption continues to rise, according to Masergy. The survey, conducted in partnership …
The importance of hardening firmware security
It’s no secret that attackers traditionally go after low-hanging fruit when hacking a system. Historically, this has meant targeting user applications, and, for deeper …
Enterprises catching up with the explosion of cloud use and shadow IT in the workplace
Businesses worldwide are gaining control of previously unmonitored and unsupported cloud applications and devices, known as shadow IT, that lurk in their IT environments, …
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