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The Future of Learning: Exploring the Potential of Educational Platforms

Kitaboo

Educational platforms are one of the highly-valued resources. However, because of the abundance in the number of these available resources, the educational institutes are in a dilemma about which platform serves the right purpose. Table of Contents Why Do Learners Need Educational Platforms?

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Architecting Identity: Five Essential Elements of a Modern Customer Authentication Service

CIO Business Intelligence

While protecting enterprise assets using identity and access management (IAM) is important, companies also need to address the applications their customers use. They may have a built-in user store supporting password authentication, for example. In response to cloud-based customer experiences, more focus has shifted to authentication.

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Check Point Warns of Hackers Targeting Its Remote Access VPN

SecureWorld News

In the advisory , Check Point says the attackers are targeting security gateways with old local accounts using insecure password-only authentication, which should be used with certificate authentication to prevent breaches. "We Switching from weak authentication to stronger authentication has multiple benefits.

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DRM Protection in K12 Education: The Pros and Cons for Publishers and Students

Kitaboo

Sometimes, due to DRM protection measures, students and educators lose the opportunity of engaging with the content more creatively and productively. For DRM protection measures to work effectively, publishers use various applications and technologies to implement encryptions, licenses, and passwords on copyrighted material.

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Research Uncovers 3,200+ Mobile Apps Leaking Twitter API Keys

SecureWorld News

New research from security firm CloudSEK shows that more than 3,200 mobile applications were leaking Twitter API (Application Program Interface) keys, which can be used to gain access and take over user accounts. Along with OAuth, Twitter API also uses controls such as app-based authentication and user-based authentication.

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Critical Assets Highly Exposed in Public Cloud, Mobile, and Web Apps

SecureWorld News

CyCognito has released its semi-annual State of External Exposure Management Report , revealing a staggering number of vulnerable public cloud, mobile, and web applications exposing sensitive data, including unsecured APIs and personally identifiable information (PII). This minimizes the potential exposure of PII.

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Top 7 MFA Bypass Techniques and How to Defend Against Them

SecureWorld News

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. Traditionally, this approach to authentication delivers a unique code to a user's email or phone, which is then inputted following the account password. SMS-based MFA MFA via SMS (i.e., However, MFA via SMS is not without its issues.