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Microsoft and Amazon are battling to entice game developers to the cloud

The Verge

Microsoft and Amazon are both appearing at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week with a simple pitch: use our cloud services to build your game. Game developers are embracing industry-wide transformation,” says Chris Lee, head of game tech services at Amazon. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Amazon agrees.

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CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Patch VMWare Vulnerabilities

SecureWorld News

CISA expects to see a similar timeline with the recent directive: "On May 18, 2022, VMware released an update for two new vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973). CISA has determined that these vulnerabilities pose an unacceptable risk to Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies and require emergency action.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Okta issued an alert to clients in late August warning about incoming threats by hackers to gain access to “manipulate the delegated authentication flow via Active Directory (AD) before calling the IT service desk at a targeted organization, requesting a reset of all MFA factors in the target account.” Ransomware, Security

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What is Competency-Based Assessment?

Kitaboo

Eliminates Bias Supports Personalized Learning Offers Practical Experience Provides Greater Clarity Facilitates Personal Development III. This allows instructors to evaluate students’ competencies efficiently and guide them for continued development. Authentic tasks encourage them to become involved in reflecting on their learning.

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Digital Rights Management: The eBook DRM Revolution

Kitaboo

eBook DRM implements total control over resources using technologies such as encryption and authentication. It includes methods like user authentication, verification, licensing of eBooks, encryption, etc. The possibility of piracy, theft, or redistribution need not worry publishers or content creators.

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Moving beyond usernames and passwords

CIO Business Intelligence

In recent months, you may have noticed an uptick in two-factor and multi-factor authentication prompts, which are being used to verify consumer and business accounts. The ITRC stats also show that in Q1 2022 alone, nearly half (154 of 367) of data breach notices didn’t include the nature of the breach and were designated “‘unknown”.

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1Password Okta breach unveiled by authorities

Dataconomy

1Password, a widely used password manager for both individuals and businesses, has brought attention to a troubling security breach related to Okta, a prominent identity and authentication service provider. Inside these files were sensitive authentication cookies and session tokens, which, in the wrong hands, could be used for impersonation.