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Zero Trust

Phil Windley

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. User Authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification (e.g.,

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Safeguarding your digital ecosystem: effective strategies to detect and mitigate API abuse

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are instrumental in ensuring seamless communication between software systems. WAAPs inspect incoming API requests, filtering out potentially harmful traffic based on predefined security rules to identify applications attacks (e.g. SQLi and RCE).

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'Citrix Bleed' Vulnerability Raises Concerns as Exploits Continue

SecureWorld News

Exploiting this flaw allows threat actors to hijack legitimate user sessions, bypassing authentication protocols such as passwords and multi-factor authentication. Mandiant emphasized the need for organizations to rely on web application firewalls (WAF) and network appliances recording HTTP/S requests for detection.

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We Need A National Cybersecurity Strategy That Everyone Can Implement

CTOvision

Click on any cybersecurity initiative you desire and you’ll find comprehensive strategies developed by smart security experts. Another challenge in developing a national cybersecurity strategy that uniquely American is that we are an open society where the bulk of IT tasks are outsourced. Apart from the top 0.1%

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If You’re Only Doing WAF, You’re Doing API Security Wrong

ForAllSecure

Some organizations have begun using Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to protect their APIs, but this isn’t a true solution to API security. An application programming interface (API) allows various computer programs to work together by sharing data. What do APIs do? Unfortunately, that’s already happened.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO Business Intelligence

The CCA allows overarching enterprise functions and IT shared services to be assessed separately from the business unit’s products/applications that require PCI security compliance. Some of them not only can provide strong authentication, but also have the ability to be used as a secret repository.

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Inside the Complex Universe of Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

What developments in the security landscape have sparked your enthusiasm, and how does it impact the future of cybersecurity? The cloud has become the de facto cornerstone for delivery of digital application services. In the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity, several trends are influencing the industry's future.