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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. It also introduces new security challenges that demand our attention, especially as IoT is integrated into operational technology (OT) environments. billion devices reported in 2023.

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Enterprise Security and Functionality Benefits of the new Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Approach

CTOvision

But the erosion of the network perimeter is making traditional security a roadblock to efficiency. No one wants to allow holes to be poked in the security system but no one wants to shut down connectivity to partners either. Secure connectivity is provided only to trusted users and devices. 2) Pre-authentication.

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10 essential tips for bolstering cloud security in your business

CIO Business Intelligence

This makes it more critical than ever to adopt strong security measures to protect sensitive information and infrastructure. However, while cloud computing offers benefits like improved efficiency, scalability, and accessibility, it poses new security challenges.

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Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Key to Modern Cybersecurity

CIO Business Intelligence

One of the best ways to ensure security? Multi-factor authentication, or MFA. Multi-factor authentication requires users to provide two or more pieces of evidence in order to gain access to a network, application, or system, and can dramatically decrease the likelihood of infiltration. IT Leadership, Security

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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 2021, the Federal Trade Commission [1] received 2.8 billion in losses.

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Managing the whole lifecycle for human and machine authentication

CIO Business Intelligence

In my last column for CIO.com , I outlined some of the cybersecurity issues around user authentication for verification of consumer and business accounts. . Didn’t the FIDO Alliance just recently announce new UX guidelines to speed up MFA adoption with FIDO security keys?” Identity and access – the user authentication challenge .

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GitHub Discovers Authentication Issue

SecureWorld News

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user.