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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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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

CIO Business Intelligence

Shadow IT introduces systems and applications that are often outside of an enterprise’s catalog of IT tools. Training and awareness. Training and awareness. Authentication. It means active training and re-training of staff so that politics doesn’t keep an obsolete system alive when it should be sunsetted.

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Inside the Complex Universe of Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

The cloud has become the de facto cornerstone for delivery of digital application services. Role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and adherence to standard screening checklists are essential to securing the cloud environment. Another major trend necessitating a holistic governance process is cloud security.

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How to Protect New Remote Workers Against Cybercrime

SecureWorld News

Within an office environment, workers have a number of protections, such as the company firewall and regularly updated infrastructure. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords. Provide thorough training. Invest in a strong VPN.

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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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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

Following this trend, some airlines even developed their own “payment application” through which customers not only can book airline tickets but also make payments on other e-commerce platforms. is asking all organizations to encrypt the data on the application level—in other words, disk or partition-level encryption is not enough anymore.

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Hygiene does not only protect you against physical viruses

Dataconomy

Enable two-factor authentication Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your accounts. Vulnerability scanners can identify weaknesses in your systems and applications, allowing you to address them promptly through patches and updates. What are the risks of not following cyber hygiene practices?

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