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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

CIO Business Intelligence

On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Traditional security controls are bypassed in such attacks as bad actors assume a user’s identity and their malicious activity is indistinguishable from routine behavior.

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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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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

CTOvision

Last year, Enterprise IT was dramatically shaped by the influx of security breaches, data leaks and a new wave of hackers. But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 Security Spending. Windows 10.

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The Balancing Act: Strategies for Integrating Innovation and Security in EdTech

Kitaboo

It is imperative that Educational Technology , popularly termed as EdTech introduces stringent and robust security measures so that the safety of data and development is not compromised. The security of educational technology depends on the platform or application it uses.

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Technology Short Take 176

Scott Lowe

This Tech Short Take is a bit heavy on security-related links, but there’s still some additional content in a number of other areas, so you should be able to find something useful—or at least interesting—in here. Security In early February a vulnerability was uncovered in a key component of the Linux boot process.

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Report: Attackers Move Lightning Fast to Capitalize on  Vulnerabilities

SecureWorld News

This immediate action represents a shift in the modus operandi of attackers, highlighting their growing efficiency and the ever-decreasing window for response by defenders. This timeline offers a crucial window for organizations to prioritize and address the most critical vulnerabilities. 115 exploited by named threat actors.

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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.,