Adaptive Authentication To The Rescue

password1Keith Graham of SecureAuth was recently interviewed for a recent article on TechRepublic, and the subject of adaptive authentication came up.  He defined adaptive authentication this way:

“Adaptive authentication involves evaluating risk around the login process before the user even authenticates so that the system only steps up, or outright denies, the authentication when it deems a logon as a risk. Hence, it ...

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Worst Passwords of 2015

bad-pwdHere are the 25 most commonly used passwords for 2014.  If your password is on this list, please understand that these passwords are among the first tried when automated password cracking software is used by a cyber-criminal.  So if yours is here, change it now.

Passwords are becoming problematic for several reasons.  The first, IMHO, is the use of email addresses as the user ...

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More On The Robot Question

The Singularity.  Artificial Intelligence.  Self-aware, self-actuating, and self-learning robots.  What will our future be like when the machines become self-aware?  Will it be the like the T-1000 from Terminator?  Or more like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit?  Or Andrew from Bicentennial Man?  Here is a run-down of four different versions of our electronic and digital future.

A recent book by Martin Ford, Rise of Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, examines a world in the all ...

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Cybersecurity Jobs In Demand

CEH-logoIf you are in high school (or junior high) or college, attracted to technology, and looking for a career with a future, then you should give serious consideration to the field of Cybersecurity.  A recent press release from Cybrary reveals the results of  its Cyber Security Job Trends Survey for 2016.  Cybrary surveyed 435 senior level technology professionals, and the results indicated a pressing need for more skilled ...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Training

employee_trainingLast week we took an in depth look at social engineering, and looked a phone and email examples in depth.

Cybersecurity awareness training is one of the most effective ways to combat these threats. Not everyone engaged in cybersecurity practice agrees about the effectiveness of this solution, but I have been delivering public cybersecurity courses for over a decade, and I know from the responses ...

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Phishing and Spearphishing – Don’t Take The Bait!

Phishing HookHere’s a provocative statement:  If you could just prevent your staff for clicking on links or opening attachments in phishing emails, 95% of your cybersecurity problems would be prevented.

As perimeter defenses and anti-malware software products have become more effective, cyber-attackers have turned to the phishing email approach as their number one favorite method for acquiring user names and passwords or gaining unauthorized access to computers on your network.   The ...

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