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The Vulnerabilities of Traditional Identity Verification

As account opening continues to transition from physical to digital channels, financial institutions and other organizations must optimize the digital experience of applicants in order to compete. At the same time, fraud is on the rise thanks to some of the same digital channel benefits enjoyed by consumers:...

Improving Security Compliance in Financial Institutions with Data Privacy Regulations (German Language)

Technological advances that have swept the financial industry by storm have brought on new ways for customers to access their data on the go but it also created new challenges for the protection of personal data of their customers. Every financial institute must have a comprehensive approach to privacy management and...

Mitigate Fraud Risk by Implementing an Identity Proofing Strategy

Account opening continues to transition from physical to digital channels, which means financial institutions and other organizations must optimize the digital experience in order to compete. At the same time, fraud is on the rise because of the same benefits enjoyed by consumers: convenience, speed, and ease of...

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Multi-Cloud Security

Cloud providers have transformed from offering a fringe platform utilized by courageous companies on technology's leading edge into a cloud-first, standard, go-to approach for running all sorts of business-critical systems. According to IDC, nearly 50% of IT infrastructure spend will be on private/public clouds by...

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): What You Need To Know

The GDPR regulation will be enforced beginning May 25, 2018 and for many organizations, the initial transition to GDPR compliance is likely to be a lengthy and challenging process that will require regular reevaluation based on continued reassessment of the risks. The role of network security in preventing...

2018 Vulnerability Report: Global Information Security Insights

The annual Vulnerability Review analyzes the evolution of software security from a vulnerability perspective. Secunia Research at Flexera monitors more than 55,000 applications, appliances and operating systems, and test and verify the vulnerabilities to provide global data on the prevalence of vulnerabilities, while...

The State of Organizations' Security Posture as of Q1 2018

As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...

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Are You Vulnerable to an SSH Compromise?

Is your organization exposed to an attack that misuses SSH keys? You know that your organization is using SSH to safeguard privileged access. But you may not realize that your SSH keys could be vulnerable to insider and cyber threats. The majority of those we surveyed didn't. Results from a 2017 study show that...

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4 Steps to Protect SSH Keys: Stop Abuse of Privileged Access

SSH keys provide the highest level of access rights and privileges for servers, applications and virtual instances. Cyber criminals want this trusted status and invest considerable resources into acquiring and using SSH keys in their attacks. Even though SSH keys are the credentials that provide the most privileged...

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Physical and Virtual Devices: How Cybercriminals are Exploiting Machine-to-Machine Communications

"Machines" as we know them are going through an identity crisis. Our increased dependence on them is so profound that even the definition of machine is undergoing radical change. The number and type of physical devices on enterprise networks has been rising rapidly, but this is outstripped by the number of...

What is the Goal of Internet Separation?

In May 2017, the Singapore Government cut direct access to the Internet from its internal systems. This is a policy that is already adopted by Korean banks, many U.S. and U.K. military establishments, as well as the Japanese government. This is to protect government-owned computer systems from potential cyber threats...

Q4 2017 Security Transformation Study: Executive Report

In the Face of Advanced Threats, is Your Organization's Security Posture Reactive or Proactive? Today's most advanced threat actors - whether external or internal - are stealthier than ever and able to hide within one's systems for days, weeks or even months as they gather intel and prepare to strike. Sixty-one...

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Dark Web Research: Criminals Pay Top Dollar for Your Certificates

It's frightening what criminals can buy on the dark web, but it's even scarier that they may be buying your own security certificates to use against you. Venafi recently sponsored a six-month investigation into the sale of digital code signing certificates on the dark web. Conducted with the Cyber Security Research...

Going Beyond Windows OS: Malware Protection for Mac OS & Mobile Android and iOS Platforms

Yes, malware commonly targets the Windows operating system. But if you limit malware analysis to Windows OS, you're leaving gaping vulnerabilities, says Christopher Kruegel of Lastline Inc. Here's how to maximize your analysis. One common limitation of malware analysis is that organizations focus too much of their...

Aerospace Organization Defends Against Advanced Threats

This US aerospace research and development organization tackles one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world - the design and creation of space exploration vehicles capable of transporting people into orbit.Their biggest security challenge was remaining vigilant and adapting to new threats while being...