To not only survive in the application economy, businesses are undergoing a digital transformation in which they add digital components to all of their products and services. This means having to develop for and integrate with a variety of APIs, microservices, cloud applications and infrastructures- while continuing...
Virtualization and cloud computing adoption are elevating the importance and complexity of an age-old problem: effectively managing and protecting passwords for privileged accounts. Managing and protecting privileged credentials is essential to reducing risk and addressing compliance requirements. Organizations need...
Privileged credentials have served as a major attack vector in the successful execution of many breaches. Protecting privileged access is an imperative to successfully defend an organization from a breach and is a core requirement of multiple compliance regimes.
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The Internal Revenue Service has temporarily deactivated an online PIN-retrieval tool meant to prevent stolen Social Security numbers from being used to file fraudulent returns after finding that hackers had successfully subverted the system.
Blockchain technology used by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies offers opportunities for enhanced authentication and ID management, as well as cross-border money remittances, says Ben Knieff of the consultancy Aite. But he contends it's not clear that the technology could play a role in faster payments.
The Department of Health and Human Services has a long list of information security weaknesses, including identity and access management and incident response shortcomings, that need more attention, according to a federal watchdog agency's audit report.
More cybercriminals are adapting their attack techniques, using compromised credentials linked to privileged accounts to invade networks and systems, according to researchers at Dell SecureWorks, who describe an open source solution that can help mitigate the threat.
The security industry has been too focused on managing identities - and not focused enough on privileged access, says Andy Vallila of Dell Security Solutions. In this video interview, he discusses the level of visibility organizations need for privileged accounts.
The keys to the digital kingdom are too easy to steal through malware and social engineering. What can security leaders do to help raise their organizations' level of privileged access management? Ken Ammon of CA Technologies offers insights in this video interview.
Identity management is going to be a big issue in 2016, and emerging authentication tools, such as biometrics, could very well gain a more significant foothold, although not without posing new risks, says Steve Martino, CISO at Cisco Systems.
Just back from a trip to Israel, where she spoke with leading security researchers about such topics as the Internet of Things, cyberterrorism and banking malware, Gartner analyst Avivah Litan says 2016 will be a turning point for adoption of biometrics in identity proofing. Learn why in this video interview.
Application proliferation has created identity fragmentation as user identities are inconsistently managed across applications in the enterprise, increasing risk and cost. Enterprises need to ensure users have sufficient access privileges to perform their job functions, but for compliance and security reasons it's...
Welcome to the digital economy, where whole industries are being fundamentally reshaped as organisations scramble to build new business models, tap new markets and create new sources of competitive advantage. The dynamics of digitisation that first emerged in industries such as music and video can now be seen...
Several recent health data security incidents - including two at a Florida hospital and another at a Washington state Medicaid agency - illustrate the challenges healthcare organizations face in detecting and preventing insider breaches.
President Obama is creating a federal CISO post as part of a multifaceted initiative aimed at strengthening the nation's IT security. His plan includes forming a public-private Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and boosting government cybersecurity spending by 35 percent.
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