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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. We know how to address all of these.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AWS is offering some customers a free multi factor authentication (MFA) security key. Lockdown mode provides an extreme degree of privacy; it is intended for people who believe they are being targeted by state-sponsored mercenary spyware. Lost passwords are an important attack vector for industrial systems. Programming.

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My New Year’s Resolution: Going Passwordless!

Ivanti

What is your New Year’s resolution for 2022? Another best practice that I started several years ago was to adopt a passwordless authentication initiative for all my internet connected personal devices. Ivanti’s Zero Sign-On (ZSO) can be added onto your company’s passwordless authentication solution at any time.

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The State of Security in 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Most companies have implemented multifactor authentication, endpoint security, and zero trust. are concerned about spyware, 7.6% Multifactor authentication (MFA) has been widely implemented, reported by 88.1% Zero trust requires every service (and every user) to authenticate when it needs another service. Only 10.0%

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Schools Suffer Heavy Downtime Losses Due To Ransomware, as Banks Grapple with AI Challenges

Tenable

The latest draft details NIST’s identity management requirements, including identity proofing and authentication. The process to update them began in 2022. It also offers best practices for improving the privacy protection and usability of digital identity tools. NIST’s current guidelines date from 2017.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tips for cloud configs, MSP vetting, CISO board presentations

Tenable

Block legacy authentication protocols. Source: RSA Conference's “What Top CISOs Include in Updates to the Board" report, October 2022). Privilege account management, including role-based access and authentication management. TeamSpy, spyware that uses remote access tool TeamViewer and malware to steal information.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

These companies are involved in activities like planting spyware on web sites to collect users’ personal data. Multifactor Fatigue is a new kind of attack against multifactor authentication: bombarding a user with automation requests, hoping that they will accidentally approve one. Quantum Computing.