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My New Year’s Resolution: Going Passwordless!

Ivanti

Another best practice that I started several years ago was to adopt a passwordless authentication initiative for all my internet connected personal devices. Fortunately for me, my company began enforcing zero sign-on authentication along with deploying a multi-layered anti-phishing protection system several years back.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

7 With the vast majority (estimated around 85%) of Internet traffic encrypted, there is exponential growth in security risks posed by encrypted channels that can hide harmful content such as viruses, spyware, and other malware challenging security teams to secure an increasingly distributed enterprise and avoid costly repercussions.

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Humans Can be Hacked. So Stop Using Passwords, Already!

Ivanti

FIDO2 is the most secure passwordless identity authenticator option out there today especially if it is used in a multi-factor authentication (MFA) system to securely access your digital work resources and services. The cryptographic (public key) credentials used to login to websites and online services across the internet are unique.

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9 Types of Phishing and Ransomware Attacks—And How to Identify Them

Ivanti

These tools persuade the end user to tap onto a hyperlink to a specially crafted counterfeit site or internet domain. End users are easily coaxed into divulging their precious personal information because of attention-grabbing headlines and authentic-looking, obfuscated or shortened hyperlinks.

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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

Ivanti

Malicious third-party apps commonly sideloaded from non-sanctioned internet websites, or from an infected personal computer, or downloaded from package managers like Cydia or Sileo along with unofficial app stores like TweakDoor (formerly TweakBox) or TutuApp, will add their own configuration profile into the Device Management settings.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

The Weapon: Two-Factor Authentication. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), a form of multi-factor authentication, uses a second layer of authentication to access your systems by requiring users to provide a password (something they know) and a mobile app or token (something they have). The Threat: Malware.

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The Top 5 Mobile Security Threats and How to Mitigate Them

Palo Alto Networks

Mobile Malware: Every website visited or link clicked has the potential to infect mobile devices with malware, such as spyware, ransomware, Trojan viruses, adware and others. Malicious Apps : The world is full of software applications that can either be used over the internet or downloaded from websites, Apple App Store or Google Play.

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