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MFA Prompt Bombing: When Multi-Factor Authentication Becomes a Nuisance — and a Risk
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is widely considered one of the best affordable controls for preventing account takeover. But like every security...
MFA
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Is it Time to Go Passwordless?
For years, having long and complex passwords has been ingrained in us as a requirement, so it may seem strange to consider eliminating passwords...
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Strengthening the Fort
In an era dominated by digital advancements, the financial industry stands at the forefront of technological innovation. As financial institutions...
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Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool 2.0: A Comprehensive Overview of the Latest Release
Introduction
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Five Findings from the 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report
I was reviewing the 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report this week and wanted to share some findings I found interesting. This report is...
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Business Email Compromise: Attacks Immune to Multi-Factor Authentication
They’ve come back around…those business email compromises, which were all too common in the late 2010s.
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“Banking” on Zero Trust: An Essential Shift in Cybersecurity
Ever heard Rick Howard's analogy of networks being like M&M candies? Imagine a hard exterior shell but with a soft, less secure core. Traditional...
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Password Reuse
Today, I want to discuss a topic that often goes unnoticed but can have far-reaching consequences: password reuse. In this fast-paced digital age,...
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Corporate Account Takeovers
I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: corporate account takeover (CATO). As someone who has worked in the cybersecurity...
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Three Options to Implement Phish Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication
Since the pandemic and the rise of work at home, we have become very familiar with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Typically, this is implemented...