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Many organizations lack basic cyber hygiene despite high confidence in their cyber defenses
SpyCloud released an analysis of IT security leaders’ perceived threat of ransomware attacks and the maturity of their cybersecurity defenses. The report found that while 81% …
Multi-factor authentications soar as enterprises move away from passwords to secure hybrid workers
Enterprises are taking steps to move away from passwords and adopting low-friction authentication methods to protect the hybrid workforce, a Cisco’s Duo Security report …
Organizations failing to give users the login experience they want
Companies often claim to be customer-centric, or even customer-obsessed, striving to offer technologies that their users demand. However, the findings of a recent global Auth0 …
Fraudulent robocalls to cost consumers $40 billion in 2022
Consumers will lose $40 billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2022; rising from $31 billion in 2021, a Juniper Research study reveals. Fraudulent robocalls pose threats …
How much trust should we place in the security of biometric data?
An increasing number of people around the world are being displaced by factors such as climate change, natural disasters, and wars. The people attempting to cross …
The biggest problem with ransomware is not encryption, but credentials
With each passing day, the threat of ransomware increases in frequency, sophistication, and effectiveness. What started as a simple annoyance scheme to collect a ransom has …
Consumers will abandon a brand that can’t balance convenience and privacy
The global transformation of daily life has changed how people everywhere interact with brands. With experiences increasingly online, consumers are less tolerant of …
3-D Secure transactions growth fueled by card-not-present explosion and PSD2
A massive $100 billion in transactions in 2021 alone have been protected by 3-D Secure payments authentication technology, Outseer reveals. The report also reveals continued …
The digital identity imperative
The ever-evolving shift to digital means that most of our day-to-day activities are carried out online. We’re now accustomed to simply toggling through a few apps to book a …
Microsoft announces passwordless authentication option for consumers
After offering the passwordless authentication option to enterprise customers in March 2021, Microsoft has now started rolling it out to its consumer segment of users. The …
OSI Layer 1: The soft underbelly of cybersecurity
As traditional cybersecurity solutions improve, they push cyberattackers toward alternative paths. Layer 1 of the OSI model (i.e., the physical layer) has become a fertile …
A zero-trust future: Why cybersecurity should be prioritized for the hybrid working world
The pandemic has had a significant impact on the way we work, and one of our recent research studies found that nearly 65% of companies expect some or all their workforce to …
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