Factors like the COVID-19 pandemic has eased people into the idea of quicker, passwordless authentication options. From protecting finger scan data to real-time facial recognition best practices, let’s explore how the biometrics industry is enhancing its security measures.
Cyber insurance providers wants to be sure that the company is proactively managing their cybersecurity risk and one of the requirements is to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all applications and APIs. what is the fastest and most cost-effective path to connecting all your self-hosted apps to your identity platform and enabling MFA?
Data backup and recoverability are more than just a budget line item – they are the last line of defense for businesses and will be the most valuable asset they have when suffering from a ransomware attack.
Layered security means using various complementary technologies, systems, and processes to ensure reactive and proactive defenses against cyber threats. For optimal security, these many systems and technologies must share information.
The resources to get past traditional MFA solutions are now available to even the most rudimentary hackers, and many MFA platforms simply aren’t designed to keep up – with either hackers or evolving guidelines.
The software supply chain attack surface is a lot more complicated now, and can be compromised at every stage. Developers are the new high-value targets and we have seen developers fall victim to stolen credentials and secrets, compromised workstations, CI/CD attacks and malicious packages that end up in source code.
Things have been tough recently in the cyber insurance industry. Businesses have a difficult time finding affordable policies while underwriters struggle to return loss ratios to profitable levels. These challenging times, however, are forging a resurgence in cyber business intelligence.
Fraud Is Affecting US and Non-Western Markets Differently: What the US Can Do to Gain Consumer Trust
In the US, the uptick in fraud has decreased consumer trust in brands and the digital services they use. 36% of US consumers have experienced a combined share of online fraud and personal online breaches, and only 33% of consumers saying they can trust the digital services they use.
As the CCPA comes into effect in the new year, we should prepare to see stricter regulations unfold both in the US and at a national level. Companies hiring for the CISO role must ensure candidates are informed of the legal expectations and are up to speed with protocols for security incidents.
Privacy engineering has become a top architecture challenge. Compliance with local, regional, and international data privacy laws is now a vital business concern, and there’s immense pressure on R&D to effectively implement privacy engineering in ways that bake in compliance.










