The tech industry is one of the most breached sectors, according to the latest study by NordPass. The findings suggest high-level executives worldwide are still practicing poor password hygiene, as the most popular password remains “123456.” NordPass, in partnership with independent researchers analyzing cyber incidents, compiled a list of top passwords used by top-level executives. […]
Password management provider LastPass announced new integrations with Ping Identity, including PingOne and PingFederate to better serve enterprise businesses. Customers using PingOne and PingFederate as its identity provider (IdP) can now integrate with LastPass to simplify access management and easily scale proper password hygiene across entire organizations, saving time for IT departments while keeping data […]
If you’re still requiring users to create complex passwords with a combination of letters, numbers and symbols, think again, says the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre. The NCSC, the U.K. counterpart to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), maintains that complexity requirements and making users regularly change passwords is actually less secure than […]
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: USE A PASSWORD MANAGER TO HAVE DISTINCT PASSWORDS FOR EVERY APP AND WEBSITE. Yes, we just yelled that at our screens. Did you hear us? We’re taking such a harsh approach because we’re frankly tired of writing so many stories on the importance of password management. […]
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) – a cybersecurity measure that grants access to an account or application only after a user presents two or more pieces of evidence to prove they own the account – is often cited by experts as a simple but necessary protocol to protect against phishing attacks. Users can usually select a few […]
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