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BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
3d ago
3 Ways Nonprofits Can Strengthen Their Cybersecurity in 2025 mol.doak_zH4F Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:35
Nonprofits are attractive targets for cybercrime because of the sensitive nature of data they manage. These organizations also have tight budgets and may lack a full-time cybersecurity chief on staff, which only increases their vulnerability to attacks. And with the average global cost of a data breach costing nearly $5 million, according to a 2024 report by IBM, there’s even more reason for IT leaders to take proactive action.
Here are three ways that nonprofits can strengthen their cybersecuri ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
3w ago
Public Key vs. Private Key Cryptography: What’s the Difference? mol.doak_zH4F Fri, 01/24/2025 - 09:21
Public key and private key cryptography are a central part of modern cybersecurity and identity and access management. They are also essential tools for organizations looking to secure communications and preserve data integrity.
What’s the difference? Public key cryptography (asymmetric encryption) involves a pair of keys, while private key cryptography (symmetric encryption) uses a single shared key.
Understanding the respective advantages of these systems and how they function is critical f ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
4M ago
How Identity and Access Management Simplifies Data Privacy Compliance Bob.Keaveney_u64t Wed, 10/23/2024 - 11:27
Maintaining compliance with data privacy regulations feels like a grind at times for businesses. But it’s good to keep in mind that the headaches that come with compliance are minor compared with problems that can arise without it. When a data breach occurs, the consequences are significant; penalties are imposed, your public reputation is damaged, and you lose your customers’ trust.
Many businesses looking to maintain compliance lack a centralized approach to identity and access ma ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
4M ago
Identity Access Management: What’s the Difference Between IAM, PAM and MFA? Bob.Keaveney_u64t Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:14
Tasked with protecting customer information, ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining seamless access to vital systems businesses require modern identity and access management (IAM) strategies.
To achieve this, modern solutions such as multifactor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) can be combined to provide robust, layered security.
Once an organization decides to implement an access management strategy, it must address each function holis ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
4M ago
How to Overcome Identity and Access Management Integration Challenges Bob.Keaveney_u64t Mon, 10/21/2024 - 13:53
It’s one of the biggest challenges businesses face today: How can they provide authorized employees quick, frictionless access to the applications they need to work while also securing infrastructure and data?
An effective identity and access management (IAM) program is the way shrewd businesses meet that challenge. At its heart, IAM is a security practice encompassing the policies, processes and technologies needed to deliver the correc›t network resources to authorized users. Busi ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
4M ago
How Do Your Cyberattack Response Skills Stack Up? Take Our Quiz to Find Out Bob.Keaveney_u64t Wed, 10/09/2024 - 12:07
Being the chief of data security for an American business is a stressful job. It’s not easy keeping your organization safe against constantly evolving threats, now aided by artificial intelligence.
So, this Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we thought it would be useful to prepare a short quiz so you can see how you stack up against your peers when it comes to responding to breaches. Below, we describe five common scenarios indicating potential (but not certain) data breaches wit ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
5M ago
How Multifactor Authentication Supports Growth for Businesses Focused on Zero Trust Bob.Keaveney_u64t Tue, 09/17/2024 - 16:25
From furniture to fabric, the team at MillerKnoll understands modern design. The company also understands that modern cybersecurity threats continue to evolve. With 15 brands under one umbrella and vendors and employees across the globe, the Michigan-based company knew that creating a safer and trusted digital experience was critical to its growth.
That growth began to reveal the vulnerabilities of the system’s outdated identity authentication capabilities.
“Our cloud ..read more
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6M ago
What Is Kerberoasting? Experts Explain Why This Cyber Attack Is On the Rise lily.lopate_dRm5 Wed, 08/14/2024 - 14:55
Businesses that rely on Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) for user authentication and authorization are particularly susceptible to Kerberoasting attacks, in which cybercriminals can gain access to vast amounts of sensitive data by hacking into just one service account.
The simplicity of the con only adds to its popularity. Kerberoasting rose 583% last year, with threat actor Vice Spider responsible for more than a quarter of those incidents, accor ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
6M ago
Unlocking Modern Security: A Journey Beyond Passwords in User Authentication lily.lopate_dRm5 Fri, 08/09/2024 - 10:00
Passwords are profoundly unpopular. They represent a major hassle for users, who are often required to keep track of unique, complex passwords for hundreds of different accounts. And they create significant costs for organizations that must pay help desks to assist users as they reset their passwords over and over again. To make matters even worse, passwords remain one of the most vulnerable authentication methods available.
“The need to manage passwords and overcome problems ..read more
BizTech Magazine » Identity Management
7M ago
How Zero Trust Supports Cyber Resilience for Businesses mol.doak_zH4F Mon, 07/22/2024 - 13:23
Businesses expend a lot of resources to prevent cybersecurity breaches. Keeping attackers away from valuable data by implementing effective security measures and training users on proper cyber hygiene is a good approach. But eventually, someone will make a mistake (a click on the wrong link is all it takes) that allows attackers to breach an organization’s defenses. This is when cyber resilience — the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyberthreats and incidents — becomes critical.
Z ..read more