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Authentication

A comprehensive guide to U2F security keys

A wise man once said, "Passwords aren't safe anymore, we need more" and that's how multi-factor authentication(MFA) and 2 factor authentication (2FA) came into place. Can't say what he might have said led to MFA, but we know what he said is right. We do need more than just passwords- More coffee! How else are we supposed to think of stronger passwords or an improved authentication, per se?

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What are YubIkeys and how do they work?

Password is one layer of authentication; a biometric or SMS authentication makes it 2 factor authentication, or 2FA. The 2nd layer makes your resource secure enough to prevent phishing attacks and unauthorized access. But, with SMS being a second factor, messages are unencrypted and can be hacked, hence enabling the attacker to hack into your system.

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What is SAML authentication

We've them all by default on our mobiles; Google apps- Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, etc. We know that each of these three have their own distinct purpose, and let's be honest, can we really live without either of them? A no would be an unrealistic and a delusional answer, unless you're 8 years old.

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What is a remote access VPN?

Remote work has become popular over the past few years and remains so because of the flexibility it offers without necessarily taking down productivity. You can sit at a fancy cafe with your favourite coffee and parallelly meet your deadlines on time, if not sooner. Quite a bonus, isn't it?

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Components of conditional access

The term "conditional access" speaks for itself here—it basically means granting access to resources based on specific factors and conditions. It works on the if-else approach, and it isn't as simple as it sounds.

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Conditional access: The what, why, and how

Data powers everything, especially the internet. Your data opens the door to everything you are and know : your identity, preferences, and activities.

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Know how conditional access works in depth

You make yourself a really good sandwich for lunch at work. You keep it in the refrigerator in the morning. By lunchtime, you find half of it eaten, and yes, it is maddening. Starting the next day, you place a strong note to scare coworkers into not taking it.

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Manage expired passwords in your organization

We know the purpose of passwords: to access our resources through credentials only we know. However, we also know that passwords alone cannot keep our resources safe.

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What is adaptive authentication?

Cliche alert—change is the only constant; on that note, threats can keep changing or evolving, and you should be prepared to mitigate them no matter what.

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Identity security

With the rapid digital transformation in recent years, there has been a rampant growth in the number of digital identities used across enterprises. Identities are not just limited to users anymore.

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Identity protection with UBA

Historically, a major part of security investments have been allocated to preventive security controls. Although this may seem like a good strategy in theory, preventive security controls are not preventive security controls are not effective against data breaches all the time.

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Zero Trust

Zero Trust is a security standard that functions on the principle of “never trust, always verify” and ensures that no user or device is trusted, irrespective of whether they are within or outside the organization’s network.

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Multi-factor authentication

Since 1960, passwords have been the de facto method for proving that a person is who they claim to be. This is a testament to the reliability and popularity of passwords. However, passwords have their shortcomings. If passwords are the only way to gain access to a user account, whoever knows the password can access the account.

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Secure access service edge

In its 2019 report, Gartner defined the SASE framework as a cloud-based cybersecurity solution: "The Future of Network Security is in the Cloud," which offers "Comprehensive WAN capabilities with comprehensive network security functions such as SWG, CASB, FWaaS, and ZTNA, to support the dynamic secure access needs of digital enterprises.

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Privileged access management

Privileged access management, or PAM, is the fusion between security strategies and access management tools and technology to exert control over privileged accounts.

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Role-based access control

The core function of RBAC is to decide and set permissions and provide privileges in order to dispense necessary access for authorized users. Many large organizations have varying levels of hierarchy that demand access to sensitive information.

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Identity lifecycle management

Humans are the weakest link of an organization's security. Therefore, ensuring that user identities are properly created, modified, and disabled, right from the moment an employee is on-boarded to the moment they leave the company is critical.

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Identity automation

The IT administrators are responsible for managing users' accesses to web applications and sensitive business data without inhibiting business agility, user experience and compliance— in a cost-effective way.

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Hybrid IAM

For organizations that depend on the on-premises IT infrastructure and traditional security models, it is easier to verify and authorize everything inside the corporate network, including devices, users, applications, and servers. Users trying to gain access from outside the corporate network are authenticated using virtual private networks (VPNs) and network access control (NAC).

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Governance, Risk Management, and compliance

As organizations expand, so does the complexity of their operations; i.e., the volume of information handled by the company increases in size. The information stored within the company may belong to a diverse group of sectors with varying degrees of sensitivity attached to them.

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Remote Workforce Enablement

The pandemic has driven an increase in the number of employees working remotely as these arrangements are viewed as convenient for both the organizations and their employees.

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Risk Assesment for AD security

Since the release of Microsoft's Active Directory (AD), security management pertaining to users, applications, and systems has been simplified for tens of thousands of organizations.

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What is ITDR?

The way we protect data has changed. In the cyber realm, there is a constant state of war fought between cybersecurity and cybercrime.

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What is IAM?

Identities have been crucial throughout human history. They are classified as one of the most sensitive information-category, owing to the fact that if an identity is compromised, all hell breaks loose.

Governance

What is user provisioning and de-provisioning?

User provisioning and de-provisioning is an identity and access management procedure that entails creating, managing, updating, and deleting employee accounts (identities) and granting them access to the organization's resources.

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Smart strategies to provision and de-provision Active Directory

User provisioning refers to the creation, modification, management, and maintenance of new user accounts and giving them the necessary permissions and authorizations to access corporate.

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5 pain points you can overcome in AD user account management

Active Directory (AD) is a crucial identity and access management component for many enterprises as it enables the creation, maintenance, and use of digital identities. The strength of your organization's security.

Governance

Why are native Active Directory tools obsolete nowadays?

Active Directory (AD) tools were once the gold standard for managing user accounts and permissions. But today, there are better options available that provide more features and flexibility. In this article, we'll take a look at why native AD tools are obsolete, and what alternatives you should use instead.

Governance

4 AD management mistakes that can affect your organization's cybersecurity

ince the dawn of digitization, cybersecurity has been a prevailing cause for concern. Over time, it has become increasingly difficult to operate and maintain network security as hackers and cyberattackers continue to.

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How to efficiently manage groups and users in Active Directory in 8 steps

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service provided by Microsoft for digital identity management AD helps organizations arrange objects and resources in the network hierarchically, which enables system administrators.

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Manual vs. automated identity life cycle management

IT admins can manage users' digital identities manually in startup environments. However, in mid-size and large organizations, managing thousands of digital identities manually is extremely complex. Organizations should.

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Active Directory clean-up: Should you automate it?

Active Directory (AD) helps IT administrators store the organization's resources hierarchically, including users groups, and devices like computers and printers. This helps them create account and group based rules centrally.

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Authentication vs. authorization

The terms authentication and authorization may sound similar, but they are distinct when it comes to their core functions.

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The fall of passwords

Passwords are strings of random letters, characters, numbers, or lyrics used to verify users' identities.

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Passwords are dying: The increasing need for MFA

If you ask the average person what the most common cause of a data breach is, they will very likely say compromised passwords.

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How can SSO help in reinforcing password security?

Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication service that helps users get quick and secure access to all applications with a single set of credentials.

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Enterprise SSO: The antidote to password fatigue

Few at the beginning of the 21st century would have guessed that managing passwords would become one of the biggest.

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How does SSO authentication work?

Single sign-on (SSO) is a type of authentication that allows users to access multiple applications with a single set of credentials.

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How to empower users and save money with self-service password reset technology

In simple words, self-service password reset (SSPR) is a technology that personalizes the action of resetting passwords.

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Here's is how much the lack of SSPR can cost you

Self-service password reset (SSPR) is a technology or process through which a user who has forgotten their password or been locked.

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What are dictionary attacks?

The UK’s National Cyber Security Center breach analysis found that 23.2 million victim accounts worldwide used 123456 as their passwords.

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User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA)

UEBA was previously known as user behavior analytics (UBA). In 2015, the word entity was added by Gartner to include routers, servers, and endpoints. UEBA is a cybersecurity technique used to analyze the suspicious activities of users, devices, and other resources in a network using machine learning and algorithms that flag behavior that could indicate a cyberattack.

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6 essential capabilities of a modern UBA solution

UBA is a security method that involves monitoring user activity to detect suspicious behavior. UBA solutions are designed to help organizations protect themselves from insider threats and cyberattacks.UBA solutions work by analyzing user activity data to identify patterns of behavior that may indicate a security threat. UBA,...

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Insider threats

Insider threats originate from employees or users of a network that intentionally or unintentionally exploit a vulnerability, expose confidential data, or do something like accidentally download malicious software, resulting in an attack.

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What are the risks involved in shadow IT

Shadow IT is software, hardware, or services used within an organization that is not known to, or monitored by, the organization's central IT department.It's the equivalent of an employee operating.

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Insider threats 101: Detect, remediate, and mitigate

Any insider, be it an employee, former employee, contractor, third-party vendor, or business partner.

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Why SIEM is the best defense against cyberthreats?

As IT services and infrastructure gravitate towards hybrid models, and with the recent proliferation of data, it is becoming imperative for organizations to have a centralized security solution to track users' behavior and critical security incidents.

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3 ways to prevent cyberattacks using real-time alerts

Integrating real-time data with machine learning and advanced analytics can help preempt a user's anomalous activity. Assisting IT admins with predictive insights enables them to take decisive actions to protect their organization.

Compliance

What is compliance management?

Cyber threats and attacks have been all over the world, and to get into fight or flight every time an attacker throws a breach or any attack at you is too much of a pickle. You'll end up losing your data and money, not to forget- your sanity. You will also have to rebuild your documents and other data.

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Understanding incident management

It's Monday, 9 am. You're off to work and you think of withdrawing some cash before you check in. You grab a good coffee from your favourite barista, and you're off to the ATM. You're standing in front of the ATM machine, swiping your card, hoping to get some cash.

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3 ways to protect vulnerable healthcare data from security attacks

Healthcare organizations face various challenges while navigating their distributed IT environments. Ensuring patient data integrity, establishing compliance controls, and mitigating insider threats.

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5 simple steps to HIPAA compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a set of regulations designed to protect the privacy of patients’ health information. If your business deals with any kind of protected health information (PHI), then you need to be HIPAA-compliant.

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What is PCI DSS compliance? Is your organization compliant?

The primary goal of PCI DSS is to set technical and operational standards for all organizations that accept, store, process, and transmit the payment card information of customers.

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IAM security best practices for PCI DSS compliance

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) developed by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) comprises of 12 security controls that need to be implemented to combat.

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IAM security best practices for GDPR Compliance

Every organization that collects and processes personal data from the citizens of the EU must comply with the GDPR. This ensures that any information regarding the user's privacy is available only to the.

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Why should your organization comply with the GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that directs businesses to protect the privacy and personal information of citizens of the European Union.

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NIST password guidelines: Bolstering password security

Weak, repetitive, and recycled old passwords can be easily exploited by threat actors, leaving organizations vulnerable to data breaches.Thankfully, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released guidelines to help organizations bolster their password security.

Zero Trust

The principle of least privilege

The principle of least privilege (PoLP) states that any user or entity should only have the privileges required to perform their intended function. "Least privilege" refers to the minimum level of privileges that a user needs to complete their task.

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Maintain confidentiality of critical information by implementing the POLP

The principle of least privilege (PoLP) states that any user or entity should only have the privileges required to perform their intended function.

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The rise of adaptive authentication

Adaptive authentication, commonly known as risk-based authentication, is a security process of verifying the identity of a user who requires access to their organization’s resources.

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What is continuous monitoring?

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) defines continuous monitoring as: "maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions."

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3 key benefits of continuous vigilance

Continuous vigilance is a method adopted by IT security professionals who use automated monitoring technology to detect compliance and security risk issues in real-time within an organization’s IT.

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A comprehensive guide to U2F security keys

What are YubIkeys and how do they work?

What is SAML authentication

What is a remote access VPN?

Components of conditional access

Conditional access: The what, why, and how

Know how conditional access works in depth

Manage expired passwords in your organization

What is adaptive authentication?

Identity security

Identity protection with UBA

Zero Trust

Multi-factor authentication

Secure access service edge

Privileged access management

Role-based access control

Identity lifecycle management

Identity automation

Hybrid IAM

Governance, Risk Management, and compliance

Remote Workforce Enablement

Risk Assesment for AD security

What is ITDR?

What is IAM?

What is user provisioning and de-provisioning?

Smart strategies to provision and de-provision Active Directory

5 pain points you can overcome in AD user account management

Why are native Active Directory tools obsolete nowadays?

4 AD management mistakes that can affect your organization's cybersecurity

How to efficiently manage groups and users in Active Directory in 8 steps

Manual vs. automated identity life cycle management

Active Directory clean-up: Should you automate it?

Authentication vs. authorization

The fall of passwords

Passwords are dying: The increasing need for MFA

Active Directory
management Manage, track, and secure Active Directory

Identity governance
and administrationOrchestrate user identity management and access controls for Zero Trust

Privileged access
managementControl and secure privileged access to critical enterprise systems

Enterprise and IT service
managementDeliver a consistent employee experience across business functions

Customer service
managementBuild a one-stop portal for customers with efficient account management

IT asset
managementCentralize and automate the complete IT asset life cycle

Network and server
performance monitoringEnsure network, server, and storage reliability with AI-powered insights

IT incident
managementEfficiently manage and resolve IT incidents while ensuring transparency

Cloud-native solutions for IT managementMonitor, manage, audit, and secure your multi-cloud
and hybrid infrastructure

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