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Biometric Data and Its Use for Person Authentication and Identification

Altexsoft

A password is only one of the standard security methods, a unique combination of characters you create and use as a key to authenticate yourself with. With the advances of biometric technologies, a new concept of authentication with “what you are” emerged, presenting a more secure and convenient way to validate a person.

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CVE-2021-30116: Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Kaseya VSA Exploited to Distribute REvil Ransomware

Tenable

Zero-day vulnerabilities in popular remote monitoring and management software targeted by threat actors to distribute ransomware to reportedly over one million systems. This is part of a tactic known as double extortion, which was pioneered by the Maze ransomware group in late 2019. Background. Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability.

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Thank You to Our Customers: Tenable Recognized as a March 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice

Tenable

So imagine our delight when we learned Tenable was named a March 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Vulnerability Assessment. To see the full list of vendors in the March 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Vulnerability Assessment, click here. . Systems Administrator, Services Industry.

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It’s No Secret: Enterprises Reveal Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage

Infinidat

Heading into 2024, Infinidat had already been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Primary Storage overall four times – 2023, 2021, 2020, and 2019. Install and forget kind of Storage." – Principal – Systems Engineer in the Finance industry "Support is phenomenal.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: As Feds Hunt CL0P Gang, Check Out Tips on Ransomware Response, Secure Cloud Management and Cloud App Data Privacy

Tenable

Also, review concrete guidance on cloud system administration and on designing cloud apps with privacy by default. s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) this week delved into two specific and critical areas of cloud system administration – high-risk access and emergency access – and how to secure them. And much more!

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Monthly Update: November 2019

Linux Academy

Due to limited supplies, please respond by November 12th, 2019. Configuring Key-Based Authentication. Configure Directory and File Access and Add Basic Authentication. Working with Essential Red Hat Linux System Administration Tools. Working with Essential Red Hat Linux System Administration Tools – yum.

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Top 4 K-12 Cybersecurity Threats to Watch in 2020

PowerSchool

The threat of a hack into your school or district’s edtech systems is any K-12 tech director’s constant worry. According to Norton, 2019 saw a 54% increase in reported breaches from the year before. In 2019, ransomware delayed or closed schools in multiple districts, impacting 72 districts nationwide.