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Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs

CIO

Allow me to delve deeply into the risks associated with website spoofing, its manipulation of unsuspecting users, the far-reaching repercussions, and the strategies I believe are effective in tackling this ever-evolving menace. Mimecast also offers email security and authentication solutions.

Strategy 264
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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

Weak authentication and authorization: One of the foremost vulnerabilities in IoT deployments stems from inadequate authentication and authorization practices. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks. of the total number of attempted IoT malware attacks.

IoT 325
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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO

Multifactor authentication fatigue and biometrics shortcomings Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a popular technique for strengthening the security around logins. A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. The malware itself is easy to buy on the Dark Web.

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Document Security is More than Just Password-Protection

CIO

In fact, it is estimated that more than three (3) trillion PDFs – from confidential business strategies and insights to sales agreements to legal contracts – are shared every day worldwide. Today, PDF is considered the de facto industry standard for documents that contain critical and sensitive business information. Provide access control.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. This vulnerability is not unique to MGM nor Okta; it’s a systemic problem with multi-factor authentication. We should all be assured that we are interacting authentically with the person(s) who they say they are.

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The changing face of cybersecurity threats in 2023

CIO

Using the “same old” low-skill tactics, common tools, and a bit of social engineering, hackers can get around complex security policies such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity and access management (IAM) systems. Let’s revisit the most prevalent security threats and see how they’re evolving in 2023. Cybercrime, Security

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Modern Network Security: How Technology and Smart Practices are Reducing Risk

CIO

In this webcast, we’ll explore: The current trending threats facing networks, like authentication vulnerabilities, malware, phishing, and denial of service attacks. The importance of observability, security intelligence, AI, and ML in a network security strategy. Where current network security measures are falling short.

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