We are less than two weeks away from RSA Conference, the world’s largest security event! This year’s theme – The Power of Opportunity – emphasizes “unity.” Clever, right? We think so. Not only is it a great time to call for unity in cybersecurity among vendors and practitioners, but also end users. Every day we’re on the hook to be more vigilant in the fight…
Ten years ago, when a user needed to access a corporate application, his or her usage was on a company-owned device and typically confined to company-owned networks. These applications were nicely tucked behind corporate firewalls, and managed by dedicated IT organizations. To identify themselves, users…
These days, if you’re planning to spend time at an airport terminal or a coffee shop – it’s likely that you’ll look for a public Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to, and perhaps a charging station, to make sure you don’t run out of power. While…
For years, finding the right balance between security and usability has been one of the biggest challenges for identity and access management (IAM) solution architects and designers. There are ongoing efforts in the industry to replace password-based authentication with something more secure, more convenient, and…
RSA just released results of our second annual RSA Cybersecurity Poverty Index. We’re really excited about the results, but it may not be for the reasons you think. We’re excited because of the number of respondents (more than double the 2015 Index), the breadth of industries and governments represented, and the amount of time organizations…
I was invited to give a keynote at the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Congress in Dublin recently, on behalf of my EMC colleague Said Tabet. Two years before, I had spoken at the CSA Congress in Rome about the EU-funded SPECS and SPARKS projects and their relevance to cloud in terms of GRC and security analytics.…
The following is a simple analysis that puts into perspective the user experience of modern IT that organizations typically require their users to endure: Imagine a midsize enterprise with 1,000 users, each of whom has between one and three devices that connect to the enterprise infrastructure. Each user has installed between 25 and 100 applications…
For the past few decades, two-factor authentication has been used by businesses to enforce entitlements to access sensitive corporate applications and data. It provides an extra layer of security beyond username-and-password authentication mechanisms, which are notoriously insecure and burdensome for users to remember. Now, as the use of mobile devices in the workplace increases, this…
We all know by now that granting access to our sensitive applications introduces all sorts of “what-ifs” in an organization. What if my accounts payable admin, disgruntled and upset, decides to abuse her access to my payment system to funnel funds outside of the company? Or what if she decides to plug in her USB…
The PCI Security Council just extended its requirements for multi-factor authentication to anyone who has access to credit card data. These requirements, which comes on the heels of the European Parliament adopting its revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) late last year, require strong authentication for all Internet transactions. PSD2 also introduces strict security requirements…
