Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is a keynote article from Google looking at the steps it is taking to make the online experience safer. Google I/O 2023: New features to improve online safety (blog.google) It is worth the read as it does illustrate what the threats and risks are when operating online – both …
I’m in. I have written about passwordlessness (I probably made that word up!) before. Eliminating the password makes it much harder for threat actors to compromise your security, exploit stolen credentials and gain unauthorised access to systems such as Microsoft and now Google: Google adds passkeys support for passwordless sign-in …
Passwordlessness now extends to PayPal… …at least if you have an iPhone. PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices • The Register Ditching passwords is the best step in preventing the recycling of passwords by users and the subsequent credential stuffing attacks by threat actors. Find out in this …
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Following my article on Monday here on Smart Thinking: The Guardian has a feature on on going passwordless which is worth reading: TechScape: Apple, Google and Microsoft are about to make passwords a thing of the past | Technology | The Guardian The effectiveness of “passwordlessness” (I just made that …
I have written about “going passwordless” and using passkeys before, but it looks like 2024 is going to be the year of the passkey. Here is an excellent explanation from the BBC – take just two and a half minutes and find out why you and your organisation need to …
Windows Hello, the biometric/PIN authentication and access tool, that ships with the latest versions of Windows installed on suitable hardware is expanding its supported operations. Windows 11 is getting a built-in passkey manager for Windows Hello (bleepingcomputer.com) A new passkey manager will enable the PIN or biometric sensors in your …
Today I am going to look at why credentials are so important in cyber security? Credentials for identity The management of credentials across your organisation for all services is an important impact of your cyber security, whether it is someone using the global administrator account as their “daily driver” work …
