Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
Public/Private Key encryption and security is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to building great cyber security – it is the security that the internet runs on. So when Microsoft reported a breach on a number of high profile Exchange Online mailboxes, no one expected that the …
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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Yesterday Apple had its September event where all the new toys were revealed, including iOS 16 – which will be on the new devices announced and available as an upgrade for iPhones going back to 2017. The new iOS and MacOS will both support passkey security rather than passwords. Apple …
This post was originally published on 9 May 2022 Original post Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, passwords and usernames seemed like a good idea for security… However in today’s connected and hacked world, where people still think it is OK to use “liverpool” or a …
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