Despite increased use of two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and biometrics, passwords are still the most common form of authentication. However, when a significant percentage of breaches are caused by weak, stolen, or reused passwords, it's clear passwords pose significant risks that can't be ignored.
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You know password management is important. But is your business failing to invest in this easy security and productivity win?
In this Global Password Security Report, we're uncovering the true state of corporate password security around the world. We analyzed aggregated data from more than 43,000 businesses using...
A vulnerability is only as bad as the threat exploiting it and the impact on the organization. Security and risk management leaders should rate vulnerabilities on the basis of risk in order to improve vulnerability management program effectiveness.
Gartner receives frequent inquiries from clients who are...
Identity and access management is not about compliance anymore - It's really about security, says Gartner's Felix Gaehtgens. With cloud, virtualization, DevOps and other IT trends, IAM has evolved from being a one-off project to an ongoing initiative.
Implementing an end-to-end privileged access management solution should follow a defined process to minimize costs and distractions, and speed results.
Throughout the process of selecting and deploying your privileged access management solution, keep in mind these business requirements, as they will help you sell...
While support for cloud infrastructure is rapidly maturing and more vendors are adding behavior analytics and privileged task automation, pricing and licensing remain variable. Security and risk management leaders should evaluate multiple vendors with an eye on future requirements as well as costs.
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How privileged accounts should be used by one system to connect to other accounts used to run service programs;
Best practices for processes, policies and technology used to...
Controlling, monitoring, and auditing privileged access is essential to mitigating insider threats, preventing data breaches, and meeting compliance requirements. But, how can you optimise privileged access to avert breaches, achieve compliance objectives, and avoid end user frustration and help desk...
The use of stolen credentials ranked as the number one action variety in data breaches in 2017 (source: 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report), and organisations continue to make it easy for attackers.
Many IT organisations use shared accounts for users, administrators, or applications so that when access...
Much of the focus of identity and access management (IAM) is concerned with easy and unobstructed access to a large population of end users with minimal disruption to IT operations.
In this e-book, you'll discover:
What PAM is and why it can be a prime source of security breaches;
How you can manage or even...
Today's world of cyber warfare is one of continuous zero-day attacks, targeted phishing scams and malicious insiders. Anyone trying to deal with these threats manually has already lost the game. You can't stop cyberattacks from occurring. But, you can significantly limit the damage when these inevitable attacks...
There are massive amounts of vulnerabilities that companies deal with on an ongoing basis - not everything is lost though. Organizations that use unpatched software face a race against the clock, with attackers regularly beginning to hammer new vulnerabilities just hours after new fixes or security alerts get released...
At its core, compliance for HIPAA is simply about maintaining patient privacy by ensuring your users appropriately access and use patient data. Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions provide detail around when patient data is accessed.
The challenge, however, is the lack of visibility into what users do with...
Even though SSH keys are the credentials that provide the most privileged access in an organisation (including root-level privileges), they are routinely untracked, unmanaged and unmonitored. This guide provides four steps to protect and take control of your SSH keys to minimise your risk of intrusion.
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