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Transitioning To The Cloud: Some Aspects To Conside

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  While businesses work hard to ensure that their cloud services follow the highest security requirements, when transitioning their applications and infrastructure, they fail to adhere to the same procedures. Companies must adopt a prompt approach to preventing and addressing security oversights during their cloud transition, focusing on enhanced training and technical controls. Only with the right combination of resources and policies can companies and their employees safely transition into the cloud. Hardware-Based Risks When it first entered the corporate lexicon, IT practitioners used the word shadow IT to refer to unauthorized hardware operating in their business setting. Shadow IT has shifted from hardware to software over time. When they were weighed down by the absence of an important function, workers would use their own tools under the radar. Businesses, lacking official guidance or enterprise-grade authentication, were exposed to unknown risks these apps would bring to ...

Getting The Best Out Of SSO And MFA

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  Combining a user ID and password to protect our most sensitive information is not good enough anymore. Identity theft, breaches of data, ransomware, and malicious actors mean that information security must change in order to stay ahead of security threats. Effective safety is compulsory for all organizations. The best security strategy must take into account the demands of the organization and the staff, balancing security, encryption, and ease-of-use. There are two key security solutions for many businesses, Single Sign-On (SSO) or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), to choose from. To decide what's best for the organization, it takes careful consideration of the pros and cons of each approach. There is no reciprocal exclusion between the two mechanisms; both can be leveraged. However, knowing how to devote time and budget to one project over another can make all the difference. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) MFA uses many distinct factors to verify user identity and gr...

Multi-Factor Authentication: 4 Easy Tips to Get the Most Out of It

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  Many enterprises think of multi-factor authentication (MFA) as an issue that was solved years ago and which now requires only routine maintenance. Keeping in mind the current scenario worldwide, it is high time the critical role of MFA security solutions in organizations was reexamined. The technology environment was completely different when most organizations first introduced MFA technology. There were only one or two major technology providers, and they offered expensive hardware-based solutions that were unwieldy to use. Today we have hundreds of vendors that deliver versatile and user-friendly solutions running as mobile apps and in many other convenient formats also. Designed for an Older Technology Environment Many organizations are still operating MFA security solutions deployments built around the constraints of yesteryears, rather than today's versatility. These obsolete MFA strategies use the technology to safeguard remote access for workers and highly sensitive info...