Decentralisation caused by growing adoption of cloud-based services has created new challenges for network security policies, the head of a fast-growing packet monitoring specialist has said while warning that network security can no longer be designed around the assumption of aggregated services and data demand.
David Braue | 01 Aug | Read more
With specific-purpose tools becoming obsolete within years, long-term vision requires better views of extending networks
David Braue | 31 May | Read more
The rapidly rising tide of cybersecurity attacks has naturally driven security and IT managers to strengthen their perimeters and bolster their defences. But without paying similar attention to what’s happening on their internal networks, they are leaving massive blind spots that could potentially produce catastrophic results.
David Braue | 13 Dec | Read more
Increasing competition between producers of Web exploit kits is keeping prices for malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings low – thereby guaranteeing that an ongoing flood of new malware will continue to torment largely unprepared targets, new analyses have found.
David Braue | 10 Apr | Read more
This paper explores how enterprises can move beyond the password (something the user ‘knows’) to an intelligent authentication process that eliminates the risk of weak and vulnerable passwords. It works by cross-validating with other authentication methods like a physical item such as a token or smartphone (something the user ‘has’) and/or a personal attribute like a fingerprint or retina scan (something the user ‘is’). Two-factor (2FA) authentication and multifactor authentication (MFA) are now possible with intelligent authentication across corporate software, Cloud services and smart device apps.
