37% of cyber attacks on corporate networks involve weak or stolen passwords. The lesson is that you certainly can’t rely on passwords. And you can’t really rely on traditional two-factor authentication either, as token-based authentication is susceptible to being hacked using simple phishing. MFA is now the way forward for any IT or security professional worth their salt.
By Open Reality | 16/03/2021
The complexity of keeping sensitive data secured continues to grow as unsanctioned ‘shadow applications’ – web-based applications completely invisible to IT security teams – create gaps in even the most well-managed security posture, with every drag, drop and share becoming a source of potential data compromise.
By Open Reality | 08/03/2021
Many of the early challenges faced in migrating users to the new normal of “anywhere working” have been overcome, but as a survey of 300 UK cyber security professionals by our partner Censornet reveals, while 91% of cyber security professionals are confident that their cloud security solutions are effectively protecting people at home, risky remote working behaviour shows a disconnect between the perception of how well protected an organisation is when employees are working remotely and the realities of today’s remote working culture.
By Open Reality | 16/02/2021
Network Monitoring , Network Optimisation , Security
VIAVI Solutions have launched Observer GigaFlow, a powerful solution that delivers enriched flow records to stitch together user, network, and infrastructure data into a single record.
By Sam Cobley | 30/01/2019
By Duncan Little | 12/04/2017