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The Role of Automation in Enforcing the Principle of Least Privilege

Jul 3, 2024 By Ofir Stein In Apono
As businesses continue to expand their reliance on cloud security and privileged access management, the imperative to implement least privilege access in a manner both effective and efficient cannot be overstated. Yet, with the increasing complexity of information systems and the proliferation of privileged accounts, manually administering and enforcing the least privilege principle poses substantial challenges.
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Spectral

7 Phishing Awareness Training Methods You Should Know

Jul 3, 2024 By Eyal Katz In Spectral
Modern cybercriminals aren’t just after your average employee. They’re targeting DevOps engineers – the gatekeepers of critical infrastructure and valuable data. 90% of data breaches start with phishing. Traditional awareness training often needs more technical depth. These programs tend to focus on generic red flags (e.g., suspicious links and requests for sensitive information) that are easily recognized by most.
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keeper

Should You Change Your Password Every 90 Days?

Jul 3, 2024 By Keeper In Keeper
No, you don’t have to change your password every 90 days. This idea of regularly changing your password is known as password rotation. The main benefit of changing your passwords so often is to prevent unauthorized users from accessing private information. For personal accounts, changing your passwords every 90 days can actually end up being worse than keeping them the same.
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jumpcloud

Your Cybersecurity Risk Is Higher on July 4

Jul 3, 2024 By Kate Lake In JumpCloud
While the Fourth of July is typically considered a day of celebration for those in the U.S., many don’t realize it’s also a period of heightened risk. In fact, this isn’t unique to the Fourth of July: holidays often see an uptick in cybersecurity threats. With the Fourth of July nearly upon us, let’s examine why this happens and how you can protect yourself and your business.
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netskope

The Significance of the Number 42 in the New ISO AI Standard

Jul 3, 2024 By Neil Thacker In Netskope
The number 42 has gained legendary status in popular culture, largely due to Douglas Adams’ science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In this series, a group of hyper-intelligent beings build a supercomputer named Deep Thought to calculate the “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”. After much contemplation, Deep Thought reveals the answer to be simply “42”.
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Leaked passwords, no passwords, and AI generated captions for video

Jul 3, 2024 By Cloudflare In Cloudflare
In this week’s episode, we explore the realm of passwords, leaked passwords, two-factor authentication (2FA), and also AI generated captions for video. Host João Tomé is joined by Garrett Galow, Director of Product at Cloudflare, to discuss a recent blog post on how we help keep customers safe through leaked password notifications accessible via our dashboard. We also discuss the use of passwords in 2024, the importance of 2FA or multi-factor authentication like hardware keys, offer suggestions, and explore how passwords might become less common in the future.
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detectify

Security Update: Critical CUPS Vulnerability

Jul 3, 2024 By Detectify In Detectify
A critical chained vulnerability (CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176, and CVE-2024-47177) has been detected within the open-source printing system CUPS (present in most Linux distributions). Attackers can achieve remote code execution, potentially leading to complete control of the vulnerable system. Detectify customers can assess whether their systems are running affected versions of CUPS.
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Tines

From skeptic to advocate: My journey to embracing AI

Jul 3, 2024 By Eoin Hinchy In Tines
For years, we as security practitioners were promised that AI and machine learning would change our lives for the better, but time and time again, the companies that touted this technology disappointed us. In the first decade or so of AI-branded security tools, we saw plenty of products that demoed well, but were completely undeployable.
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