Zero Trust

The Rising Threat of Mobile Phishing Attacks: Why Your Organization Needs to Prepare

Author(s):

Shigraf Aijaz, Cybersecurity Writer and Journalist,

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Mobile Phishing Attacks

The growth of mobile devices in the workplace has turned mobile phishing into a significant opportunity for malicious actors, and it’s therefore a growing concern for organizations. With mobile phishing, the attacker sends links to phishing websites via SMS messages, where they ask for your credentials. One study estimates that 75% of phishing websites specifically … Read more

Insider Attacks: How Prepared Are You?

Author(s):

Karthika Surendran, Product Marketer, ManageEngine

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Insider Attacks

Insider attacks often catch organizations by surprise because they’re tricky to spot. Banking on reactive solutions like antivirus software or a patch management solution to stay abreast of such attacks is not very wise. Understanding what exactly contributes to the increasing number of insider threats and addressing these factors is the only way to secure … Read more

Proving a Negative

Author(s):

James Everett Lee, Chief Operating Officer, The Identity Theft Resource Center

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KBA and Data Breaches

Proving there is a “you” has never been easier; proving you are the only you, not so much. We learned in math class in high school that you cannot prove a negative. Or to be more precise, we learned that you cannot solve a negative proof. As a result, in math and logic, we spend … Read more

VPN vs Zero-Trust Network Access

Author(s):

Lauren Abshire, Director of Content Strategy, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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Virtual Private Networks (VPN) has provided remote workers with privacy while they are connected to a public connection for many years. While zero-trust is newer, it has proven to be quite effective. Especially in an age where remote work continues to increase, as does cyber-attacks. Noticeably, on VPNs. This begs the question, which is more … Read more

Microsegmentation and a Zero-Trust Network

Author(s):

Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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Server room, Microsegmentation in a zero-trust system

We are currently in an unfortunate situation where universally, every business model predicates itself around connectivity. In fact, to be on the edge of innovation is to connect, to everything, before anyone else connects. With each new development, security suffers immediately. The incredulity that is always met with a new Facebook data breach is going … Read more