by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 26, 2015 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Phishing, Trends, Vulnerabilities
As you are reading this post, several thousand data records will have been stolen. A recent study published by Gemalto shows that almost a billion data records were lost in 2014 as a result of 1,352 major data breach incidents that occurred around the world, with the...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Passwords, Trends, Usability
In 2015 security specialists continue to seek new and innovative answers to tackle the growing problem of data breaches and compromised systems that use username/password authentication. It’s hard to fight a war if you don’t know the weak spots in your defense and...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Sep 14, 2014 | Passwords, Trends, Usability
The problems with passwords have been harped on for years upon years. It would seem that one thing everyone agrees on is that passwords lack actual security. Seeing commentary about this by BBC comes as no surprise. But BBC seems to suggest that passwords are on the...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Trends, Usability
The G-Cloud could be a powerful tool for government bodies, impacting finances and efficiency as they locate and select IT providers. Keeping information in the cloud instead of on clunky hardware devices just makes sense. Going through a marketplace in which vendors...
by Tricerion | May 28, 2014 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Passwords, Trends, Vulnerabilities
If cyber crime in 1990s was the Wild West and you had to ride the mail coach to be noticed and targeted by for criminals, modern cyber attacks look more like nuclear bomb blasts. Criminals go for massive data breaches because a phishing attack is a numbers game. The...
by Tricerion | Apr 17, 2014 | Trends
