WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CREDENTIALS ARE FOUND ON THE DARK WEB

Credential reporting

Sites are hacked every day. [su_list icon=”icon: check”] There is an attack every 39 seconds (Security Magazine) Hackers steal 75 records every second (Breach Level Index) More than 23 million people use the password ‘123456’ (National Cyber Security Centre) Traditional firewall and antivirus security is irrelevant and obsolete (Thycotic.com) Hackers create 300,000 new pieces of […]

WHAT IS 2FA?

Use multi-factor authentication for second line of defense to keep your login more secure

2FA, or two-factor authentication is a form of MFA (Multifactor Authentication), that requires a second layer of security for your application and online access. Take advantage of this option and set it up wherever it is offered. Double-up your login protection. Many technology companies and app-makers provide two-factor authentication that requires users to authenticate their […]

The Changing Landscape of Password Management

Worried Guy at Computer Thinking about Passwords

There have been a lot of interesting developments in Password Management since NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology (a division of US Dept. of Commerce), revised the 14-year-old guidelines last November with final updates issued in June 2017.  The now-retired 72-year-old author of the original 2003 NIST, Bill Burr, was quoted  in The Wall Street Journal as saying “Much […]