multi-factor authentication

Fady Younes, Cybersecurity Director, EMEA Service Providers and MEA, Cisco

News

Cisco: Healthcare Remains The Most Targeted Vertical

August 28, 2023

Deepak

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group has released its report for the second quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets, and other significant trends. The findings show how a lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains one of the biggest impediments to enterprise security. Carrying out ransomware attacks is likely becoming more challenging for hackers due to global law enforcement and industry disruption efforts, though it still saw a rise to 17 percent of engagements. The biggest – and a growing […]

Events

Delinea Survey Reveals Momentum Toward A Passwordless Future

August 17, 2023

Deepak

Delinea has announced results from a survey at the 2023 BlackHat USA Conference, finding that password security continues to be a highly relevant topic even as cybersecurity strategies move toward a passwordless future. Of 100 business hall attendees polled, 54% said that “passwordless” is a viable concept while 79% agreed that passwords are evolving or becoming obsolete. When asked how they protect their passwords, the majority of attendees surveyed indicated they use an additional authentication method to secure their credentials […]

Cyber Security

Attackers are increasingly using phishing and MFA tactics

December 27, 2022

Deepak

Acronis has released its latest cyberthreats and trends report for the second half of 2022 which found that phishing and the use of MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) fatigue attacks, an extremely effective method used in high-profile breaches, are on the rise. Conducted by the Acronis Cyber Protection Operation Center, the report provides an in-depth analysis of the cyberthreat landscape including ransomware threats, phishing, malicious websites, software vulnerabilities and a security forecast for 2023. Of note, the report found that threats from […]

Expert Corner

CISA considers use of single‑factor authentication as a bad practice

September 8, 2021

Editor

Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency in USA urges organizations to ditch the bad practice and instead use multi-factor authentication methods

Kamel Heus, Regional Director, Northern, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Centrify

Cyber Security

Credentials Harvesting

March 18, 2019

Editor

Kamel Heus, Regional Director, Northern, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Centrify explains he explains how threat actors are relentlessly targeting end users for their credentials to penetrate corporate networks and businesses must be proactive in their cyber security hygiene measures.

Analysts

Multi-Factor Authentication is must

June 14, 2018

Editor

A recent survey conducted by HID Global revealed that organizations with more than 250 employees in the Middle East region favoured multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a reliable method for employee and customer verification. Ninety-five percent of respondents said that MFA was a fundamental requirement at their organization, which demonstrates the reliability and robust adoption of the technology. The survey exclusively polled C-level executives and senior IT decision makers across large enterprises, specifically government entities, leading banking and financial instructions, utilities, […]

Expert Corner

How to Lessen the Burden of Authentication Requirements

September 30, 2024

Editor

Roman Cuprik, Content Writer at ESET, explains that authentication mechanisms are vital aspects of cybersecurity that deserve adequate protection, but their increasing complexity makes them easier targets.

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