Making Passwords Secure: Fixing the Weakest Link in Cybersecurity by Bonnett Dovell

Author:Bonnett, Dovell [Bonnett, Dovell]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Logical Access Control, Multi-factor authentication, Cybersecurity, Password Manager for Business, Cyber Access Control, Smartcard, Alternative to PKI, Enterprise Password Manager, Password Authentication Infrastructure
Publisher: Access Smart Media
Published: 2016-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

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There are Zero-Day (0-day) viruses, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and many more that target processes other than authentication. Attacks are launched against Windows, Linux, OS-X, Android, and other operating systems. Some attacks are old and are being revived. Others are just a slight permutation of a known attack. And some are completely new. New attacks and mutated older attacks are constantly hitting the Web. Cybersecurity is not just about the number of different attacks but the volume of attacks slamming a company’s network daily. It’s very difficult for IT administrators to stay current because they have the more important role of just keeping the network running and employees connected. This leaves very little time to fully monitor all activities.

IT relies on software monitoring tools to alert them when something does not look right. The problem is that these alerts are only as good as the capabilities of the software. Plus, when these monitoring tools are used on servers that store both sensitive and non-sensitive information, the sheer volume of data to analyze often overwhelms IT. This is one reason why the average time for IT to discover a breach is over 200 days.

According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, April 2015, crypto-ransomware attacks were up to 8.8 million victims in 2014. Large businesses saw over 67% of all spear-phishing attacks followed by small businesses of less than 250 employees with nearly 20% of the reported attacks. Most of these attacks are automated, making employees (and their companies) vulnerable to the “one in every 208 emails” reported to contain malware.

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