The world of passwords and security is always growing, as criminals are constantly finding new ways to circumvent or crack what protects things of true value. It's why passwords now require numbers, symbols, capital letters, and more. It's also why many companies and individuals worried about security are turning to biometric passwords. It's possible to steal or break a … [Read more...] about Biometric Passwords and What It Means For You
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How Secure is Your Cloud Computing?
For many businesses, cloud storage has become the new norm for storing and sharing files across departments. It's highly convenient and gives employees access to data across multiple devices wherever they are. As more and more options become available, more and more of our personal and confidential business data gets stored on the cloud. But just how secure is that … [Read more...] about How Secure is Your Cloud Computing?
5 Multi-factor Authentication Strategies Enterprises Can Use
In 2016 alone, more than 2.2 billion records were exposed in data breaches. Using a password-based authentication with a good hashing scheme like Bcrypt is perfectly fine as long as you can guarantee that your users wont use easy to guess passwords or reuse passwords at many portals. Both of these assumptions turn out to be wrong in a substantial number of cases, however. There … [Read more...] about 5 Multi-factor Authentication Strategies Enterprises Can Use
Why Information Governance is Like Diet and Exercise
Whenever Im asked to speak about Information Governance, I tell the audience that InfoGov is a lot like diet and exercise. Everyone talks about how they should do it, but many dont actually begin, until something bad happens, and they have no choice but to get started. But like diet and exercise, InfoGov can be implemented more effectively and efficiently if its done … [Read more...] about Why Information Governance is Like Diet and Exercise
Are you Overlooking these 5 Critical IT Security Measures?
Let me ask you something: How well equipped is your company to deal with and respond to a potential data breach? On a scale of 1-10. Do you know? Not sure? Experian put out an interesting report regarding data breach preparedness. They found that 23% of respondents believed that their organization doesnt understand what needs to be done following a material data breach to … [Read more...] about Are you Overlooking these 5 Critical IT Security Measures?