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How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new phone

The Verge

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the best and easiest ways to keep your online accounts secure. They work by issuing an authentication code on your phone when somebody tries to access the account; if that person doesn’t have the code, they (or you) don’t get in. There is, of course, a catch.

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Cybersecurity strategies for protecting data against ransomware and other threats

CIO Business Intelligence

And while organizations have made great strides in implementing multi-factor authentication, recent data breaches have shown that threat actors are adapting to new cybersecurity capabilities and finding ways to bypass MFA. “Identity has always been the most successfully attacked target in an organization’s infrastructure,” Ghai notes.

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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Multifactor authentication fatigue and biometrics shortcomings Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a popular technique for strengthening the security around logins. Another angle is to target the victim’s backups. It’s vitally important, of course – but it’s only one of the many risks CIOs must mitigate.

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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

CIO Business Intelligence

In addition, what are the costs associated with incorporating the new software into the organization’s security infrastructure in areas such as access control, authentication, and zero trust. Backup: Application data doesn’t simply live in one place. Then there’s backups and disaster recovery.

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The secrets of successful cloud-first strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

Of course, many enterprises land on embracing both methods, says Nicholas Merizzi, a principal at Deloitte Consulting. And of course, people issues are a big part of becoming cloud-native. Then if you can create agile teams that include security, infrastructure support, development, product owners, etc.,

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Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.

Vox

Access to just about everything I wasn’t already logged into on my computer was dependent on access to my phone, with my mobile-device-only password manager and multifactor authentication apps and text messages. Didn’t I delete my backups to free up storage space? Backup of data in the digital reality we’re in now is paramount.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

Of course, I need to securely configure my devices. For network devices, we should consider using RADIUS/TACACS+ for authentication purposes, not a shared user account. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall.