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Social Engineering and Phishing

CTOvision

Social engineering is one of the most problematic attack techniques to combat. User education is most effective at stopping a social engineer. Users who are aware of the potential for social engineering attacks and learn to recognize them can use simple methods to thwart these attacks successfully. Stu Sjouwerman. Don’t do it!

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CIOs And The Problem Of Social Engineering

The Accidental Successful CIO

Social engineering is how the bad guys get employees to say too much Image Credit: Alexandre Formagio. These days they use a more sophisticated attack: social engineering. What Is Social Engineering? So just exactly what is this thing that we call “social engineering” ? However, hackers have since moved on.

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Architecting Identity: Five Essential Elements of a Modern Customer Authentication Service

CIO Business Intelligence

They may have a built-in user store supporting password authentication, for example. In response to cloud-based customer experiences, more focus has shifted to authentication. Modern authentication systems tend to be built around the FIDO standards of Web Authentication (WebAuthn) and Client-to-Authenticator Protocol (CTAP).

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Authentic Digital Relationships

Phil Windley

Our online relationships with ecommerce companies, social media providers, banks, and others are cold and impersonal, but also relatively efficient. For example, social media platforms are designed to allow people to form a link (symmetrical or asymmetrical) to others online. As an example, consider an automobile.

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Three Ways Banks Can Improve Identity Authentication and Customer Data Privacy

CIO Business Intelligence

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Have you thought about what can be done with this device to enhance identity authentication?

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Seven Signs That Your Consumers are Ready for Passwordless Authentication

CIO Business Intelligence

Customer demand for passwordless authentication has grown exponentially since smartphones first began offering built-in biometric readers. A staggering 93% of consumers preferred biometric authentication to passwords — and yet so many companies still force their customers to use risky, outdated login credentials. Your first clue?

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Overcoming the Equation: Security = Friction

CTOvision

A telling example is the Department of Defense and its approach to mobile security. That derived credential is transferred to a mobile device’s internal storage or microSD card, and can be used to authenticate an individual to an organization’s resources. However, the derived credential has less friction.

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