Security News > 2021 > April
Transmit Security has released a state of customer authentication report that includes customer experience insights based on its survey of 600 U.S. consumers. According to the report findings, organizations are losing potential customers and a substantial amount of revenue due to their dependency on traditional password systems and outdated customer authentication models.
Sensitive data pertaining to the customers of top mobile services providers in the European Union is at risk of compromise due to improperly secured websites, data security and privacy firm Tala reveals. An analysis of the websites of 13 of the top mobile telecom companies in the EU has revealed that none of them has in place even the minimum necessary protections to be considered secure.
According to data provided by Omdia, the world added 385.5 million 5G subscribers between Q4 2019 and Q4 2020 to reach 401 million 5G connections globally, shrugging off the challenges of a global pandemic and economic headwinds. The number of 5G connections is expected to reach 619 million globally by the end of 2021.
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Kansas has been indicted on charges that he unauthorizedly accessed a public water facility's computer system, jeopardizing the residents' safety and health in the local community. Wyatt A. Travnichek, 22, of Ellsworth County, Kansas, has been charged with one count of tampering with a public water system and one count of reckless damage to a protected computer during unauthorized access, according to the Department of Justice.
Internal audit's ongoing digital transformation will rapidly accelerate in 2021, with 22% of respondents reporting that they will implement cloud-based technology this year, resulting in a majority of internal audit teams using a cloud-based audit management or GRC software solution for the first time, an AuditBoard survey reveals. "Many internal audit teams that have not yet shifted to a cloud approach are now set to reap the benefits of modernization - including gaining greater bandwidth for strategic, value-add activities - and will be better positioned to protect their organizations from new and emerging risks," said John Reese, AuditBoard's CMO. "They'll also get to equal footing with other functions within their organization who have already made the move to cloud-based solutions."
To shore up their defenses, they must remediate their password policy. Replacing password expiration with password exposure is critical with an increasingly hybrid workforce and, as outlined above, for the friction it incurs.
GuardDog PCS creates the first plug-and-protect proactive cybersecurity solution for edge networks and network attached devices in a space the company refers to as 'Edge Territory' - the space beyond where traditional remote network and device management solutions can offer visibility or protection. GuardDog protects against threats outside the perimeter of the network or on attached devices that other solutions can't see, for wired and Wi-Fi networks.
VMware Cloud is a distributed, multi-cloud platform that enables organizations to accelerate application modernization across the data center, edge, and any cloud. VMware Cloud Universal is ideal for customers committed to a hybrid cloud architecture; that have extended or variable cloud migration timelines; that have cloud bursting requirements; or desire an OPEX model for on-premises infrastructure.
Seagate Technology launched Lyve Data Transfer Services with its fleet of Lyve Mobile data shuttles, arrays, and services, enabling businesses to move mass data quickly, securely, and simply from edge to private, public, or hybrid clouds. In over a thousand businesses surveyed, more than half move data between storage locations daily, weekly, or monthly, and their average total of physical data transferred is 473TB. The faster they can move this data from edge to core to cloud, the more quickly they can unlock insights and derive value from their data.
Cisco Secure unveiled the future of simple and effective security with infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication by Duo. Integrated seamlessly into the existing Duo authentication experience used by more than 25,000 organizations globally, Duo passwordless authentication will enable enterprise users to skip the password and securely log into cloud applications via security keys or biometrics built into modern laptops and smartphones.