In a few minutes I’ll talk with this week’s guest commentator, Dinah Davis, vice president of research and development of managed security services provider Arctic Wolf. But first a look back at some of the news this week:
Four more serious vulnerabilities have been found in on-premise versions of Microsoft Exchange. That means – again – IT departments have to make sure the latest patches are installed as soon as possible. This comes after Microsoft released emergency patches last month to close the holes on a number of vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. It’s bad enough that criminal hackers and nation-states are getting into unpatched Exchange implementations to read email. Now a new report says crooks are also trying to take over Exchange servers to install cryptocurrency miners. It’s vital your firm’s Exchange Server is patched.
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Identity Defined Security Alliance Unveils Winners of Inaugural Identity Management Awards on .
Identity Defined Security AllianceApril 13, 2021 GMT
DENVER, April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a nonprofit that provides vendor-neutral education and resources to help organizations reduce the risk of a breach by combining identity and security strategies, today announced the winners of the inaugural Identity Management Awards. The awards are part of today’s first-ever Identity Management Day, hosted by the IDSA in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). Winners were selected by a panel of judges from the IDSA and NCSA for their commitment to identity management and security as an enabler to business operations while reducing risks.
DriveStrike Introduces SAML 2.0 Identity Management Integration
Share Article SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 In celebration of the inaugural Identity Management Day this month, DriveStrike is thrilled to announce new support for SAML 2.0. As a Service Provider (SP), DriveStrike will work with Identity Providers (IdP) to give account owners a more streamlined user experience.
SAML 2.0 is a secure Single Sign On (SSO) method that enables flexible and convenient user authentication. External identity management is becoming more popular as even more activities happen online and require credentialed access. It is extremely useful for business administrators who need to access several different web accounts in a given day. Instead of needing to log in separately to each site, SSO provides access through one set of credentials. Once a user is authenticated to their IdP, they can access any of their accounts conf
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