Six decades in, password use has tipped into the absurd, while two-factor authentication is showing its limits. We talk with Matt Salisbury of Honeybadger HQ, which is using AI and machine learning to re-imagine knowledge-based authentication.
Tag: passwords
Understanding the Economic Impact of Credential Stuffing Attacks
Credential stuffing attacks rose by 49% in 2020, according to one report. In this Expert Insight piece, Anastasios Arampatzis talks about simple steps companies can take to stop these attacks.
Episode 199 COVID’s Other Legacy: Data Theft and Enterprise Insecurity
In this episode of the podcast (#199), sponsored by LastPass, we talk with Shareth Ben of Securonix about how massive layoffs that have resulted from the COVID pandemic put organizations at far greater risk of data theft. In our second segment, we’re joined by Barry McMahon, a Senior Global Product Marketing Manager at LogMeIn, to talk about data from that company that weighs the security impact of poor password policies and what a “passwordless” future might look like.
What’s Good IAM? The Answer may depend on your Industry
Mature identity and access management (IAM) is a pillar of enterprise security. But what makes IAM “good” for your business may depend on the kind of business you are in, and the demands of your industry, writes Rachael Stockton of LogMeIn and LastPass.
Password Psychology: users know reuse is bad, do it anyway
More than 90% of employees know re-using passwords between accounts is a dangerous business, but two thirds of them do it anyway. Rachael Stockton of LastPass digs into the “why” of password insecurity in the latest LastPass Psychology of Passwords report.
