Cyber Security Articles & News

TUNE IN: Kevin Mitnick is Going Down!

Kevin Mitnick and I are passionately debating the right password policy, using our decades of knowledge and real-life hacking experience.

Listen to it all go down. Register at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1856107/295DE6CAB72FFD67B1323DDF19759750?partnerref=SpiceRG2

Ever since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (https://www.nist.gov) submitted Special Publication 800-63 (https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/), Digital Identity Guidelines, for review a few years ago, the computer security world has been debating or intentionally ignoring its newest recommended password policies which run starkly contrarian to decades of previous advice. The new advice is so contrary to decades of previous advice, from the same organization, that virtually no one believes it. Certainly, almost no one is using it.

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SEE LIVE: Infosecurity North America Announces Speakers and Panelists for NYC Expo and Conference

Infosecurity North America Unveils Speaker Roster Featuring 30+ CISOs for Its Event Keynote Program

Infosecurity Group, the global knowledge hub for the information security community, today unveiled its roster of 30+ CISO speakers confirmed for this year’s Infosecurity North America Expo and Conference keynote program. Alongside Kevin Mitnick -- world renowned hacker-turned-consultant -- and once target of the FBI’s Most Wanted list, leading headline keynote presentation duties, speakers will address prevalent themes for CISOs operating across a variety of industry verticals over the course of the event, which will be held on November 14 - 15 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.

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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

With an ever evolving regulatory landscape and with increasingly smart technology at our fingertips, it’s probably time we paused to examine the way we’re doing business. Just because it’s been done a certain way for years, it doesn't mean that’s still the right way. Businesses need to start seeing the bigger picture rather than forever playing catch-up, as so many are guilty of thus far. Breaking the cycle means analysing the threats that businesses can anticipate both now and in the coming months and years, and determining the smartest solution for them.

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