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Top 10 Best Cyber Security Podcasts of 2019
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Take Control of Secrets in Your DevOps Environment
July 23rd, 2019
DevOps has emerged as a key practice to maintain speed and innovation where technology and software development drives business. Now, at least half of IT organizations are using DevOps, accelerating their ability to release new code to accommodate ever more competitive market demands. The aim is to improve speed while simultaneously reducing chances of defects…
You break it, you buy it: Fear of unknown dependencies hinders service account governance
July 16th, 2019
Thousands of services run on a typical corporate network. They include multiple services which are core to network security, network services, and IT automation, such as Windows services, scheduled tasks, batch jobs, application pools within IIS, and more. To connect automatically across a network to databases, file systems, and network services, these services rely on…
Top 10 Best Cyber Security Podcasts of 2019
July 9th, 2019
Podcasts have transformed the way we digest news, learn on the go, and optimize our commutes. With podcasts gaining popularity due to their ability to fit into our busy lives, a wave of new cyber security experts have launched a series of IT podcasts to keep us informed about the latest security threats, InfoSec tools,…
Moving from on-premise to Privileged Access Management (PAM) in the cloud could be your next move
July 2nd, 2019
Are you considering moving from an on-premise PAM solution to one that delivers the security you expect for privileged credentials while still gaining the advantages of a cloud-based solution? If so, you’ll want to take a few tips from Tim Enders, Senior System Engineer at Loyola University Maryland’s Department of Technology Services—the Loyola University case study…
Protect Your Privileged Credentials with WebAuthn
June 25th, 2019
85% of organizations fail to achieve basic PAM capabilities according to Thycotic’s 2019 State of Privileged Access Management (PAM) Maturity Report. This is due in large part to poor security hygiene. It’s essential that organizations deploy proper security precautions to ensure privileged user accounts are not vulnerable or even already compromised. Organizations still struggle with…
Service Account Governance: Provisioning to Disposal and Everything in Between
June 18th, 2019
When Bank United’s Anne Gorman first tried to inventory her company’s service accounts, she was flying blind. “We didn’t know how many service accounts we had. We didn’t know where the service accounts were. Nobody even knew the passwords to think about what the service accounts ran. It was a hot mess,” Anne admits. Bank United’s struggle with privileged…
Your city does not have to be a victim of ransomware
June 11th, 2019
These cities have a common foe. Albany, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; Orange County, N.C.; Sammamish, Wash; Atlanta, GA They have all been subject to Ransomware attacks in the past 12 months. The most recent victim being Baltimore, MD which has been the target of ransomware twice in the past year. According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations…
Thycotic SCIM Connector for Integrations with Secret Server
May 30th, 2019
Today, many organizations have both privileged account management (PAM) and identity governance solutions that operate independently. As a result, organizations lack the ability to have a unified view of identities. As we discussed in “Top PAM Technology Integrations,” while PAM secures access to key system and admin accounts, integration with Identity & Access Management (IAM)…
Fast, Faster, Fastest: Speed Requirements for Your Password Vault
May 28th, 2019
You’re facing unprecedented pressure to deliver higher levels of service and improve speed to market. At the same time, you need enterprise-wide visibility and control to reduce risk. Do you need a high-speed password vault to protect privileged accounts? If so, how fast is fast enough? These are the questions we’ve been asking to develop…
Key Takeaways from the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
May 21st, 2019
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2019 is now publicly available to download or read online. It’s the 12th edition, and not surprisingly, it reveals that cyber criminals are still successfully using their hacking techniques—many of which are very common—and that we have failed to stop them. However, we are getting better at stopping them.…
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