An involuntary data breach is a data breach where you information got compromised without your direct involvement. This is typically where your information is stored in a data location that you're unaware of, or have no control over. In a recent security incident, my own contact details have been exposed, through a friend's compromised phone. This is the story of that event.
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication process that allows users to access multiple applications or services with one set of login credentials—typically a username and password. Instead of having to log in separately to each application, users authenticate once through a central identity provider, which then grants access to connected systems. This approach simplifies the user experience by reducing password fatigue and improving productivity, as users no longer need to manage multiple accounts or remember numerous passwords. SSO also enhances security by centralizing authentication and allowing for more robust controls, such as multi-factor authentication and centralized monitoring, thereby reducing the attack surface for potential breaches.
Another security breach has made the news. This time the folks at Ticketek are having a hard time explaining why ...customers' names, emails and dates of birth may have been accessed in cyber security breach.
I will always have a soft spot for AWS as my preferred cloud provider. A few weeks ago I was asked to develop a solution on Google Cloud, and while at first I had my reservations, it didn't take long for me to start liking it.
Having some form of automated security reporting platform will help organisations to have real-time visibility of the security posture across their environment. By tailoring the dashboards to different audiences (or personas), CISOs and CIOs can leverage data for decision-making, giving visibility to all levels within the organisation.
Back in 2021, I talked about how I moved my website away from Wordpress and onto a static-generated site using mkdocs. A few things have changed since then.
Vulnerability management is a continuous, proactive, and often automated process that keeps your computer systems, networks, and enterprise applications safe from cyber-attacks and data breaches by ensuring any weaknesses in the underlying software are updated.
We've become accustomed to seeing HTTPS on our websites, yet there are still some that simply refuse to use HTTPS. Our favourite Bureau of Meteorology is exactly one such case.
MRTG - an age-old graphing tool used by network administrators all over the world. But it's not just for networking systems. I've used it to monitor various things. In this how-to, I'll walk you through how you can create a simple MRTG system to track pretty much anything.
We all have passwords, and the volume of passwords we need to manage is not slowing down. Most of the sites we interact with have some sort of a password policy that forces you to go through a process of trying to create them. I have written about this before.