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Updated on July 3, 2023. Supply chain attacks are a clear and present danger to organizations in all industries, but many companies underestimate this threat. To protect against supply chain attacks,  organizations should establish vendor security requirements, use a zero-trust model, keep up with regular software updates and prepare an incident response plan. Continue reading

While many organizations treat governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) as a standalone department, GRC impacts every area of the enterprise. The negative impact of siloing GRC from the rest of the organization is especially clear during compliance audits. The audit process — already complex and time-consuming — is made even more difficult as GRC personnel

Microsoft made a bold statement last week when it suddenly announced that their users can now ditch their passwords and log in using Microsoft Authenticator, Windows Hello, a physical security key like a Yubikey, or an SMS/email verification code. Microsoft rolled out passwordless login for its business and education customers earlier this year, but this

It’s that time of the year again. Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which occurs every October, is an important annual event where government and industry leaders work together to increase awareness of cybersecurity best practices. This time last year, organizations and consumers were scrambling to adjust to the new everything-from-home realities ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stating that the U.S. federal government “can no longer depend on perimeter-based defenses to keep its critical systems and data safe,” the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a draft memorandum outlining a very aggressive goal: to have all federal agencies adopt a zero-trust security architecture by 2024.

Keeper is pleased to announce a special 30% discount off our Keeper Unlimited and Family Plans to active duty and retired military, first responders, and healthcare workers, including: Reservists and National Guardsmen Veterans and retirees Military spouses, including surviving spouses, and dependent family members Firefighters, EMTs, law enforcement personnel, and other first responders Nurses, physicians,

One week after T-Mobile initially disclosed that it had been victimized by a data breach, the news just keeps getting worse for the telecom giant. What the company originally thought was a breach impacting just under 50 million consumers has now grown to over 53 million — and, as T-Mobile stresses on its website, it

A new report from the Ponemon Institute, commissioned by IBM Security, reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed data breach costs to record highs, and consistent with other studies, most breaches involve compromised login credentials. According to “Cost of a Data Breach 2021,” organizations can expect to shell out an average of $4.24 million per incident,

Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day! This Friday, July 30, 2021, is the 22nd annual System Administrator Appreciation Day, when organizations around the world demonstrate their appreciation to their hard-working SysAdmins. What is a SysAdmin? Systems administrators are the unsung heroes who toil behind the scenes to keep IT systems around the world running and secure. As

A year ago, many people outside the security community had no idea what ransomware was. Now that major attacks have grabbed headlines and attracted the attention of the U.S. Congress and the White House, “ransomware” has entered the common vernacular. While much has been written about eye-popping ransomware demands, not much has been reported about

Cyber attacks in the UK are becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and destructive while businesses are underprepared to counter them, according to Keeper Security’s 2021 UK Cybersecurity Census Report. To compile the report, Keeper partnered with Sapio Research to interview 1,000 senior IT decision-makers across the UK. Here are 5 key findings from our study. 1.

Sharing passwords in the workplace is a common practice. According to our Workplace Password Malpractice Report,46% of employees in the U.S. share work-related passwords for accounts that are used by multiple co-workers. More than a third (34%) share passwords with co-workers on the same team, 32% share passwords with managers, and 19% share passwords with

Even under the best of circumstances, job-hunting is stressful. It’s even more stressful when applicants can’t be sure if the “dream job” they’re about to apply to even exists. In Illinois alone, job applicants lost $1.68 million to hiring scams in 2020. Anatomy of a Hiring Scam Hiring scams can take many different forms, most

FBI Director Christopher Wray made waves recently when, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, he compared the threat of ransomware to global terrorism after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: “There are a lot of parallels, there’s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention.

With cyber threats increasing in frequency, sophistication, and cost, it’s crucial that organizations receive security alerts in real time. That’s why Keeper is pleased to announce that we’ve integrated webhooks into our Advanced Reporting and Alerts Module (ARAM). Let’s take a look at this new feature! What Are Webhooks? In their simplest form, webhooks are

COVID-19 ignited a cyber pandemic as both public sector organizations and private-sector firms scrambled to cram years of digital transformation and modernization into a few weeks. As the populace is vaccinated, and the threat of disease gradually recedes, the cyber pandemic rages on, and some security experts are questioning whether the worst is yet to

This week marks the third anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is arguably the most far-reaching data privacy and security law to date. Any organization that conducts business with individuals or organizations in the European Union must comply with the GDPR, even if the organization has no physical presence in the EU.

We are happy to announce that the world’s most secure messaging app, KeeperChat, is now free to all personal users. Standard SMS text messages aren’t very secure. Because the messages users send and receive aren’t end-to-end encrypted, they can be accessed and read by their mobile provider. Additionally, mobile providers store message metadata — including

With President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity, the United States has taken decisive action in the war against cybercrime. By mandating the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and encryption from the ground up, this crucial Executive Order (EO). addresses what is arguably the most vulnerable area in both public and private-sector organizations: password security. Passwords

The threat of ransomware has loomed over critical infrastructure, such as utilities and transportation networks, for years. A 2018 report by the American Petroleum Institute warned of dire risks to the national gas and oil industry, and last month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a focused 100-day initiative to modernize the nation’s electric grid