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Misuse of Multi-Factor Authentication

When it comes to authentication, multi-factor authentication is the name of the game. We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on the topic previously, and using a combination of some things that you know, are or have can help massively to secure your online accounts. However, mishandling multiple methods of authentication can actually make you more vulnerable than if you were just using the one method—you can end up with ‘below-one’-factor authentication, and nobody wants that.

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How to Handle SaaSS: Part 2

In the first part of this series, we talked about the ideas behind Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings and the distinction between such products and what the Free Software Foundation calls Service-as-a-Software-Substitute (SaaSS) products—i.e., software that does not necessarily have to be hosted remotely, but is.

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RIP Passwords

Passwords are as naff as they are incredibly prevalent. The death of passwords has been predicted many times over the years, for example by some guy called Bill Gates way back in 2004. Clearly, predictions are a risky game, but recent developments suggest that we may, actually, honestly, finally be about to see the death of passwords—they shall certainly not be missed, if so. In this article, we will look at the newly-minted WebAuthn standard for Web authentication, and what it may mean for authentication.

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The Unified Kill Chain: Part 2

In this series, we are looking through the Unified Kill Chain. In the previous part, we looked at two previous attempts to model the behaviour of a cyber attacker. Both were ultimately flawed, and in this part we will introduce a third proposed model which combines the best of both: the Unified Kill Chain.

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How to Handle SaaSS: Part 1

We’ve previously discussed the nature of ‘the Cloud’—a.k.a. ‘someone else’s computer’—and how it may have an impact on your business decisions, particularly when it comes to file storage. However, ‘the Cloud’ is a term that encompasses many disparate offerings, from the lowest-level Infrastrucutre-as-a-Service (IaaS) to the increasingly popular Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. In this article, we will focus on what a SaaS product actually is, and what that may mean for you and your company.

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What is an APT?

A lot of cyber security discussion lately is centred around the actions and identities of a range of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). You may have found yourself wondering just what these threats are, what differentiates them from the more bogstandard kinds of threat that you are used to and who they pose the most risk to.

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6TB Citrix Data Breach

Cloud computing and software company Citrix have recently been the victim of a major cyber attack, with attackers gaining access to what cyber security firm Resecurity claims is ‘at least 6 terabytes of sensitive data stored in the Citrix enterprise network, including e-mail correspondence, files in network shares and other services used for project management and procurement.’

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Storage in the Cloud: Part 2

In the previous part, we discussed what the Cloud—particularly when used for storage purposes—really is, and some security concerns that may arise from this better understanding. In this second part, we will run through some more points for ensuring that your file storage procedures are secure, and present an analogy to help you think about your processes.

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Storage in the Cloud: Part 1

Remember back to when you were little, and you had just found out that Santa Claus wasn’t real, or the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny (if you are only just learning this now, I apologise). Get ready to relive that experience today, because I am going to let you in on one of the tech. industry’s dirty secrets. Ready? Here goes: the Cloud doesn’t exist. I imagine I’ve just blown your socks off, so I’ll give you a moment to go pick them back up.

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