Security

Businesses archive their data for a lot of reasons, but what is the most critical use case for archiving? For security or for posterity?

Bluetooth security… Some consider it an oxymoron, like ‘global intelligence’ community or ‘offshore support’ while others recognize Bluetooth flaws and understand their causes. Whatever side of the fence your opinions lie, it’s fair to observe that Bluetooth has its...

In this Have You Met? podcast, we sat down with Daniel Hotz of QBITS, a Progress partner based in Switzerland, to see how they are implementing MOVEit managed file transfer in the various regions they serve clients.

Efficient collaboration and peer-to-peer file transfer are important for any job, but you don't want to do it in a way that leaves data unprotected.

In this article, we discuss how to grant users simple admin rights temporarily like installing software. This helps keep IT from getting bogged down.

Ah, cryptography. It’s so important to us in our every day lives and yet it has one of the longest and confusing pasts of any type of technology we use today.

Username and password may be the de-facto means of authentication for many organizations, but they can easily be the weakest link in security controls. In this article, we’ll detail why Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be paired with encryption for top-level...

Since encryption is used to secure data, it would seem only natural that encrypting something twice would increase security. However, that isn't always the case.

There are basically two ways to keep data out of the hands of hackers. One is to protect every endpoint leading to it, making it essentially inaccessible. The other is to encrypt the data, so that even if hackers get to the document they cannot read it. But where should...

DevOps, the latest in software engineering and IT operations trends, defines a set of processes, tools, practices, and interactions that foster collaboration between developers and operations to achieve high-quality business outcomes. In this article, we are going to...

Scripting is a popular and powerful choice to automate repeatable file transfer tasks. It can be horrifying, though, to discover just how many scripts are relied on for the successful operation of your infrastructure. This and the time they take to execute are sure to...

A pass the hash attack is a common attack vector utilized by many adversaries. In this attack, a Windows username is paired with the hashed value of a Windows account password. Let's take a deeper look.

If you are a Windows user, you have likely heard of Microsoft AppLocker. This whitelisting program allows Windows users to protect itself from disk based malware by way of restricting executable programs to a specific list of paths, hashes, or signed applications....

If you work in the cyber security field, chances are you've run into current or former black hats. But some of these hackers have put their dark pasts behind them and are doing great things in the world cyber security research today. The big question is should an...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We are living in the age of the data breach. Now more than ever, our lives are defined by the massive data sets built from our online presence, and now more than ever, they are routinely disrupted when those data sets fall into...

Understanding and complying with data protection and privacy regulations is hard enough. With all of the jargon and acronyms thrown around, it can sometimes feel like lawyers and regulators don't want you to understand. Fear not, we've put together a comprehensive data...

The EU’s PSD2 directive (a revised payment service directive) aims to regulate electronic payments in EU member countries. It has no impact on traditional paper-based transactions.

If you are doing business in Australia, then you will need to study up on the Federal Privacy Act 1988 and its underlying principles.

In this post, we’ll break down Brazil’s General Data Protection Law—who needs to comply, what is protected, and how to meet its requirements.

Many years since the initial publication of ISO 20022, more and more financial firms are beginning to leverage the standard.