Protection Archives

November 15, 2017

Identity Theft’s Reality

ID Agent is excited to offer this guest blog post from Megan Wells. Megan is a data journalist and content strategist at InvestmentZen who has written content on how data theft impacts Americans, technological interventions for personal and commercial finance and content for IBM and NASDAQ. With her examination of costs and the impact of Data Breaches, she shares how detrimental identity theft can be for MSP customers and their employees. Be sure to download her useful Infographic at the link below!

June 16, 2017

63% of Data Breaches Result From Weak or Stolen Passwords

In its recent 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon Enterprise confirmed many industry trends that we see at ID Agent every day. The most glaring blind spot for organizations is how stolen credentials are the primary means by which hackers exploit their vital systems.

June 15, 2017

OneLogin – When Password Storing Goes Wrong

OneLogin, a company that provides single sign-on capabilities to safely store passwords of over 23 million users including 2,000 businesses, has suffered a compromise that included the ability to decrypt customer data. In a recent blog, the company revealed that an attack occurred May 31st at 2 am and was identified by a staff member around 9 am. Through that attack, sensitive information such as user information: passwords and emails, various keys from companies and login credentials for a slew of cloud applications were potentially compromised. In the OneLogin blog post, it was stated that they “…cannot rule out the possibility that the threat actor also obtained the ability to decrypt data.” And according to the email sent out after the breach, customers were instructed on steps they should take to proactively prepare themselves. They were advised to force a OneLogin Directory Password Reset for end users, update credentials on 3rd party apps for provisioning and to do numerous other things. The email also included further updates and information.

June 01, 2017

How to Detect if Your Organization’s Email Credentials Have Been Stolen & How to Prevent Phishing.

Stolen email credentials are an often exploited vulnerability for government and corporate networks. In fact, Verizon announced in a recent study that 91% of phishing attacks specifically targeted email credentials.

May 22, 2017

Five Steps to Protect Your C-Suite from Corporate Identity Theft

Since 2003, the FBI has tracked more than $740 million dollars lost to business email compromise (BEC) fraud in the United States. Who’s the main target? None other than the C-Suite. Led by organized online criminal groups, BEC is one of the fastest growing types of financial fraud.

May 18, 2017

Three Types of Business E-Mail Compromise Scams You Need to Recognize

The internet has changed the way businesses operate around the world. Having access to a tool of this caliber is essential to the way corporations function today, but it also has its downfalls. In this case, we’re referring to the incredibly dangerous threat most business owners are either unaware of or hardly ever think about – cybercrimes like Business Email Compromises (BEC).

May 11, 2017

Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Customers’ Data?

Protecting sensitive customer data on your networks isn’t just the right thing to do – it may now be a legally sanctioned practice. Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was granted broad authority to penalize companies that had inadequate cybersecurity practices in place to protect their customers’ information from data breaches.

April 27, 2017

The Anatomy of an Email Data Breach

Verizon’s recent announcement of a data breach in their Enterprise Solutions unit is just the most recent of a staggeringly high number of organizational data breaches in the U.S.

April 24, 2017

4 Steps You Can Take to Safeguard Protected Health Information

The digitization of medical care has become a double-edged sword. Healthcare providers like Kaiser Permanente have used medical records to improve the health of their members. In 2015, the National Committee for Quality Assurance found that Kaiser Permanente ranked first in 21 different healthcare quality measures, more than any other health plan in the country. Kaiser’s quality of care is due in no small part to its sophisticated medical records system.

April 10, 2017

5 Ways to Better Secure Your Employees’ Passwords

As providers of comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, we’re often asked how an organization can better ensure that their employees are being safe online. There are numerous ways to prevent a data breach, from the implementation of a threat intelligence tool to network security protocols thatscreen your supply chain.

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