Data Breaches: How to Protect Your Information
"Data breach" is one of those terms you see in the news when an organization's data has been compromised. But, what does it actually mean? Finding out that your personal information was found in a data breach can be terrifying (it doesn’t need to be), uninteresting (it shouldn't be), or confusing (hopefully it won't be by the time you finish reading this). Plenty of services these days will alert you about your email address turning up in a database of stolen data but it’s important to understand what this means and what to do about it to protect yourself and/or your business.
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Single Sign-On Solutions for Small Businesses
Every morning at work seems to start off the same. You spend at least 5 minutes logging into every account you’ll need to get your job done. If you want this to go quicker, you might use the same, easy-to-remember password for every account — after all, you want quick and easy access to all your accounts. If you’ve prioritized the security of these accounts, each will be protected with a unique, complex password making the process take even longer (assuming you can remember them all). The most effective and simplest solution to this constant headache is to incorporate single sign-on (SSO) technology into your company’s workflow.
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What Does MFA Stand For?
Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, requires more than one step for users to log in to an account in order to improve security. Rather than just entering your password to log in, you’ll need to perform a second step to confirm your identity. You probably already use some form of MFA with your personal accounts. For example, you have to enter a PIN after swiping your ATM card, and often have to use a text or email verification code when you’re trying to log into an account on a new device.
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The Perils of Shared WiFi Passwords
How many times have you asked or been asked for the WiFi password? And how many times have you given your home WiFi password to someone you don’t know that well? Ever given your company WiFi password to someone outside your company? How many times would you guess your colleagues have done it? Shared WiFi passwords can easily fall into the wrong hands.
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Why You Need Single Sign-On
How confident are you about the security of your organization’s cloud apps? How many of your accounts use the same weak password? Have you ever found yourself locked out of a critical system minutes before an important deadline?
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