How to Protect Yourself From Email Hacking
We have almost stopped writing paper letters, those on crispy brand-new sheets. The lion’s share of the correspondence is now sent via emails. And often it is not even personal correspondence. For personal purposes, we have different messengers and can have an interactive dialogue. Usually, emails are used for sending business letters, which contain sensitive information. Thus, the email data protection is extremely important...
SMS Authentication: All Pros and Cons Explained
It’s delightful to see that more and more websites, apps and services employ MFA and even make this type of log-in protection a mandatory feature. What makes us a bit concerned, is that a huge portion of those websites still opt for SMS 2fa. Despite the facts that SMS verification has too many limitations and has been proven to be a lot less secure as any other two-factor authentication method. In fact, NIST (the National Institute of...
4 Reasons Two-Factor Authentication Isn’t a Panacea
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an indispensable cybersecurity measure used to protect data. Most of the modern information security standards despite the area of application such as PCI DSS, PSD2, HIPAA, etc., demand the multifactor authentication (MFA) among other data protection methods. This approach allows mitigating the danger coming from such attack vectors as brute force password cracking, keylogging, social engineering,...
Duo Security vs Protectimus
Recently, Cisco declared its intention to purchase Duo Security for US$2.35 billion. Naturally, this is an important event not only for Duo Security, but for the entire multi-factor authentication industry. A sale of this magnitude confirms that the demand for two-factor authentication is higher than ever before. This also shows that there is a demand for simpler, less expensive means of delivering one-time passwords, since Duo...
Duo Security vs Protectimus: Features
In Duo Security vs Protectimus, we touched on all the aspects of Duo and Protectimus two-factor authentication solutions. We examined the technologies these companies use, their methods of delivering one-time passwords, the availability of an API and pre-made plugins for integration, pricing, availability in cloud-based and on-premise forms, and — briefly — the features of each solution. In this article, we describe in greater detail...