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Engaging the Stakeholders of ECM

Engaging the Stakeholders of ECM Engaging the Stakeholders of ECM In today’s Digital Age, data and information are an organization’s lifeblood: What are the 3Q revenues from our best-selling product? How many workers under age 30 do we employ? How many software licenses in our IT enterprise are set to

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New Phishing Wave Targets Online Banking and Digital Payment Customers

Cyren researchers are seeing a new phishing technique targeting online banking users from Wells Fargo, Chase and Capital One, along with digital payment customers from Paypal and Venmo, among others. This new wave of phishing attacks builds on previously known techniques. Phishing email attachments, for example, rely relying on email

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IAM Concept of the Week: Authentication versus Authorization

Introducing our new Concept of the Week blog series – Each week we’ll define and explain the significance of a concept in the world of Identity and Access Management. This week’s post is short but involves two critical and related terms: authentication and authorization. These terms are frequently confused mainly

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New Cerber Ransomware-as-a-Service Causing Fresh Outbreaks

Cerber ransomware first appeared in February 2016, and according to initial reports (by SenseCy) it was offered in the form of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), where affiliates can join in order to distribute the ransomware, while the Cerber developers earn a commission from each ransom payment. Cyren is now detecting fresh outbreaks

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IAM Concept of the Week: FIDO (Fast Identity Online)

IAM Concept of the Week blog series – Each week we define and explain the significance of a concept in the world of Identity and Access Management. This week our IAM Concept of the Week deals with FIDO (Fast Identity Online), an authentication technology largely based on biometrics. FIDO is supported by

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Streamlining the Serious Business of Due Diligence

Streamlining the Serious Business of Due Diligence Although the concept of “due diligence” has become widely accepted as any painstakingly detailed process of investigating and verifying the validity of a fact or situation, the phrase takes on a more profound level of meticulous research when used in the context of

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Concept of the Week: SAML, OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

Introducing our new IAM Concept of the Week blog series – Each week we’ll define and explain the significance of a concept in the world of Identity and Access Management.This week let’s talk about 3 protocols – SAML, OAuth and OpenID Connect – that are often mentioned when discussing authentication

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