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One Year into GDPR: What's Changed? (Thu, 23 May 2019)
A year after implementation, the European data privacy regulation has improved data handling, but the biggest changes may be yet to come.
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How to Run a Threat Hunting Program (Fri, 17 May 2019)
What is threat hunting, how do you do it, and what tools and training do you need to do it right? We answer all that and more about this security tool.
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New research: How effective is basic account hygiene at preventing hijacking (Fri, 17 May 2019)

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Advisory: Security Issue with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Titan Security Keys (Wed, 15 May 2019)

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How to Comply with GDPR (Sat, 11 May 2019)
In our comprehensive guide to GDPR compliance, we outline the technologies and strategies that can help you comply with the data privacy law.
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What’s New in Android Q Security (Thu, 09 May 2019)

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Queue the Hardening Enhancements (Thu, 09 May 2019)

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Quantifying Measurable Security (Wed, 08 May 2019)

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9 Top Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions (Wed, 08 May 2019)
Network access control is critical for controlling the security of devices that attach to your network. We review nine NAC solutions.
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FortiNAC: Network Access Product Overview and Insight (Wed, 08 May 2019)
Fortinet's network access control (NAC) solution supports 30,000 ports per server and offers real-time automated threat response.
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Google CTF 2019 is here (Fri, 03 May 2019)

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From Insiders to Endpoints, Security Risks Remain High: Research (Tue, 30 Apr 2019)
Organizations remain under attack both from within and without. We highlight current and emerging risks and the protections organizations need.
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IT Security Vulnerability Roundup – April 2019 (Mon, 29 Apr 2019)
We examine a dozen highly critical vulnerabilities disclosed within the past month.
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10 Top Single Sign-On Solutions (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Single sign-on solutions can make access management easier for security teams, and the most sophisticated can adapt as risks change. Here are 10 of the best.
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IBM Authentication Solutions: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review IBM's single sign-on solutions, the on-premises IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM) and the Cloud Identity IDaaS offering.
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ForgeRock Identity Platform: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review the ForgeRock Identity Platform, which provides single sign-on (SSO) capabilities as well as other identity and access management features.
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Okta Identity Cloud: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Okta Identity Cloud, an identification-as-a-service offering used by more than 4,000 organizations.
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Micro Focus Access Manager: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Micro Focus Access Manager, a single sign-on solution available as an appliance, software or cloud-based service.
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OneLogin Unified Access Management Platform: Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review OneLogin Unified Access Management Platform, which scales from less than 10 users to more than 100,000.
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CA Single Sign-On: Product Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review CA Single Sign-On, which can scale to handle more than 80 million users and 3 billion transactions per month.
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Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On: Product Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Oracle's two single sign-on solutions, Identity Cloud Service and Access Management, used by some of the world's largest companies.
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Ping Identity: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Ping Identity, which provides single sign-on capabilities to some of the largest companies in the world.
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Idaptive Application Services: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Idaptive Application Services, which offers single-sign on capabilities as part of its Zero Trust Security approach.
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Microsoft Azure Active Directory: Single Sign-On Overview and Analysis (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
We review Microsoft Azure Active Directory, an affordable, cloud-based single sign-on solution used by companies of all sizes.
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Better protection against Man in the Middle phishing attacks (Thu, 18 Apr 2019)

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The Android Platform Security Model (Thu, 18 Apr 2019)

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How to Conduct a Vulnerability Assessment: 5 Steps toward Better Cybersecurity (Wed, 17 Apr 2019)
A vulnerability assessment is a core requirement for IT security. We outline the benefits and steps for keeping your network and data safe.
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How to Manage a Security Operations Center (Wed, 10 Apr 2019)
We define security operations centers (SOCs), including how they should be designed, run and staffed, and the technologies needed to make them work.
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Gmail making email more secure with MTA-STS standard (Wed, 10 Apr 2019)

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Android Security & Privacy Year in Review 2018: Keeping two billion users, and their data, safe and sound (Fri, 29 Mar 2019)

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Managed Google Play earns key certifications for security and privacy (Thu, 21 Mar 2019)

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Open-sourcing Sandboxed API (Mon, 18 Mar 2019)

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Disclosing vulnerabilities to protect users across platforms (Thu, 07 Mar 2019)

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Android Security Improvement update: Helping developers harden their apps, one thwarted vulnerability at a time (Thu, 28 Feb 2019)

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Google Play Protect in 2018: New updates to keep Android users secure (Tue, 26 Feb 2019)

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How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2018 (Wed, 13 Feb 2019)

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Open sourcing ClusterFuzz (Thu, 07 Feb 2019)

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Introducing Adiantum: Encryption for the Next Billion Users (Thu, 07 Feb 2019)

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Protect your accounts from data breaches with Password Checkup (Tue, 05 Feb 2019)

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PHA Family Highlights: Zen and its cousins (Fri, 11 Jan 2019)

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Google Public DNS now supports DNS-over-TLS (Wed, 09 Jan 2019)

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Android Pie à la mode: Security & Privacy (Thu, 20 Dec 2018)

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New Keystore features keep your slice of Android Pie a little safer (Wed, 12 Dec 2018)

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Tackling ads abuse in apps and SDKs (Fri, 07 Dec 2018)

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ASPIRE to keep protecting billions of Android users (Wed, 05 Dec 2018)

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Latest Intelligence for October 2017 (Fri, 10 Nov 2017)
Symantec research shows users to be twice as likely to encounter threats through email as any other infection vector, and the spam rate declines slightly for the second month in a row.

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Sowbug: Cyber espionage group targets South American and Southeast Asian governments (Tue, 07 Nov 2017)
Group uses custom Felismus malware and has a particular interest in South American foreign policy.

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Ramnit worm: Still turning up in unlikely places (Fri, 27 Oct 2017)
Over 90 Ramnit-infected apps removed from Google Play.

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BadRabbit: New strain of ransomware hits Russia and Ukraine (Wed, 25 Oct 2017)
BadRabbit is self-propagating and has many similarities to the June 2017 Petya / NotPetya outbreak.