Can the challenge of synchronizing passwords between Active Directory and SAP be overcome?
SAP users within a large enterprise tend to login to their local machines using their system credentials, which are in turn validated against the enterprise’s Active Directory infrastructure. Following this, users login to their chosen SAP instance using their SAP credentials. These are [...]
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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In theory, biometrics are a great way to authenticate a user: it’s impossible to lose your fingerprint (barring the most gruesome of developments), you can’t forget it like you could a password, and it’s unique to you. In practice, though, there are so many things that, for now, limit a more widespread use of this [...]
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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HMRC has identified people as key to the success of its information security programme after a data breach in 2007 when it lost the personal details of 25 million people. Jeff Brooker, head of security and business continuity at HMRC, told the first annual Human Factors in Information Security Conference in London that getting the [...]
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Experts say a series of emerging threats, including a recent crack in the GSM encryption algorithm, poses new dangers to enterprise voice data security.
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February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Cloud security, sophisticated attacks will be among hot topics, industry watchers say.
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Questions have been raised about the feasibility of biometrics as an authentication method if the data was hacked.
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According to IBM’s annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report, the number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent.
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February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Ein führender Internetinformationsdienst berichtete kürzlich über eine größere Phishing-Attacke auf das Experi-Metal Inc.’s (EMI) Bankkonto. EMI gab an, dass durch die Attacke mehr als $ 550.000 vom Bankkonto bei der in Dallas ansässigen Bank Comerica gestohlen werden konnte und nach Übersee geschickt wurde.
Das Unternehmen hat jetzt Klage gegen die Bank eingereicht und wirft ihr vor, [...]
February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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The NIST has released updated versions of three publications with guidelines for securing government information systems and protecting data on Personal Identity Verification cards.
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February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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A report about the state of the Web by Zscaler indicates that cyber criminals have transferred the focus of their attacks from web and email servers to end user systems. Their goal is to compromise the system and enter it there where the security chain presents its weakest link – the end user. The end [...]
February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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