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Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Comparing top identity and access management certifications
Holding an identity and access management certification demonstrates knowledge of security fundamentals, plus it can yield rewarding career and networking opportunities.
Paul Kirvan, Katie Donegan • Feb. 5, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Cloud PAM benefits, challenges and adoption best practices
Cloud PAM helps organizations manage access to privileged accounts to keep cloud data and applications secured. Is it right for your organization?
Dave Shackleford • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Data sovereignty compliance challenges and best practices
Organizations that use the cloud face stiff challenges in complying with data sovereignty laws and regulations. The first step: Understand which laws apply.
Damon Garn • Jan. 24, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
10 cybersecurity certifications to boost your career in 2025
A consensus of industry professionals rank these 10 security certifications as the most coveted by employers and security pros -- plus links to 10 vendor security certifications.
Steve Zurier • Jan. 22, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to prevent living-off-the-land attacks
Living-off-the-land attacks have been around since the dawn of modern computing, but they're drawing new attention from threat actors eager to find ways to penetrate defenses.
Amanda Scheldt • Jan. 21, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Top 12 online cybersecurity courses for 2025
Our panel of experts picked the best free and paid online cybersecurity courses for professionals looking to advance their careers and for newbies breaking into the field.
Steve Zurier • Jan. 14, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
10 must-have cybersecurity skills for career success in 2025
Looking to advance your cybersecurity career? Here are the skills you need to win a CISO job, land a threat hunter gig and snag other security positions in high demand.
Steve Zurier • Jan. 13, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Enterprise cybersecurity hygiene checklist for 2025
Enterprise cybersecurity hygiene must be a shared responsibility between employees and employers. Learn how both can get the job done with this checklist.
Ashwin Krishnan • Jan. 7, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Top 7 enterprise cybersecurity challenges in 2025
Security teams faced unprecedented challenges in 2024. The year ahead appears no less daunting. Here are the cybersecurity trends and safeguards to consider in 2025.
Sharon Shea • Jan. 2, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Are password managers safe for enterprise use?
Password managers have benefits, but they are also subject to attacks that can put organizations at substantial risk. So, are they safe?
Matthew Smith • Dec. 17, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The pros and cons of biometric authentication
Biometric authentication can be a solid supplement to passwords when securing data and systems. But understanding potential drawbacks, and planning to minimize them, is essential.
Char Sample • Dec. 17, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The 10 best cloud security certifications for IT pros in 2025
Certifications can help security pros prove their baseline knowledge of infosec topics. Consider adding these top cloud security certifications to your arsenal.
Sharon Shea • Dec. 17, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to mitigate wiper malware
A wiperware cyberattack can change the game for organizations because it causes complete destruction of data and systems. Find out how to protect your organization.
Ravi Das • Dec. 16, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
9 identity and access management trends to watch in 2025
Identity threats continue to change and so, too, do the defenses developed to address those security challenges. Be ready for what's coming next in IAM.
Phil Sweeney • Dec. 12, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
7 must-know IAM standards in 2025
Does your IAM program need OAuth or OpenID Connect? Or maybe both? Let's look at the various standards and protocols that make identity management function.
Sean Kerner • Dec. 12, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to protect against malware as a service
Malware operators are further monetizing their malicious software by selling it to other attackers on a subscription basis. Learn how to detect and mitigate the threat.
Ashwin Krishnan • Dec. 4, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to recover from a DDoS attack
Learn how to recover from a DDoS attack and get operations back online quickly, while minimizing impact on customers and brand reputation.
Michael Cobb • Dec. 4, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to build an effective third-party risk assessment framework
Don't overlook the threats associated with connecting vendors and partners to internal systems. Do your due diligence and use third-party risk assessments to prevent supply chain attacks.
Amy DeCarlo • Nov. 27, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How AI is reshaping threat intelligence
As promising as AI technology is for threat intelligence, organizations grapple with a long learning curve and other challenges that could impede successful adoption.
Amy DeCarlo and Sharon Shea • Nov. 27, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to test firewall rules with Nmap
Using Nmap to identify potential shortfalls in the rules used to govern firewall performance gives teams an easy and cost-effective way to plug holes in their security frameworks.
Damon Garn • Nov. 21, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
4 types of access control
Access management is the gatekeeper, making sure a device or person can gain entry only to the systems or applications to which they have been granted permission.
Amy DeCarlo • Nov. 20, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
User provisioning and deprovisioning: Why it matters for IAM
Overprivileged and orphaned user identities pose risks. Cybersecurity teams should be sure user profiles grant only appropriate access -- and only for as long as necessary.
Dave Shackleford • Nov. 20, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What skills are needed for a successful career in IAM?
In the zero-trust era, identity management is critical to an organization's cybersecurity posture. What skills are required to transition into a career in IAM?
Amy DeCarlo • Nov. 19, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Biometric privacy and security challenges to know
Fingerprints and facial scans can make identity access more convenient than passwords, but biometric tools present significant ethical and legal challenges.
Mary Pratt • Nov. 19, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What CISOs need to know to build an OT cybersecurity program
More companies are tasking CISOs with operational technology security. But this oversight means a new strategy for those unfamiliar with building an effective OT security program.
Amy DeCarlo and Sharon Shea • Nov. 18, 2024
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