Logical Security

RSS

Organizations across America are facing unprecedented challenges in building effective, manageable security programs in order to protect the wide array of sensitive data they are responsible for keeping safe.

It’s hard to believe that over a decade has passed since PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was first introduced in 2004 as the information security standard for organizations that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Although it’s become a mature industry standard, two problems remain.

One of the most important, and often overlooked, components to a robust security plan is communicating with your customers.

Staggering numbers from security experts suggest that over 95 percent of all corporations have experienced a data breach of some kind – many of which can go undetected for months or years.

As much of our day-to-day lives migrate into the digital realm, the need to secure our personal data, both online and on mobile devices, has become blindingly obvious.

Single sign-on (SSO) is a biometric identification management system that allows end users the ability to provide their biometric credentials in place of a password, token, or personal identification number (PIN) as a secure method of system or database access.

Ground chuck and filet mignon are two very different types of beef. Ground chuck is priced for everyday meals. Filet mignon, however, is a luxury cut, prized for its tenderness with a price tag to match. Beef may be what’s for dinner, but what kind clearly matters to the consumer.

Many organizations look at security from yesterday’s paradigm – a “we versus they” mentality that pits business productivity against security.

Authenticating users and securely communicating authorization information with a cloud application – or any Web-based portal – requires a common endpoint acting as the enterprise IdP.