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By using an alternative means of authentication, you can now go passwordless on your Microsoft account. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock Those of you who use a Microsoft account to sign into Windows, Office, Outlook or other Microsoft apps and services can now fully jettison your password as another step toward a passwordless future. In a blog post published Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the passwordless sign-in option that rolled out to business users in March is now…

For this week’s executive spotlight, I’m highlighting Kathleen Curry, senior vice president, Global Enterprise Channels at McAfee Enterprise. Curry was named one of CRN’s 2021 Channel Chiefs. Joining the company in April 2020, she was acknowledged for her contributions expanding our partner program initiatives to reward partners for servicing customers in line with their modern needs and consumption preferences. This includes spearheading McAfee Enterprises’ “channel first” initiative and ethos, aimed to better empower our channel partner…

One out of every two on-premises databases has at least one vulnerability, according to a study from Imperva Research Labs. Image: iStock/GaudiLab Exploiting security flaws is one of the major tactics used by cybercriminals to attack organizations. Vulnerabilities are an unfortunate fact of life for operating systems, applications, hardware devices and last, but not least, databases. An attack against a database can easily compromise sensitive and confidential user and customer data. A report released Tuesday…

Three former members of the United States military or United States Intelligence Community (USIC) have been fined for providing hacking-related services to a foreign government.  United States citizens, 49-year-old Marc Baier and 34-year-old Ryan Adams, and 40-year-old former US citizen Daniel Gericke were investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over claims that they had violated U.S. export control, computer fraud, and access device fraud laws.  On September 7, the three men entered into a deferred prosecution…

Tuesday is National Online Learning Day. To ring in the holiday, we’ve crafted a guide to help students of all ages stay safe online and protect the home network in the virtual classroom. Image: GettyImages/Marko Geber Since the onset of COVID-19, online learning has been transformed into a standard part of the school day for students and teachers around the globe. While virtual learning may help schools safely continue operations during the coronavirus pandemic, the…