If I were to ask you why you scanned for compliance at your company, I’d bet you’d tell me it was to help you pass requirements easier, to ensure that your audits are good on the first pass and so that you could troubleshoot technical issues with another process. You didn’t know about that last one? Wait, are you telling me you don’t know about the hidden benefits of compliance that you’re getting? Let’s talk….

So you’ve got a basic understanding of customer identity and access management (CIAM) and why it’s so important. Now it’s time to determine where you fall on Okta’s CIAM Maturity Curve and how to use that assessment to your advantage. In this second episode of our 5-episode podcast, The C-level Strategic Guide for CIAM Investment, we explore the first level on the CIAM Maturity Curve: basic. At this phase you’ve built critical identity security features…

Experts found a bug in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol Apple AirDrop that could expose user’s contact information. Boffins from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, have discovered a privacy issue in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol Apple AirDrop that could expose user’s contact information, such as email addresses and phone numbers. “A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) and the Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) at TU Darmstadt took a closer look at this mechanism…

The latest update to Apple’s Big Sur includes critical security patches, which is why Cory Bohon advises upgrading your macOS devices now. Image: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Apple released macOS 11.3 on April 26, 2021 to the public. The 11.3 update to Big Sur is available to all compatible systems.  This update includes a serious security update that fixes a zero-day exploit related to the File Quarantine and GateKeeper system in macOS. The security update…

The attack was reportedly pulled off by the Babuk gang, which has already leaked screenshots of some of the stolen data. vchal, Getty Images/iStockphoto Another government agency has found itself the victim of a ransomware attack, and this time it’s Washington, D.C.’s own police department. Serving the nation’s capital, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has acknowledged unauthorized access on its server, an attack for which the Babuk Locker gang has claimed responsibility, according to BleepingComputer…