Multifactor Authentication

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:32:42 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Ray Zadjmool
Multifactor authentication can best be described as a string of authentication methods from two or more of the three categories of factors. Considered a form of strong authentication, Multifactor authentication is used to create a higher form of assurance on protected assets.
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Posted in Authentication |     

Two Factor Authentication with OTP

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:28:04 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Ray Zadjmool
Two Factor authentication has become a standard when non-repudiation or higher assurance is needed to protect an asset.
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Data Proliferation, Attacking the Monster We’ve Created

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:41:50 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Jason Pieters
Within our homes, small and medium business settings, and enterprise environments we use data. We manipulate it, we report on it, we use it to create more data, we may ship it off site, we bring it in, and we send it out. While we need all of it to do our jobs; are we watching or keeping up with where we are placing it?
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Maltego... the Information Gathering Swiss Army Knife

Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:02:17 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Brennen Reynolds
Maltego from Paterva is to information gathering as Nmap is to port scanning or Nessus is to vulnerability scanning. It’s an all in one, Swiss army knife toolkit for everything related to online information gathering.
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