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Identity Security

Content focused on protecting digital identities from compromise, including topics like credential theft prevention, identity governance, privileged access management, and strategies for reducing identity-based attack surfaces across organizations.

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Multi-Factor Authentication

MFA vs Two-Factor Authentication: What Actually Matters

In September 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider bypassed the company's authentication controls using a simple social engineering phone call. The attackers didn't crack a password vault or exploit a zero-day. They convinced a help desk employee to

Carl B. Johnson Nov 02, 2019 6 min read