M-Shwari: A window into the future of micro credit

Micro credit is one of those financial offerings which resides at the rare confluence of societal benefit and profit motive. The impact of microcredit availability on self employment, children’s education, sanitation, poverty reduction and women empowerment have been the subject of countless studies.

Building on the IAM Benefits of SSO with MFA and Privileged Access Management

In part one of this post, we talked about why identity access management (IAM) is important. In that discussion, we identified three types of IAM: We discussed the different types of single sign on and some examples of what can be used to help streamline the user experience. Let’s now discuss how you can pair single sign on with other two types of identity access management.

The Importance of Implementing an Information Security Policy That Everyone Understands

Information security (IS) and/or cybersecurity (cyber) are more than just technical terms. They’re the processes, practices and policy that involve people, services, hardware, and data. In particular, IS covers how people approach situations and whether they are considering the “what if’s” of malicious actors, accidental misuse, etc. I’m not sure about your operations teams, but no one in any of mine, myself included, were able to read minds.

Five worthy reads: Privacy in pandemic management

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we have discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore the data privacy challenges and concerns that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of COVID-19, the world has witnessed the power of technology.

What is Encapsulating Security Payload in Network Security?

Being one of the most popular tools used in network security, Encapsulating Security Payload (abbreviated as ESP) offers the help we need in keeping the integrity, authenticity and confidentiality of the information we send across networks. Keep reading to learn more! With the technological advancements, the way we conduct our business processes has changed immensely. Now, we heavily rely on the internet technologies and transfer massive amounts of data daily.

Outpost24 webinar: Improve Your Organization's Security With Red Teaming

Security assessments can be performed in many ways, depending on your organization’s maturity level and goals. Whilst vulnerability scanning can help to identify security flaws on a broader scope and penetration testing can conclude the risk level of vulnerabilities discovered, if you need to understand the full picture of your organization’s security awareness and readiness, a scenario-based Red Teaming Assessment (RTA) is the best way to assess the effectiveness of your defence mechanism from a hacker’s view.

Outpost24 webinar - Why security perfection is the enemy of DevSecOps

triving for total security is like searching for the holy grail: the chase is real, but mostly in vain. By spending too much time discovering vulnerabilities and fixing issues, it often leads to the dire consequences of missing delivery deadlines, crippling the development team’s ability to move forward and capture market opportunity.

The Fundamental Steps Every IT Admin Must Take to Prevent Ransomware

For enterprises that have at least some part of their IT environment in the cloud, the key to protecting data starts with understanding the layers of the cloud stack and their corresponding security risks. Each layer has its own unique threat potential, and when IT teams understand how data transacts at each layer, they can take appropriate measures to safeguard against those threats. One of the most common is ransomware.