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With the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), there has been a 238% surge in cyberattacks against banks and financial institutions. Throughout the year, many financial services organizations have been exposed due to a poor cybersecurity infrastructure, and as many cybercriminals are getting more innovative in their cyberattack methods (cloud hijacking, AI machine manipulation, etc.), the financial...

Cloud computing is a popular topic of discussion in the current digital landscape. When the COVID-19 pandemic first landed, organizations in all verticals – from small businesses to Higher Education and Fortune 500 companies – were struck hard and fast with a new requirement: a remote and/or mobile workforce.

In many ways, the upcoming summer signifies a huge step forward for everyone. We are halfway out of the dark side of a global pandemic, and each one of us has honed skills both new and old. Many individuals have taken this dark time and made it even darker by attacking those who are already struggling to find a sense of normalcy. Balancing the physical world and the digital one is no longer a...

Another day, another data breach. As we have experienced, organizations being a victim of data breaches are no longer a matter of "if" but "when". Day after day, more and more organizations are falling victim to cyberattacks, like the recent 2021 attacks on the Colonial Pipeline which affected gas stations all throughout the East Coast into Texas and the JBS Meat Factory cyberattack. These...

Single Sign-On (SSO) is a constant talking point. You must have seen articles touting the benefits of SSO. Of course, we are in no way innocent either. SSO enables users to authenticate multiple applications and websites by logging in only once with a single set of login credentials. In other words, SSO provides simplicity in an authentication world that can be unnecessarily confusing....

I’m going to be very frank: a LOT of questions come through the support team here at PistolStar, Inc. That’s not a bad thing – in fact, I love it! Questions keep me going, and I like to see what customers and prospects can come up with. A good ‘stumper’ goes a long way! Moving forward, I will be taking a look at the most popular or frequent questions that come through the support desk, and...

Hackers are a blight on the digital scenery where we all spend most of our time, and phishing attacks are one of the oldest tricks in the book. Whether it’s at work or home, modern technology has made the digital world all but necessary. In this environment, hackers and malicious users are the banes of each admin and end-user attempting to get things done. Amid the recent pandemic, the leaches...

So, you are looking to federate the Office 365 default domain for one reason or another, and - surprise... it's giving you some issues. It's to be expected; many major application or service providers will impose their own restrictions on how they support things like Single Sign-On and federation. The very same is true when it comes to federating the Office 365 Default Domain.

Without a doubt, Active Directory is one of the most popular user repositories for modern day businesses. While Active Directory is not 'new', it is a very widely used system that works for a large variety of organizations, providing simple and manageable organization.Many administrators and networks managers use Active Directory's built in function, the Active Directory Trust, to handle...