Imagine this ... A line of students outside the helpdesk office waiting on a password reset. Or hundreds of faculty and staff attaching sticky notes with written passwords to their computer screens. Not to mention frustrating connectivity outages resulting from required database maintenance.
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The internet is a curious thing. It empowers us by being a gateway to the world's information, increases productivity by enabling us to work anywhere in the world and entertains us by streaming decades' worth of music, movies and television shows with a few clicks. Unfortunately, it also harbors the worst kinds of profit or thrill-seeking miscreants and criminals whether they are working alone...
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Why Require Two Factor for Windows Logons?
PortalGuard has offered two-factor authentication for Windows workstations and servers as part of its PortalGuard Desktop offering since 2013. As with all multi-factor initiatives, the primary use case is to increase security. As an example, multiple customers have installed the PortalGuard Desktop 2FA on Windows servers in their environment. If a ...
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Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is an important topic of discussion where security is of concern. Too many data breaches have occurred over the last 10 years purely because of lackadaisical security requirements. Many of these events would have been avoided with a proper Two-Factor Authentication system in place. Security: personal, private, corporate – the list goes on and on. Each entry a...
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A Higher Standard of Identity Management for Higher Education, PortalGuard provides a single launch point for end-users to access their daily web applications. The focus of this blog is how PortalGuard’s Multi-Factor Vendor Integration caters to the changing cybersecurity landscape in Higher Education.
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The advent of modern authentication security places a lot of pressure on the user to remain secure in a constantly changing environment. Using a Mobile Authenticator is one of the most simple and accessible methods to remain secure without compromising usability. We discuss what makes a good Mobile Authenticator in our recent White Paper - The Argument for a Better Authenticator. However,...
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As technology continues to advance it is vital for children to understand the potential risks that are out there and how to be cyber aware when online. Children ages 8-18 spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes online. During this time, they may be exposed to cyberbullying, cyber predators, and identity theft. In each child there seems to be an inherent trust in the technology that...
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In today's "always connected" environment, allowing users to access applications from anywhere is a standard mandate. Depending on the application itself, the first step is often finding a cloud-hosted version of the application. In this article, we'll focus on email, of which there is no shortage of cloud offerings. We'll narrow down further on Office 365 which is currently the second most...
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Back in 2002 would it have surprised you to know that in only a short amount of time almost everyone would have a cell phone? Let alone a cell phone that would have access to the internet? It sure would have taken me by surprise and that brings us to the reality of today’s world in 2017. Almost everybody has their own smart device, albeit an iPhone, a laptop, a tablet, you name it! This is a...
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From the moment the doors first opened and continuing through today, many organizations and institutions have been creating and developing their IT systems and departments continuously. Through the years, changes in IT range from new technologies to new positions and/or employees. This in turn, makes it very difficult to ensure the entire department is on the same current technical page....
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