Billions and Billions Served used to be the number of burgers served up by McDonald’s, but in the last couple of years it has become a pretty accurate tag line for user credentials. The stats here are essentially irrefutable. 

• 2/3 of account take-overs result from e...

We engage with companies all the time around the perils of credential theft and what to do about it. Just about every security expert I know agrees that on-line services must be protected with more than just a static ID and a Password, since its clear that 2/3 of accou...

What is one of the most poorly implemented security practices? “The practices where methods of protection are implemented that never change and where there is unlimited time to figure them out.” Yes, I am talking about IDs and Passwords.

If you think about it, this is w...

Knowing that two-thirds of data breaches were due to weak or stolen credentials, and having thousands of drivers and corporate users logging into their systems containing sensitive HR data, the leadership of CPC knew that usernames and passwords alone were not going to...

In mid-2016, according to an article in Fortune Magazine, it was finally revealed that as many as 167 million LinkedIn user names and passwords were available on the dark web. Shortly after the announcement, LinkedIn made 2-factor authentication an option for user acco...

Phreedom Phrom Phishing

By Chris Reese

According to the most recent data, over one half of Internet users receive at least one phishing email per day.

What is phishing? Simply stated, it’s an email or phone call from an organization posing as legitimate targeted at an ind...

Once a company sees the "handwriting on the wall" and starts the underwriting process for cyber insurance, they quickly find out that the insurance company underwriters have done their homework and are now questioning perspective customers if they have Multi-Factor-Aut...