1110, 2021

What is nonrepudiation?-an expert’s explanation and its drawbacks.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 11, 2021/ Cybersecurity risk assessment and management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Security, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesNonrepudiation ensures that no party can deny that it sent or received a message via encryption and/or digital signatures or approved some information. It also cannot deny the authenticity of its signature on a document. By Rahul Awati Although it originated as a legal concept, nonrepudiation is also widely used in computing, information security and communications. Information assurance and nonrepudiation Nonrepudiation is one of the five

1110, 2021

What is a certificate revocation list (CRL);-what they are, their importance, and why they can get revoked.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Cybersecurity risk assessment and management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA certificate revocation list (CRL) is a list of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing certificate authority (CA) before their actual or assigned expiration date. By Rahul Awati and Michael Cobb This is a type of blocklist that includes certificates that should no longer be trusted and is used by various endpoints, including web browsers, to verify if a certificate

0810, 2021

What are key fobs?-how they work and their benefits.

Staff Writer/ October 8, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Two-factor and multifactor authentication strategies, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA key fob is a small, programmable device that provides access to a physical object. Also known as a hardware token, a key fob provides on-device, one-factor authentication to facilitate access to a system or device, such as a car, computer system, restricted area or room, mobile device, network service or other kind of keyless entry system. By Rahul Awati and Diana Hwang

2704, 2021

8 remote access security risks and how to prevent them

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 27, 2021/ Cloud Security, Data security, Data security strategies and governance, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security policies, procedures and guidelines, Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEnterprises face myriad remote access security concerns, but training and clear communication can help them bolster their security programs for the long term. By Kevin Beaver Just when network teams thought they had their networks under control, everything went sideways because of the coronavirus crisis. Many people were caught off guard as they were forced to deploy and support a

2604, 2021

PKI (public key infrastructure)-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 26, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Digital certificates, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesPKI (public key infrastructure) is the underlying framework that enables entities — users and servers — to securely exchange information using digital certificates. By TechTarget Contributor The entities that facilitate and use PKI typically involve general internet users, web clients or browsers, and company servers — though this can extend to other virtual machines (VMs) as well. The word infrastructure describes PKIs

2604, 2021

Purpose of CAPTCHA technology and how it works.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 26, 2021/ Cloud Security, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Security, Web authentication and access control

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLearn about the purpose of CAPTCHA challenges that enable websites to differentiate bots from authentic users to stop spammers from hijacking forums and blog comment sections. Courtesy Post: By Joel Dubin What is the technology used on blogs and some web search tools when a user is presented a box with letters and has to retype the displayed information to

2604, 2021

CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol)-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 26, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Web authentication and access control

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteCHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol) is a more secure procedure for connecting to a system than the Password Authentication Procedure (PAP). Courtesy Post: By TechTarget Contributor Here’s how CHAP works:- After the link is made, the server sends a challenge message to the connection requestor. The requestor responds with a value obtained by using a one-way hash function. The server checks

2604, 2021

challenge-response authentication-a tech definition

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 26, 2021/ Data security, Data security strategies and governance, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIn computer security, challenge-response authentication is a set of protocols used to protect digital assets and services from unauthorized users, programs or activities. While challenge-response authentication can be as simple as a password, it can also be as dynamic as a randomly generated request. By Linda Rosencrance From login verification to machine learning (ML), challenge-response authentication is an easy-to-implement cybersecurity

2304, 2021

Conducting a user access review best practices

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 23, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Enterprise infrastructure management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Principle of least privilege (POLP), Security

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesUser entitlement reviews ensure employees only have access to essential systems and unauthorized employees — or miscreants — don’t. Learn how to conduct an audit of user privileges. By Sharon Shea Controlling and regularly reviewing who has access to what isn’t just Enterprise Security 101 — it’s a compliance necessity. Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PCI DSS, HIPAA and GDPR all have mandatory

0710, 2020

Guide to IAM: What is identity and access management?

T-Blog Editor/ October 7, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise identity and access management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Identity and access management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Password management and policy

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesIdentity and access management (IAM) is a framework of business processes, policies and technologies that facilitates the management of electronic or digital identities. With an IAM framework in place, information technology (IT) managers can control user access to critical information within their organizations. Systems used for IAM include single sign-on systems, two-factor authentication, multifactor authentication and privileged access management. These technologies also