How Can Retailers Cyber-Prepare for the Most Vulnerable Time of the Year?

The holiday season compresses risk into a short, high-stakes window. Systems run hot, teams run lean, and attackers time automated campaigns to get maximum return. Multiple industry threat reports show that bot-driven fraud, credential stuffing and account takeover attempts intensify around peak...

On Risk-Based Authentication

Interesting usability study: "More Than Just Good Passwords? A Study on Usability and Security Perceptions of Risk-based Authentication": Abstract: Risk-based Authentication RBA is an adaptive security measure to strengthen password-based authentication. RBA monitors additional features during...

RSA's SecurID Quandry: Replace or Recall?

RSA acknowledged on Monday that a hack at Lockheed Martin was tied to the theft of information on its SecurID tokens. The company offered to replace the tokens for customers, but experts wonder whether RSA should go further and recall SecurID tokens from the market. After acknowledging that forge...