Simplified and secure identity management: the keystone of your zero trust strategy How to secure the access of an employee working from home who uses a computer not controlled by the company, and who has access to your internal resources? With working form home employees accessing their applications located inside the company network, the usual protection offered by the company’s internal network (FireWall, VPN) is no longer sufficient. At the same time, how to secure access to applications for a group of employees whose rights are suddenly modified after a major change… Read More >>
Remote maintenance: Which tools should you choose? Although remote maintenance is essential to the proper operation of organizations, it has certain cyber risks related to remote accesses. These risks can be reduced or even eliminated by using the right IT tools. Several solutions are commonly used for remote maintenance, such as remote-control software, VPNs, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) or PAM (Privileged Access Management) solutions. However, these solutions are not equal in terms of cyber security. Remote maintenance: a performance challenge but also a cyber risk The… Read More >>
Fake President fraud: a scam that takes advantage of the teleworking boom Like ransomware, the Fake President fraud has taken advantage of the massive telework due to the health crisis to take off again since 2020. While in the case of ransomware, remote access technologies unsuited to telework are to blame, in this case it is the lack of face-to-face social interaction that is one of the major causes of the increase in this type of scam. How does a fake president fraud work? In a fake president fraud, a swindler who… Read More >>
Remote Control Software: A Dangerous Practice in a Telework Situation Although not suitable for teleworking, remote control software is unfortunately one of the tools used by companies to allow their employees to access their office workstations from home, from a personal computer. The relatively simple use of remote control software has sometimes made the security risks associated with this type of product seem less important. Remote control software is intended for remote maintenance with a user responsible for initiating the connection and monitoring the actions performed and is therefore clearly… Read More >>
Data Breaches: Can We Avoid Them? Data breaches are one of the most feared events for companies, since they discredit the company’s ability to protect its confidential data, including the personal data of its customers. If computer attacks are to blame, these data breaches are also sometimes due to the company’s employees: in most cases, they come from a simple human error, but it can also be a case of data theft ordered to an employee by a competitor of the target company, or an employee… Read More >>
How to Fight Against Shadow Admin? When it comes to privileged accounts, traceability is essential, but it is sometimes compromised by the use of shadow admin. This traceability, as well as real-time or a posteriori control of the administration actions allowed by the PAM (Privileged Access Management) should however be exhaustive to effectively protect the information system…. Read More >>
No Long-Term Telework Without Secure Remote Access Since the first lockdown, companies’ practices in terms of remote access have significantly evolved. It is now essential for organizations to make telework sustainable and institutionalized. While most organizations have implemented dedicated telework solutions and processes, many of them still do not have a real long-term telework strategy, which must combine ergonomics and security of remote access in any situation. A key issue for organizations The sustainability of teleworking has become a real issue for organizations, as teleworking has become… Read More >>
The new security perimeter for organizations Slowly but surely, we are experiencing a radical change in the world of networks and access security. To illustrate this in a caricatured way, we are moving from a situation when an organization’s network was inside its walls and the Internet outside, to a situation where everything is based on the Internet, which is shared by all organizations’ networks. The networks of companies are now permanently installed in the Internet network via cloud infrastructures that go beyond the physical boundaries… Read More >>
Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), the new virus of 2021? The beginning of 2021 will be marked not by a wave, but by a large number of cyberattacks that will hit many organizations in France. For the past few years, the ANSSI (French National Cybersecurity Agency) has been warning companies and institutions about the resurgence of cyber viruses. In the CERT-FR Threats and Incidents report, it states a dramatic 255% increase in reports of ransomware attacks in 2020 and highlights Ransomware as a Service, RaaS, an emerging trend in the… Read More >>
HR issues of telework While the democratization of telework concerns different departments within companies, Human Resources is probably, together with the IT Department, the department whose activity has been the most impacted by telework, with new HR issues arising from this digitalization of interactions. From 100% online recruitment processes to the need to maintain social contact between all employees remotely, and to manage the work/life balance, Human Resources must, more than ever, prove their ingenuity and rely on digital tools to support these new… Read More >>