­Multi-Factor Authentication: When Usernames and Passwords Just Aren’t Enough

Multi-Factor Authentication: When Usernames and Passwords Just Aren’t Enough

July 2, 2015 Vince Lo Faso Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Using a username and password combination is a common, modern everyday activity. We use it to log into a desktop or laptop at work, we log into various application systems to perform business tasks or we log into Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications remotely. For personal endeavors we use username/password combinations for Facebook, Flickr or other social media websites. The username and password authentication is generally “good enough” for these scenarios.

C-Suite and Techies: Some Essential Security Tools

June 9, 2015 James Michael Stewart Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Not every executive is aware of all the essential security tools that every organization needs. This blog post is intended to be a quick primer for those executives, and it also serves as a talking points memo for IT security officers who need to communicate the key security elements.