Cybersecurity: Password Managers are Useless without MFA

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 18, 2018 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn

Silo cybersecurity creates “vulnerability gaps” which hackers exploit How many cybersecurity news articles and blogs have you read about how IT Managers can prevent a cyber-attack on their company’s network? One author promotes Multi-Factor...

Passwords are Protected by the U.S. Constitution!

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 17, 2016 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Government regulations, Logical Access Control (LAC), Network Access Control (NAC), Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Authentication Infrastructure, Password Management, Power LogOn

Did you know: The U.S. Courts have deemed that passwords are protected under the U.S. Constitution? U.S. Courts have ruled that passwords are considered free speech since they are considered “knowledge”. Therefore, under the Bill of Rights, 5th...

Cybersecurity NAICS Codes Maybe Coming Soon

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 22, 2016 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Government regulations, Logical Access Control (LAC), Multifactor Authentication,, Network Access Control (NAC), Password Authentication, Password Authentication Infrastructure, Power LogOn

Cybersecurity NAICS Codes Lobbying On February 9, 2016, President Obama announced that $19B should be placed in the 2017 budget for cybersecurity. Being a Cybersecurity SMB this seemed like a dream come true, but having already been on the GSA Schedule for almost...

Asymmetric vs. Symmetric Authentication: Which is Best?

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 18, 2016 | Cyber Security, Logical Access Control (LAC), Multifactor Authentication,, Network Access Control (NAC), Password Authentication, Password Authentication Infrastructure

On paper and in theory, asymmetric authentication answers all cybersecurity concerns. But, is not the panacea that all the hype has made us believe. What make asymmetric ciphers “safe” is not the algorithm, key length or patents. It’s the ability to...

Password Managers – Not all the same

by Dovell Bonnett | Oct 12, 2015 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Logical Access Control (LAC), Multifactor Authentication,, Network Access Control (NAC), Password Authentication, Password Management, Physical Access Control (PAC), Power LogOn, Smartcards

Know your Password Manager Last week the cybersecurity industry was a buzz about the Boston-based company LogMeIn, Inc purchasing LastPass for $125M. In the different news articles some interesting facts were quoted:  Only 10 percent of knowledge workers today...

You Need Password Authentication Infrastructure

by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 28, 2015 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Network Access Control (NAC), Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Smartcards

Every day I read another post, hear another news story, or have another conversation that passwords are insecure and that PKI and digital certificates must replace passwords. Comparing passwords to certificates, or PKI, is not correct because: A passwords is a single...