Which type of phishing attack can cost your company millions? Understanding different attacks can help protect against them and could boost your bottom line.
What are the top types of phishing a...
SAML and SSO work together to create a more accessible and more secure login for users. But how, exactly, do these methods work?
What is SAML SSO? SAML is an overarching standard that includes s...
What is SAML & How Does SSO Authentication Work?
In this vlog, our VP of Product Marketing, Robert MacDonald, sat down with our CMO, Michael Cichon to chat about his experience at the 2022 FIDO Authenticate conference. He also gives insights into...
Authenticate 2022: How Web 3.0 Will Reshape Authentication
SAML SSO vs. LDAP can be challenging to parse out. Still, we go through both methods to help clear up the differences and help you decide which to use.
Is SSO possible with LDAP? Yes, SSO is pos...
SAML SSO vs LDAP: Differences & Definitions Explained
While zero trust implementation can advance your security, you may want to know of the best practices to really get the most out of your zero trust framework.
What are the main concepts of zero ...
5 Zero Trust Best Practices for Implementation
SSO Protocols can be extremely helpful in your organization as it cuts down on time spent on logins, but how do you choose which protocol to use?
What is SSO? SSO stands for Single Sign-On (SSO)...
What Are Single Sign-On (SSO) Protocols?
OIDC vs. SAML: What's the Difference?
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) vs. OpenID Connect (OIDC): It can be challenging to choose between the two and decide which is best for business.
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OIDC vs SAML: What’s the Difference?
What is passport scanning? Is there a convenient way to securely scan passports remotely? Our CSO, Mike Engle, joins our CMO, Michael Cichon, to answer these questions and more in their recent vlog...
Is There a Secure Way to Scan Passports Remotely?
As an information security standard, ISO 27001 can be beneficial to understand and comply with, but what exactly is ISO 27001?
What does ISO 27001 mean? ISO 27001 is a regulation for Information...
What is ISO 27001: Information Security Standard?
Looking to implement zero trust in your organization but don't know where to start? Keep reading to find the best way to get a zero-trust model up and running.
What is zero trust? Zero trust is ...
How to Implement a Zero Trust Security Model
As the teenager taking credit for last week's Uber hack so ably demonstrated, threat actors have found an unlikely accomplice in multifactor authentication. But how did cyberattackers manipulate MF...
Uber Hack: MFA Can’t Fix the Problem Until We Fix MFA
1Kosmos had the pleasure of attending the Gartner IAM Summit 2022 in Las Vegas. It was our first time exhibiting and sponsoring the event. I have to say it was great to see long time friends, forme...
Gartner IAM Thoughts and Observations
In this vlog, 1Kosmos CMO, Michael Cichon, and 1Kosmos COO, Huzefa Olia, discuss best practices for fixing multifactor authentication.
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Vlog: MFA Tried to Fix Passwords but How do we Fix MFA?
Brute force attacks are systematic attacks that continue to attack your logins until they find the correct login information. How can you protect against this?
What is a brute force attack? A br...
What Is a Brute Force Attack & How Do You Prevent Them?
CEO fraud attacks can destroy a company's financial and reputational future but are there any ways to protect against these attacks?
What is CEO fraud? CEO fraud, also called executive or whale...
What is CEO Fraud? – Attacks & How to Prevent Them
Strong Customer Authentication works to protect European users when accessing sensitive financial information, but your company may also need it for compliance.
What is strong customer authentic...
What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) & PSD2?
With so many login attacks out there, it's hard to keep track of them all, but credential stuffing is on the rise and is important to be able to recognize.
What is credential stuffing? Credentia...
What Is a Credential Stuffing Attack?
I recently stumbled upon an article titled “Travelers Wants Out of Contract With Insured That Allegedly Misrepresented MFA Use” and I was immediately intrigued. Since I work at an organization that...
Cyber Insurance and MFA
Two of the leading identity technologies go head to head in our post: Okta and Auth0. Which one is better for your business? Keep reading to find out.
Does Okta now own Auth0? Yes, Auth0 is now ...
Okta vs. Auth0 Comparison: Which Is Best for Business Use?
With hackers becoming increasingly better at cracking logins, what are good password alternatives to protect your account and increase network security?
What can be used instead of passwords?
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Top 10 Password Alternatives (Is the Future Passwordless?)
Password attacks are becoming easier to achieve with most people having too many passwords to remember, leading them to use the same password over and over.
What is a password attack? Password a...
8 Worst Password Attack Types & How to Stop Them
Clone phishing is a dangerous attack that can easily make it into any of your employees' inboxes. So what can you do to protect against it?
What is clone phishing? Clone phishing is a type of ph...
What Are Clone Phishing, Spear Phishing & Whaling?
Today (June 28, 0222), the FBI issued a warning stating that scammers may be trying to score jobs at companies to access customer or financial data, corporate IT databases, and/or proprietary infor...
FBI Issues Warning – Deepfakes and Stolen PII Utilized to Apply for Remote Work Positions
SIM binding is growing in popularity due to the ease of use and the greater amount of security provided compared to PIN code verification.
What is SIM binding? SIM binding is a type of device bi...