Schlagwort: ‘Cybersicherheit’
New Year’s Resolutions for More IT Security
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For many, it’s part of the New Year’s ritual: New Year’s resolutions! According to Statista, the top three resolutions in Germany this year include saving more money, doing more sport, and eating more healthily. 17% of respondents even said they wanted to spend less time on social networks. When using social media, however, it is also important to make the user experience itself as secure as possible.
In the following blog post, we introduce you to five resolutions that will help you increase your IT security and support your approach to IT.
Security Mechanisms Unravelled: MFA
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Multifactor-authentication (MFA) is a security method that enables access to digital resources such as devices, networks or online services by combining multiple authentication factors. Essentially, MFA requires at least two independent confirmations of a user’s identity to access the resource.
Social Engineering: Deception in Cyberspace
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In the world of cyber security, it’s not just technology that plays a crucial role. People are an equally important factor, and this is where social engineering comes in. This sophisticated method specifically exploits human behaviour and weaknesses to gain access to sensitive data or cause damage.
Multifactor Authentication in IdM Selfservice
IT security is a major and important topic at RWTH Aachen University and the IT Center.
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Already in 2021, it was reported that the introduction of multifactor-authentication (Mfa) would provide systems with greater security against unauthorized access.
In order to offer the MFA protection to further services the IdM Selfservice is now equipped with the so-called “MFA Tokenmanager”.
Artificial Intelligence – Curse or Blessing for IT Security?
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We are increasingly coming across the term “artificial intelligence” (AI). Whenever we come across this term that has become a fashionable phenomenon in the media, there are regularly reports about self-thinking AI, fully autonomous means of transport or other similar applications. For many of us, it can be hard to figure out what is actually meant by the term. However, the application areas of AI that seem to be particularly popular in the media are in reality only a very small segment of the actual application field of AI. Many a user would probably even be surprised to know in which areas AI is already being implemented today. In this article, we would like to take a closer look at the term and explain what role artificial intelligence can play in the field of IT security.
