THE ILLICIT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING THREAT

September 12, 2018

Illicit cryptocurrency mining has increased significantly in just a few months. This activity poses both a short- and long-term threat to individuals and enterprises. This threat is not victimless or harmless, so individuals and organizations should take steps to protect their systems. This report lays out the threat, its potential impacts, and the best practices organizations can employ to counter it.

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Dashlane’s Security Principles & Architecture

whitePaper | May 16, 2023

Dashlane Business supports login with single sign-on (SSO), using any SAML 2.0 enabled IdP. In a single-sign-on setup, the user doesn’t have to input UserMP . Instead, a random key is generated at account creation. This key (the data encryption key) is delivered to the Dashlane app after the user successfully logs in to the IdP, and it is used as a symmetric encryption key to encrypt and decrypt the user data.

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PROMOTING BETTER CYBERSECURITY

whitePaper | December 18, 2019

The Ohio Data Protection Act (“ODPA” or the Act), came into force on November 2, 2018.1 The Act seeks to improve cybersecurity among Ohio businesses. It does so by providing an affirmative defense against tort claims arising from a data breach to businesses that can demonstrate they have implemented a qualifying cybersecurity program that reasonably conforms to one of ten specified cybersecurity frameworks and met certain other safeguards specified in the Act.

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Cyber security considerations 2022

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

The threat landscape is expanding. Cybercriminals are as entrepreneurial as ever and using increasingly sophisticated tools and technologies. In this fluid environment, we believe Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and their teams should adopt a mindset of enablement — cyber security is no longer just about prevention.

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IoT Cybersecurity vision 2018-2019

whitePaper | November 6, 2019

The emergence of IoT – the networked connection of people, process, data and things – is expected to significantly grow the number of connected devices worldwide, from billions of units we have today, to tens of billions of units expected to be deployed in the coming years as stated by several analysts.

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Log More to Improve Visibility and Enhance Security

whitePaper | September 29, 2022

As the amount of system log data grows exponentially, security teams and threat hunters routinely must limit how much they can collect and how long they can store it because of the performance limitations and costs associated with traditional log management tools.

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2023 Hybrid Cloud Security Survey

whitePaper | June 26, 2023

While we are witnessing a modest slowdown in cloud migration due to rising costs and economic uncertainty, it remains that a multitude of organizations now have a hybrid infrastructure in place. According to Forrester analysts,1 this is deemed very much the norm and reports show 72 percent of organizations exist in the hybrid cloud.2 This is because enterprises will likely have paired their own data center/private cloud with one or more public clouds as a result of acquisition or to reap a number of benefits: Cisco, for example, identified 42 percent of organizations believe they achieve a more agile and scalable development environment within the hybrid cloud, alongside 40 percent who realize accelerated business agility and innovation.3

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