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Published on June 11, 2014

Users and employees are human, it turns out -- and forget or lose their passwords from time to time, making password resets an important part of any digital security system. But rather than taking up a significant amount of Help Desk employee time and operating…

Published on June 3, 2014

Single sign-in (SSO) has some benefits -- and some attendant risks. Here are a couple of easy steps to making your company's SSO system more secure. Single sign-on (SSO) is a method of access control where users are able to login once and gain access…

Published on May 29, 2014

Naples, FL – May 2014 – Advanced Software Products Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of three new international distributors – Keylink Technologies, L J A Soluciones, and PDBA. As part of our worldwide network of partners, they will be providing over 20…

Published on May 27, 2014

Human targets are often the easiest way for hackers to gain unauthorized access to data. Here are a few ways you can help stop these social engineering attacks before they can even get started. In the context of data security, social engineering involves psychological manipulation…

Published on May 20, 2014

Enterprise systems can include mainframes and many other interconnected systems such as peripheral hardware, hundreds or thousands of virtual machines, native applications, Help Desks, BYOD users, and Cloud servers and storage. Here are some things to watch for while designing or reviewing your security system…

Published on May 13, 2014

It's not all hackers and thieves out there -- human errors, natural disasters, and hardware failure are all potential sources of data loss. Here are some things to think about when planning your company's data backup strategy. Data security is an issue that all organizations…

Published on May 5, 2014

Encryption is worth doing the right way. Here are some things to think about for your company's encryption strategy. It's common knowledge among security professionals today that one of the most important components of any data security strategy involves encryption. Encryption is an incredibly powerful…

Published on April 30, 2014

Businesses run on data, and customers trust them or abandon them based on how well they take care of that data -- but many organizations are ill prepared to prevent or deal with a data breach. Robert Westervelt wrote for CRN that one of the…

Published on April 22, 2014

Sometimes the threats we face aren't in the Cloud -- they're in the office with us. Many of the security issues we have discussed in this blog have revolved around protecting an organization's data against external threats. Hackers and other cyber criminals pose a risk…

Published on March 28, 2014

McAfee recognizes self-service password reset and synchronization as a key technology area -- and ASPG as a leading player in the field. The Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) is the premier technology partnership body in the security industry, formed under the aegis of McAfee. The primary…