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Unlocking stronger cyber defense through privilege management

As identity sprawl grows, Optiv + ClearShark’s Michael Saintcross says cybersecurity leaders must pivot from traditional ICAM strategies to solutions that offer granular control and "zero standing…

Jul 25, 2025 By Scoop News Group

U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media on July 1. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden administration nears completion of second cybersecurity executive order with plethora of agenda items

Federal agencies would have to address everything from AI to cloud security to access management, sources told CyberScoop.

Oct 31, 2024 By Tim Starks

Why combining FIDO2 and PKI provides broader enterprise-wide security

FIDO2 authentication standards are great for streamlining the user experience, but CISOs still need PKI to manage machine identity and trusted interactions across the enterprise.

Jun 2, 2021 By Scoop News Group

Renata Spinks, Cyber Technology Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Cyberspace Command — Renata Spinks speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group)

As adversaries get craftier, Marine Corps cyber official touts appeal of zero-trust security

The Marine Corps wants to be proactive.

Jan 28, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

card reader building access badge identity management — (Getty Images)

Researchers find hardcoded passwords in popular building-access system

The company behind the product has failed to issue patches to fix the issue, despite researchers best efforts to contact the company.

Jan 15, 2019 By Greg Otto

Bomgar to acquire fellow access management company BeyondTrust

The combined entity will use the name of BeyondTrust, even though it's the company being acquired. It will be led by Bomgar CEO Matt Dircks.

Sep 13, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee

SSH founder Tatu Ylonen.(Courtesy of SSH Communications Security)

SSH inventor analyzes tools the CIA wrote to exploit his protocol

The CIA hacking tools called Gyrfalcon and BothanSpy, as described in documents released by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, are "effective, but surprisingly unsophisticated," according to Tatu Ylonen.

Aug 2, 2017 By Shaun Waterman

NIST issues draft update to cyber framework

The eagerly awaited update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is out in draft form — and it includes metrics and measurements.

Jan 11, 2017 By Shaun Waterman