Protect Yourself From a Data Breach

Posted: January 27, 2015

[caption id="attachment_12181" align="alignright" width="300"] Image from pcworld.com[/caption] When a data breach occurs it can be a devastating event. The good news is, it can be avoided. Learn what can be done in order to protect yourself from a data breach. Tony Bradley, writer for PC World, shares what to do to prevent a data breach.

Data breaches can be prevented with one simple solution

There have been so many major data breaches over the past year or two that it’s hardly even news anymore when millions of customer accounts are compromised. We’ve become jaded, and just expect that attackers will find a way to penetrate our networks and steal our data. The reality, however, is that there is one simple thing companies—and individuals—can do that will prevent the vast majority of data breaches: two-factor authentication. “While people may claim that the attackers in these breaches are advanced, sophisticated, or state-sponsored, their actual execution is quite simple in nature,” declared Jon Oberheide, co-founder and CTO of Duo Security. “Simple phishing and other credential theft attacks have not only been the initial entry vector to these companies, but also how attackers move laterally within an organization to reach their eventual target." Oberheide warns that companies are setting themselves up for attack if they don't implement two-factor authentication. "It's expected that attackers will take advantage of that and find the path of least resistance.” Read the entire article Data Breaches Can be Prevented With One Simple Solution on PC World.