Tag: authentication

ESET Launches Year-long Campaign To Honor Three Decades of Innovation and Progress in IT Security

June 8, 2017

Cybersecurity leader ESET launched a global campaign commemorating its 30-year anniversary. The year-long campaign titled “ESET’s 30 years of Continuous IT Security Innovation” will take place at all company locations world-wide. These will include multiple global technology and consumer events to celebrate how ESET will flourish, innovate and grow in the next thirty years. “For the … More ESET Launches Year-long Campaign To Honor Three Decades of Innovation and Progress in IT Security

Surveillance, cybersecurity, and the future of privacy in The Circle

May 8, 2017

If surveillance, cybersecurity, and privacy are things you think about a lot, you should find The Circle, a new movie based on Dave Eggers’ 2013 novel of the same name, interesting viewing. This is one of two recent films that reflect how central these issues have become to modern life and popular culture (the other is … More Surveillance, cybersecurity, and the future of privacy in The Circle

Do you know how to steer away from online banking trouble?

October 4, 2016

For years now, ESET Ireland has been reporting on various banking scams that have been plaguing Irish online banking users. Every week we see fraudulent mobile text messages, fake websites, redirected links and new varieties of spam emails claiming to come from the Bank of Ireland, AIB, Ulster Bank, etc, asking the user to “update … More Do you know how to steer away from online banking trouble?

After authentication comes authorisation and access control

May 10, 2016

In our first post in this series, we talked about authentication: verifying whether someone is who he or she claims to be. In many instances, this is where system administrators call it a day, by giving all verified users equal access to network resources. But there is much to be gained by continuing to apply … More After authentication comes authorisation and access control

Authentication 101

May 3, 2016

Authentication may sound like a very complicated concept, but it’s quite simple: a way of showing that you are who you say you are. In the offline world this process is simple and universal. Most countries have well-documented procedures by which you can get a passport that demonstrates your identity wherever you go in the … More Authentication 101