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A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience
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A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

by Debra Baker
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
238 pages
6h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

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Identity and Access Management

This chapter is about identity and authentication. We will be discussing the importance of multi-factor authentication and why you need it. We’ll cover NIST’s new password requirements and why they have changed. Finally, we’ll discuss how to ensure your passwords are secured using a password manager and are securely stored.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Two-factor authentication and why you need it
  • Password complexity and NIST 800-63-3B
  • Password manager

Two-factor authentication and why you need it

The importance of multi-factor authentication cannot be overstated. The CEO of True Digital Security, Rory Sanchez, stated that, “Almost every phishing attack that we’ve seen could ...

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ISBN: 9781835466926