Displaying items by tag: Geoff Schomburgk

New research by hardware security key provider Yubico finds the most common login method remains the old username and password despite being the least secure option available today. Further, AI advances are making online scams even more successful. Yet, at the same time, many people don't know there are better options, and they're not being aided by employee onboarding which glosses over the subject.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire talks to Geoff Schomburgk, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan at Yubico, about stopping your users being the targets of phishing attacks.

Snowflake has now released a feature allowing administrators to enforce MFA so users must enroll in it on login. Finally!

 It's a daily story: user's credentials get stolen, whether by social engineering or other attack. Bad guy logs in to corporate network or user's email. Bad guy steals data, corrupts data, sends fake emails saying payment details have changed. And in every case it could have been thwarted by MFA. iTWire says organisations of all sizes can't leave hardware keys to end users; it must be driven from the top and must have a company-wide approach.

iTWireTV: Yubico regional VP APJ Geoff Schomburgk.

Being able to add one of Yubico's physical security keys to protect your iCloud account is now possible in iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3 and macOS 13.2 onwards, and it's a very simple process that elevates your security, with Geoff Schomburgk joining iTWireTV to discuss the development and show how its done.

Hardware security key provider Yubico has appointed Selina Goh to the role of ASEAN regional sales director, Derix Suartyo to the role of ASEAN solutions engineering lead. They are both based in Singapore.

Cyber insurance premiums have skyrocketed due to the constantly evolving cyber threats - but what steps can companies take before signing up for a cyber policy? Minimising security risk posture proactively will reduce the risk of cyber-attacks and therefore reduce their cyber insurance premiums. iTWireTV speaks with Yubico Vice President APJ Geoff Schomburgk on the topic.

GUEST OPINION by Geoff Schomburgk, Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan at Yubico:  On social media, in business and in the media, we’re increasingly hearing how companies should be protecting themselves against cyberattacks. Whilst we’re all at risk of having our credentials stolen, there are certain groups of individuals that need protecting more than others. Overseas, these include numerous organisations and individuals that are defending the freedom of the press, human rights and election security throughout many vulnerable regions where cyberattacks pose an enormous risk. In Australia, the upcoming Federal election on May 21st poses a lot of opportunities for bad state actors to interfere and spread misinformation, as has been documented by activities reported about US and UK elections. It is critical that security solutions are freely available and exist to help protect Australian electoral staff and political parties from such attacks.

GUEST INTERVIEW: With passwords and traditional two-factor authentication no longer as secure as it once was, Yubico's evolving YubiKeys have been the next-gen answer, with the new YubiKey Bio now another step above in delivering an ever more secure environment, Geoff Schomburgk joined us again at iTWireTV to explain this and plenty more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: With passwords and traditional two-factor authentication no longer as secure as it once was, Yubico's evolving YubiKeys have been the next-gen answer, with the new YubiKey Bio now another step above in delivering an ever more secure environment, Geoff Schomburgk joined us again at iTWireTV to explain this and plenty more.

Hardware authentication security keys provider Yubico has appointed Geoff Schomburgk as vice president for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.