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Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account getting hacked<\/a> by having his telephone number transferred to another account without his knowledge is a wake-up call to everyone of how vulnerable mobile devices are. The hackers relied on SIM swapping<\/a> and convincing Dorsey’s telecom provider to bypass requiring a passcode<\/a> to modify his account. With the telephone number transferred, the hackers accessed the Twitter founder’s account. If the telecom provider had adopted zero trust at the customer’s mobile device level, the hack would have never happened.<\/p>\n The Twitter CEO’s account getting hacked is the latest in a series of incidents that reflect how easy it is for hackers to gain access to cloud-based enterprise networks using mobile devices. Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2019<\/a> revealed that the majority of enterprises, 67%,<\/a> are the least confident in the security of their mobile assets than any other device.<\/p>\n Mobile devices are one of the most porous threat surfaces a business has. They’re also the fastest-growing threat surface, as every employee now relies on their smartphones as their ID. IDG’s<\/a> recent survey completed in collaboration with MobileIron<\/a>, titled Say Goodbye to Passwords<\/a> found that 89% of security leaders believe that mobile devices will soon serve as your digital ID to access enterprise services and data.<\/p>\n Because they’re porous, proliferating and turning into primary forms of digital IDs, mobile devices and their passwords are a favorite onramp for hackers wanting access to companies’ systems and data in the cloud. It’s time to kill passwords and shut down the many breach attempts aimed at cloud platforms and the valuable data they contain.<\/p>\n Killing passwords improve cloud security by:<\/p>\n The sooner organizations move away from being so dependent on passwords, the better. The three reasons why killing passwords improve cloud security are just the beginning. Imagine how much more effective distributed DevOps teams will be when security isn’t a headache for them anymore, and they can get to the cloud-based resources they need to get apps built.<\/p>\n With more organizations adopting a mobile-first development strategy, it makes sense to have a mobile-centric zero-trust network engrained in key steps of the DevOps process. That’s the future of cloud security, starting with the DevOps teams creating the next generation of apps today.<\/p>\n 87% of enterprises are seeing mobile threats growing the fastest this year, outpacing other threat types, based on Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2019.Cloud security’s weakest link is mobile device passwords<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Three reasons why killing passwords improves your cloud security<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/a>Interested in hearing industry leaders discuss subjects like this and sharing their experiences and use-cases<\/strong>? Attend the Cyber Security & Cloud Expo World Series<\/a> with upcoming events in Silicon Valley, London and Amsterdam to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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