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As cyber threats continue to evolve, addressing cybersecurity challenges is more urgent than ever. Traditional passwords, long considered foundational to digital security, are increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated attacks like phishing and credential stuffing. With cybercriminals becoming more adept, businesses need more secure and reliable authentication methods. Enter passkeys – an innovative step forward in authentication […]

Over the years the industry has tied itself in knots in its attempts at augmenting (or upgrading) the password, using all sorts of confusing terminology such as two-factor authentication (2FA), two-step authentication, multifactor authentication (MFA), and the more modern confusion of universal second factor (U2F), Fast IDentity Online 2 (FIDO2), WebAuthn, and passkeys. Up until

Sophos X-Ops’ research, presented at Virus Bulletin 2024, uses ‘multimodal’ AI to classify spam, phishing, and unsafe web content. At the 2024 Virus Bulletin conference, Sophos Principal Data Scientist Younghoo Lee presented a paper on SophosAI’s research into ‘multimodal’ AI (a system that integrates diverse data types into a unified analytical framework). In his talk, Lee explored

The World’s Most Innovative Companies Award by Fast Company is the definitive source for recognizing organizations that transform industries and shape society. Today, we’re celebrating that Fast Company has named Silverfort a 2025 Most Innovative Company. We are honored to be listed in the security category alongside others who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to create

We’re thrilled to announce that Datto RMM has taken home top honors in the G2 2025 Awards. Among thousands of solutions, it stood out as a top choice, securing wins in multiple categories. Out of 125,912 products in the contest pool, Datto RMM rose to the top, earning top honors across several categories: Top 100 in the

Have you ever thought how many accounts in your environment operate outside of your visibility and control? One of the biggest identity security blind spots, often ignored by organizations but frequently used by attackers – is Local Accounts. Unlike domain-based accounts that security teams can easily detect and monitor, local accounts are left in the dark with limited

A password generator is an online tool that automatically creates strong, random passwords at the click of a button. To create unique passwords, a password generator combines a variety of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Password generators dramatically ease the process of creating strong passwords by automatically producing random, lengthy ones – two

Sophos DNS Protection is now available for Sophos Firewall customers with Sophos Central accounts outside of the standard US and EU regions, adding five new management regions: Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, and Canada. This matches similar regional expansions for other Sophos Central managed products including ZTNA, Sophos Switch, and our AP6 Wireless line. For a

Juggling daily demands can make it difficult to keep up with the renewal dates on your Sophos subscriptions. To help you avoid any gaps in your protection, we are improving expiration alerts in Sophos Central so you can enjoy seamless protection against the latest threats.   What to expect? 30 days before your renewal date

Sophos Firewall OS v21 MR1 brings several scalability, resiliency, and stability enhancements to your Sophos Firewall. What’s new SSL VPN – Now supports key sizes of 3072 or 4096 bits for the Diffie-Hellman key exchange to enhance secure communication and compliance requirements. Enhanced UDP-based SSLVPN tunnel resiliency has also been added using a granular dead peer