Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) is a new communication tool between remote and office workers. MTRs allow for effective, direct, clear, and collaborative communication within the company, which maximizes productivity. It is indispensable that MTRs run smoothly to maintain productivity. Also, it is crucial to know how to recover as quickly as possible in the event of…
Read more »NIST’s held their 3rd Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) Workshop earlier this month, and it was abundantly clear from the content and participation that the OSCAL standard and community has gained momentum and has a real opportunity to revolutionize the entire security and privacy compliance assessment and authorization space. Easy Dynamics has been supporting…
Read more »The demand for cybersecurity professionals is growing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job opportunities in the information security sector are projected to grow by 33% by 2030. With rising cyber threats and attacks, new laws and regulations around online activities, organizations, both public and private, are now dedicating vast resources to strengthening their organizational cyber…
Read more »The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently announced that single-factor authentication – username and password – is now officially added to their catalog of bad practices – putting it to the list of things that actually help cyberattacks. To counter cyberattacks, a much better practice is to adopt multi-factor authentication, or MFA. This means…
Read more »Historically passwords have been the go-to method to secure information systems. However, as time has passed, they’ve become harder to memorize, create a lot of pain for IT to maintain, and are a significant source of daily frustration for billions of people. Remember this: Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack: Hackers Used Compromised Password, or even CVS Health…
Read more »Zero Trust is becoming quite the buzzword these days, with organizations and government agencies releasing more guidance and strategies for their Zero Trust initiatives every day[1][2][3]. With so much new information being published all the time, understanding the core of what Zero Trust is can be a bit of a challenge for those new to…
Read more »I’ve been fortunate enough to have been involved with open standards and open source communities for most of my career, and I couldn’t be more excited to continue that tradition with Easy Dynamics. I’d like to give a little bit of background on my journey thus far, then give my take on our recent announcement around…
Read more »The security of the federal systems we support is our top priority at Easy Dynamics. So we were thrilled to see the recent Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity capture some of the key security themes that we regularly promote, like information sharing, zero trust architecture, secure software development, and response capabilities. Given…
Read more »It’s a staple of the Mission Impossible franchise – Tom Cruise and his crew use advanced latex 3D face masks to impersonate someone else and enter a building, vault, or other restricted areas. This used to appear so futuristic and truly only the stuff of Hollywood movies. Tom and his crew were giving us all a glimpse…
Read more »The ability of individuals to recognize and trust each other plays a fundamental role in our economic and social interactions. Prior to the digital age, identification systems relied on physical documents and face-to-face interactions, a system that came with a high level of assurance. However, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices has made it substantially easier…
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