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Intellyx - Guest Blog Series

This is the final article in a guest blog series from Intellyx. Find the full series here. A “man in the middle” (MitM) attack is one of the most serious types of attacks on the Internet. An MitM attack has the capability to divert or copy an entire flow of messages and steal login credentials, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers, and generate denial of service attacks. Read Full Story

This is the third article in a guest blog series from Intellyx. Catch up on the first article here. Maintaining a corporate cybersecurity posture means locking down its threat surface – all points of potential compromise that ‘black hat’ hackers might use to penetrate the corporate network. Of all these points of compromise, among hackers’ favorites are smartphones and other handheld devices. Every device is an open door for hackers, as they are replete with vulnerable apps that connect to back-end services and networks. Read Full Story

This is the second article in a guest blog series from Intellyx. You can read the first article here. Organizations, such as the Citi Consumer Bank when I was head of security architecture there, adopt a “mobile first” approach to application development. “Mobile first” means first developing a mobile application that delivers a great customer experience, and later focusing on developing other customer facing applications (such as a web app). Read Full Story

This is the first article in a guest blog series by Jason Bloomberg, Managing Partner, Intellyx Focusing on user authentication, including multi-factor authentication, is not enough to put mobile at the center of your cybersecurity strategy. It is essential to ensure the integrity of devices, applications, and communication channels, along with securing API access. Read Full Story