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See the plethora of company insights on Security, Compliance, Management and Risk.
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 27, 20212 min read
MDM Security: Security Frameworks for Employee Devices
Do you have security protection for mobile computing and working from home? Although sometimes absolutely necessary (e.g., during a...
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Segregation of Control Duties
Organizations need to have definitions in place to support the segregation of control duties amongst internal personnel. Without these...
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Managing Wireless Access
Organizations that allow wireless access for computer communications or networking need to focus on how best to protect wireless...
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Secure Logon with Session Timeouts and Time-of-Day Limitations
The risk for unauthorized access or inappropriate viewing of information increases for organizations if session timeouts are not in place...
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Remote Access Control Policy Management
A significant number of external security incidents or data breach threats begin with unauthorized remote access being gained to the...
Ascent Portal Staff
Dec 3, 20212 min read
System Utility Access Control Protection
Organizations need to implement system utility access controls to protect and ensure standard, non-administrative users do not have the...
Ascent Portal Staff
Nov 29, 20212 min read
It’s Not Rocket Science – Secure Unattended Information Systems
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to recognize that an access control policy need to be implemented to secure information systems when...
Ascent Portal Staff
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Password Policy Example and Common Management Solutions
It’s been said that a password management should be treated like a toothbrush – don’t let anybody else use it and get a new one every six...
Ascent Portal Staff
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Ensuring a Secure Logon Process
Organizations need to implement and maintain secure logon processes to ensure authorized users are authenticated prior to accessing...
Ascent Portal Staff
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Balancing Admin Rights & Control – Privilege Access Management
Organizations need to have controls in place in place for the management of accounts with privileged access. Privileged access management...
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