As part of its outreach to customers in the wake of the SecurID breach, security solutions vendor RSA has issued a Customer FAQ. Here is an excerpt of that document, as shared with Information Security Media Group by RSA customers.
Marcus Ranum isn't just a well-regarded information security expert. He's also a customer of the RSA SecurID product, and he's got some strong feelings about the RSA breach and how the industry has responded to it.
The Department of Homeland Security is working with RSA in investigating what the IT security vendor characterized as an extremely sophisticated attacked aimed at its SecurID two-factor authentication products.
Security vendor RSA is providing remediation steps for customers to strengthen their RSA SecurID implementations in light of an advanced persistent threat attack directed at its two-factor authentication product.
RSA SecurID is a two-factor authentication solution that is widely used and regarded as the pioneer product of hardware and software token authentication.
It's serious news that RSA's SecurID solution has been the target of an advanced persistent threat. But "It's not a game-changer," says Stephen Northcutt, CEO of SANS Institute. "Anybody who says it is [a game-changer] is an alarmist."
"Persistent" is the operative word about the advanced persistent threat that has struck RSA and its SecurID products. "If the bad guys out there want to get to someone ... they can," says David Navetta of the Information Law Group.
The announcement by RSA that it had been a victim of an advanced persistent threat shook the global information security industry. Stephen Northcutt of SANS Institute and David Navetta of the Information Law Group offer insight on what happened, what it means and how to respond.
Global banking institutions can learn from Japan's disaster planning and response. And a sophisticated cyberattack is launched against RSA, targeting the security unit of EMC's SecurID two-factor authentication products.
Topics to be addressed at the NIST cloud computing forum include the cloud's trustworthiness and standards. Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher also will speak.
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Current solutions are good at authenticating users, but not the integrity of the transactions, says Rik Ferguson of Trend Micro. "We're not authenticating the right things."
When the business demands the latest tools and technologies, saying "no" is not a viable option. "Clearly, these are disruptive things, but they also are extremely valuable," says Simon Godfrey, Director, Security Solutions at CA Technologies UK.
"Multifactor authentication is perceived by many as being the panacea," says Rik Ferguson of Trend Micro. "[But] the real problem is: We're not authenticating the right things."
RSA Conference 2011 was held recently, and Information Security Media Group was on hand to participate in the event in several unique ways. Check out our exclusive video interviews with industry thought-leaders, as well as our "Faces of Fraud" briefing.
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