Posted on 21 September 2017 by Thales DIS
So far this year, the level of social awareness around cybersecurity and data breaches has exploded causing more people sit up and take notice. Historically, the topic was covered predominantly by tech-centric publications but recently has received much more attention from mainstream media. Today’s announcement from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a […]
Posted on 28 April 2014 by Thales DIS
This week sees the start of Infosecurity, one of the world’s biggest security conferences held in London. Is it coincidence that we recently saw the effects of a major security breach, making headlines all over mainstream news sites? Unfortunately, the truth is that security breaches don’t just happen in tandem with security conferences, but are […]
Posted on 30 August 2012 by Thales DIS
Today the Gemalto Enterprise blog celebrates its first anniversary. Since the birth of the Enterprise Blog on August 30th 2011, we’ve given our view on many of the biggest stories in the world of enterprise security and authentication. These have included everything from passwords to privacy, and Google to Genesis. Having shared so many of […]
Posted on 16 July 2012 by Thales DIS
After the LinkedIn debacle, it’s depressing but not entirely surprising to see yet further reports of large-scale hacks, this time of Yahoo! losing 400,000 usernames and passwords to anonymous hackers. It seems amazing to us, working as we do in the security industry, that the passwords were stored in plaintext with absolutely no form of […]
Posted on 07 September 2011 by Thales DIS
My final installment in this series features the security of a player’s online persona or assets. If you’ve ever played a game that involves accomplishments or accumulating items, you know how much you care about this layer of security. No one wants to wake up one morning, log in to World of Warcraft and find […]
Posted on 01 September 2011 by Thales DIS
In the wake of high-profile leaks, breaches, and hacks at large companies I took some time to reflect on my experiences as a gamer. I can’t argue that I’ve had the longest or most successful gaming career, but I certainly have enjoyed being a part of a community and ecosystem that is unique to my […]