Centrify stories
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Steven Hua joins ControlUp as Chief Marketing Officer to boost global growth
Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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ControlUp appoints Steven Hua, a seasoned marketer, as Chief Marketing Officer to accelerate its global customer acquisition and growth strategy.
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Thycotic named Gartner Peer Insights customers’ choice for Privileged Access Management
Thu, 13th Jan 2022
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ThycoticCentrify has been named a Customers Choice in the December 2021 Gartner Peer Insights report for privileged access management.
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Thycotic and Centrify complete merger, target PAM market
Fri, 16th Apr 2021
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Thycotic and Centrify merge to create ThycoticCentrify, a cloud identity security vendor targeting the privileged access management market.
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40% of businesses sacked staff due to breach of security during COVID-19
Thu, 20th Aug 2020
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application security
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hybrid & remote work
Nearly 40% of UK businesses have fired employees for breaching cyber security policies during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Centrify.
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'Immature' firms struggling to manage credential compromise
Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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Many firms overlook securing privileged credentials, despite 74% of breaches involving compromised access, revealing a worrying immaturity in PAM practices.
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Mega users affected by credential stuffing attack; 15,000 affected
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Data breach at Mega exposes 15,000 users' login details due to reused passwords and credential stuffing attacks.
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Companies caught between crooks and compliance - Centrify
Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Australian and New Zealand businesses struggle to balance cybersecurity and government regulation, warns Centrify.
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Centrify and Vectra Corp bring identity platform to ANZ
Mon, 14th May 2018
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ai security
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iam
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Centrify senior director APAC sales says that Vectra had the experience and expertise to open new doors for the Centrify security platform in ANZ.
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Now's the time for Aussie firms to review their security, say vendors
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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Australians simply aren’t prepared for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, even just with less than two weeks to go before the scheme takes effect.
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BREAKING: Uber tried to sweep data breach of 57m people under the rug
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
In October last year hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber and it has only just emerged now.
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Experts share their opinions on Uber breach - some supportive, some scathing
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
A number of experts have come forward to share their opinions on the huge Uber breach affecting 57m people that was kept under wraps for a year.
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Seven ways identity and access management can take the edge off data risk
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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risk & compliance
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Data breach reporting regulations are becoming more common, and organisations need to improve their identity and access management, says Centrify.
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Cloudera boosts big data capabilities for cybersecurity
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Cloudera, Centrify, StreamSets and Arcadia Data to work on speeding up deployment on Cloudera’s cybersecurity hub.
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ACSC Threat Report highlights real-world effects of cyber attacks
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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he organisation says that amongst all the usual security culprits, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have set new records.
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Australia's cybersecurity is 'undermined' by skills shortage
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Cybersecurity is being undermined by the ongoing skills shortage and Australia will need at least 11,000 new security employees to keep up.
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Aus study finds data breaches slice 5% from share prices
Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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centrify
Australian organisations hit by a data breach may see their share prices drop as much as 5% and take months to recover from the incident.
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HBO breach: Centrify says ‘winter is coming’ for passwords
Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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cybersecurity
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HBO’s soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.
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Cybersecurity firm Centrify hits 'major sales milestone'
Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Cybersecurity firm Centrify has hit what it calls a ‘major milestone’ across the 2016-2017 financial year by achieving US$100 million in sales.
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Centrify warns hospitality industry is weak against data breaches
Sat, 15th Jul 2017
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malware
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
The alert from Centrify come as the Sabre Corp data breach continues to claim victims around the world, with Trump Hotels the latest announced.
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Centrify targets local admin access on Macs through latest identity management update
Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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personal computing devices
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apple
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Macs in the enterprise are prone to careless administrative account maintenance and passwords are being shared further than they should be.