Dangerous SAML SSO vulnerability?

Several sources have recently reported the discovery of a ‘flaw’ in certain SAML implementations that could allow a ‘bad actor’ to alter the identity carried in a Single Sign-On SAML assertion and legitimately log in as a different user as reported by TechTarget. Wow – that’s bad!  That was my initial reaction, and I envisioned

The Importance of Analytics to Cybersecurity

In part 5 of 6 Vlogs, CTI’s Director of Cybersecurity, Ben Thurston makes the connection between cybersecurity monitoring and analytics. Ben explains the importance of analytics in gathering data and information from multiple security sources to provide insight into what is going on from a security/risk posture. Security analytics, like the CTI CustomerUniverse, collects information

A Multi-layered Approach to Securing Data Assets

In this 3rd of 6 Vblogs, CTI’s Ben Thurston explains to Mark Janowicz that there is no one cybersecurity solution that will solve all problems when it comes to data security.  The best approach, Ben explains is a multi-layered one. The data that is owned by your marketing team contains a lot of important and

Marketing and Cybersecurity – Protecting Against Breaches

Marketing people have access to a lot of customer data – and that makes them prime targets for data breaches – Mark Janowicz talks to Ben Thurston about what marketing professional needs to know about cybersecurity. In this second of six video blogs, CTI’s Ben Thurston explains that not all data are treated equally and

Why Equifax Type Breaches Will Continue

Cybersecurity, cyber lessons, data security

Lessons Not Learned from Target – Why Equifax Type Breaches Will Continue. It’s hard to believe the massive data breach at Target that cost their CEO and CIO their jobs occurred almost four years ago. It was a very high-profile data breach that should have put all C-suite executives on notice that if you fail

Marketing Analytics and Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and marketing analytics go hand-in-hand because at the end of the day it’s still about keeping data about your customer and prospects safe and out of the hands of cyber criminals.  You certainly do not want the theft of sensitive information to be the next news headline! In this first of six video blogs,

The Equifax Hack – The Ingredients for Misery

On Sept 7, 2017, Equifax announced they were hacked sometime between May and July of this year. The incident potentially impacts around 143 million U.S. consumers, exposing names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and more. All the ingredients identity thieves need to cook up some misery. Obviously, we all have reason to be concerned by this breach

Triangulating and closing security compromises

But the CEO told me to wire $60K to the Caymans! We’ve seen a recent rash of e-mail exploits that blend “social engineering” with e-mail technology. These exploits use e-mail to impersonate respected leaders and authorities of an enterprise giving direction to subordinates or delivering malware payloads and links in what looks like a trusted


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