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RSA SecurID: Egg meets face
- TAGS:2FA, EMC, enterprise, Insider Content, PR, RSA, SecurID, two-factor authentication
- IT TOPICS:Careers, Cybercrime & Hacking, Enterprise Apps, Privacy, Security, Security Hardware & Software
By Richi Jennings (@richi). June 7, 2011.
In the case of the SecurID hack three months ago, RSA's strategy -- to deny anything was worrisome -- has come back to bite it. Hard. The company is having to learn some of the oldest lessons in security -- and in PR. Find out more, in The Long View...
You may recall that in March, RSA -- security arm of EMCÂ (EMC)Â -- confessed to a security breach. The company said its SecurID two-factor authentication system had been "impacted" by a hacker break-in.
Right from the start, RSA's official statements smelled bad. I, and others, worried that the company wasn't being 100% frank and honest about the situation. Those fears have been realized, as Lockheed Martin now joins two other defense contractors in falling victim to attacks. Read on...
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