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Update 62 - SaaS Authentication Monitoring Evasion

Businesses know they need to monitor their SaaS apps, but it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of security if you're relying on authentication monitoring as your only line of defense.
Kilian Englert
1 min read
Last updated January 11, 2022

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    Businesses know they need to monitor their SaaS apps, but it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of security if you're relying on authentication monitoring as your only line of defense.

    Kilian Englert and Ryan O'Boyle from the Varonis Cloud Architecture team discuss how clever attackers attempt to evade authentication-based alerting, and provide tips on how to detect them.

     

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    Kilian Englert
    Kilian Englert Kilian hat einen Hintergrund in der Sicherheitstechnik für Unternehmen und im Verkauf von Sicherheitslösungen. Kilian ist Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) und erstellt interne und öffentliche Inhalte zu Themen rund um Cybersicherheit und Best Practices in der Technologie.

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