Biometric Authentication Ring Gaining Traction

Token Ring the new company (not the old networking token ring technology), just received Series C investment that will accelerate growth and demand for its new biometric authentication tool – a literal ring you wear. The Token Ring features FIDO2 support and can be paired with a user’s phone using the Token Ring App. The tool is gaining traction in cybersecurity as a next-generation passwordless authentication tool supported by industry behemoths Microsoft, Apple, and Google.

Token Ring

What Does This Mean For My Company?

The Token Ring is a nascent technology for a big cybersecurity budget in companies that are early adopters. One ring can cost hundreds of dollars. For most companies, a Token Ring, or something similar, is too expensive for it to make sense. Additionally, with any new technology, there are certainly bugs to be identified and safety measures to be worked out. For example, CyberHoot wonders if the ring measures your pulse? If you don’t have a pulse does the ring still work? Physical safety becomes a critical factor to CyberHoot considering the use of a Token Ring for access to the critical accounts requiring MFA protection. Are criminals against cutting fingers off to gain access to our critical accounts? We’d like to wait and see how this plays out before adopting such visionary technology.

There are many other actions your company can and should take to help secure your users and systems that cost a good deal less without the potential physical harm they might attract. Continue reading to learn what cost-effective actions your company can take to improve its cybersecurity posture. 

CyberHoot’s Minimum Essential Cybersecurity Recommendations

The following recommendations will help you and your business stay secure with the various threats you may face on a day-to-day basis. All of the suggestions listed below can be gained by hiring CyberHoot’s vCISO Program development services.

1. Govern employees with policies and procedures. You need a password policy, an acceptable use policy, an information handling policy, and a written information security program (WISP) at a minimum.
2. Train employees on how to spot and avoid phishing attacks. Adopt a Learning Management system like CyberHoot to teach employees the skills they need to be more confident, productive, and secure.
3. Test employees with Phishing attacks to practice. CyberHoot’s Phish testing allows businesses to test employees with believable phishing attacks and put those that fail into remedial phish training.
4. Deploy critical cybersecurity technology including two-factor authentication on all critical accounts. Enable email SPAM filtering, validate backups, and deploy DNS protection, antivirus, and anti-malware on all your endpoints.
5. In the modern Work-from-Home era, make sure you’re managing personal devices connecting to your network by validating their security (patching, antivirus, DNS protections) or prohibiting their use entirely.
6. If you haven’t had a risk assessment by a 3rd party in the last 2 years, you should have one now. Establishing a risk management framework in your organization is critical to addressing your most egregious risks with your finite time and money.
7. Buy Cyber-Insurance to protect you in a catastrophic failure situation. Cyber-Insurance is no different than Car, Fire, Flood, or Life insurance. It’s there when you need it most.

Each of these recommendations, except cyber-insurance, is built into CyberHoot’s product and virtual Chief Information Security Officer services. With CyberHoot you can govern, train, assess, and test your employees. Visit CyberHoot.com and sign up for our services today. At the very least continue to learn by enrolling in our monthly Cybersecurity newsletters to stay on top of current cybersecurity updates.