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– Adaptive Protection Alert” (example below) is attempting to lure customers to click a malicious link in order to update their master password. If you received this email and clicked on the link, we recommend immediately changing your LastPass password and enabling multi-factor authentication on your account, as well as your end users’ accounts. While we are working with our partners to take down the malicious domains, we are additionally asking you to stay vigilant and be aware of the tell-tale signs of phishing attacks to help keep your information secure. * Run antivirus, end-point protection, and/or anti-malware protection software, as well as regularly update your software and anti-virus signatures.

How can businesses ensure remote employees are productive and efficient, while safeguarding critical company data and assets? For businesses looking to adopt a work-from-anywhere culture, a thoughtful investment in identity and access management (IAM) is essential to facilitating secure, effective remote work. By combining passwordless employee access and encrypted credential sharing with strong authentication, IAM solutions can help businesses improve the employee experience and safeguard from cyberthreats even as employees connect and work from anywhere in the world. Based on our recent research with IDG on the impact of remote work to IAM, 98% of IT decision makers agree that IAM is critical for securing their remote workforce.

A recently commissioned LastPass by Logmein report entitled The Value of Identity in the Digital Environment, which was produced by IDC, found that building trust with customers by implementing improved security measures and offering a better e-commerce experience by enhancing security are the two highest priorities for CEOs across Asia Pacific. In APAC, companies need to see the value of security more and invest in often underfunded IT security teams by budgeting for better Identity Management solutions which engender trust through better security aimed at protecting customer data. The research conducted by IDC saw only 23% of APAC organisations plan to deploy multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users accessing sensitive data and 30% of APAC organisations were considering or piloting identity federation plans – Once addressed, having a unified identity assists business by optimising user and customer experience to engender trust across all stakeholders, while managing identity at digital scale to enable digital transformation.

If you find yourself struggling with passwords and wondering how to keep your personal information safe, for both work and home, it’s time to try a password manager like LastPass. A password manager like LastPass will not only help you step up your cybersecurity for work and home, it will also make it easier for you and your family to access everything you need online. No matter where you’re logging in, or what device you’re using, you need an easy way to access everything you store online. Automatically sync any password changes to shared accounts and keep records of important family details like Social Security Numbers and Driver’s Licenses.