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Solving the Human Security Problem: An Interview With JD Sherman, Dashlane CEO
JD Sherman reflects on the future of workplace security. “The challenge is security is not just a technology problem,” he says, “it’s a human problem.”

World Password Day 2021: Password “Origin Stories” From Your Friends at Dashlane
Celebrate World Password Day 2021 by submitting your password origin story to win free Dashlane for life.

Class Is in Session With Dashlane’s Worst Password Awards
We’re sharing our first-ever, mid-year Worst Password Awards, which take a spin on senior superlatives to spotlight those that didn’t make the grade so far this year.

Is Netflix Really Cracking Down on Password Sharing? Plus, the Dos and Don’ts of Sharing Any Password.
Is the streaming giant actually going to kick grandma off your account? Plus, the best way to share passwords with anyone, anywhere.

Privacy Is a Privilege: How Surveillance Culture Impacts Women
For Women’s History Month, we’re looking at cybersecurity as it affects women, from surveillance as a feminist issue, to the collection of women-specific data online, and the need for safe internet communities.

Interview With a Hacker: Rachel Tobac Tells You How to Defend Yourself From…Well, Her!
Rachel Tobac, a white hat hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security, tells us just how paranoid we need to be online.

Ransomware Attacks on French Hospitals Shows Unrelenting Threat to Healthcare Sector
Ransomware attacks pummeled the healthcare industry last year. 2021 promises more of the same, as a recent rash of attacks on French hospitals has shown.

What Businesses, Employees, & Interns Can Learn From the SolarWinds Hack
U.S. IT firm SolarWinds experienced a software hack in 2020 that is only now being fully uncovered. New reports peg the catalyst of the incident on a weak password created by an intern: solarwinds123.

How the Hack at a Florida Water Treatment Plant Affects All Organizations in the Public Sector
Securing access to critical assets and systems is often much simpler—and much more affordable—than organizations in the public and critical infrastructure sectors may realize. The February hack of a water treatment plant emphasized the challenges that public sector organizations face when it comes to cybersecurity.

4 Ways Tech Has Changed Relationships—For the Better
Normally, articles like this are rife with doom and gloom pearl-clutching about the decline of eye contact and the horrors of convenience culture, but after a year in which the necessity of tech-mediated social contact became a balm rather than a bug, we decided to take a more uplifting angle.

New Attacks Targeting Remote Workers, Recent CISA Analysis Reveals
The shift to remote work has forced companies to change how they think about their security. CISA recently published a report highlighting an increase in successful phishing attacks exploiting cybersecurity weaknesses of remote and distributed teams.