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Fintech Statrys Adds MFA To Further Strengthen Security

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(MENAFN– EIN Presswire)

Statrys MFA

Verma Pankaj CTO

mfa Statrys

In response to growing cyber security threats in Asia

We’re going the extra mile to make sure the Statrys account is safer than ever before. After all, the safety of our clients’ money is our top priority.” — Pankaj VermaHONG KONG, July 18, 2022 /EINPresswire.com / — Hong Kong-based Fintech Statrys  is introducing MFA on all its platforms to strengthen the security of its services. Statrys’s mission is to be the world’s ‘go-to’ payment platform for SMEs and entrepreneurs. The company provides virtual business accounts with all the features of a traditional bank offering but without the red tape and hassle.

This move is intended to ensure that the users’ accounts are always safe and under their control and access. The financial industry typically features in the top five sectors for severity and frequency of cyber-attacks. The 2022 IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index found that Asia has become the region most targeted by cyberattacks, with financial services and manufacturing organizations, in particular, experiencing nearly a combined 60% of attacks.

Hong Kong is an attractive target for cyberattacks as a leading global financial center. With more than USD 2 billion in transaction value , Statrys wants to ensure that further transactions are carried out without fear of fraud.

“We’re going the extra mile to make sure the Statrys account is safer than ever before. After all, the safety of our clients’ money is our top priority.’ — Pankaj Verma, Statrys’ Chief Technology Officer.

Adopting multiple-factor authentication helps Statrys secure access to the platform, protect users’ identities, and guarantee that the proper user carries out each transaction.

Multiple-factor authentication at Statrys is implemented at all platform and mobile app levels, ensuring that mobile security is just as reliable as other methods. MFA safeguards their account in case any of the devices are misplaced. Even if a password or other authentication method is compromised, it’s extremely rare that a hacker also has a second or third authentication factor.

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Air Force adds more jobs to initial enlistment bonus list > Air Force Recruiting Service > Features

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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas —  

The Air Force added more opportunities for future Airmen to receive bonuses upon entering active duty in fiscal 2022.


Seven maintenance-related skills, each with four or six-year contracts, were added to the FY22 Initial Enlistment Bonus program July 11, 2022. Bonuses will be offered through Sept. 30, 2022.


This brings the total number of Air Force Specialty bonuses to 22.


“Our Air Force value proposition is about far more than pay or compensation. It’s primarily about opportunity, and joining a community with an unmatched sense of purpose. But in a highly-competitive labor market enlistment incentives can help ensure we get the additional Airmen required to fill our ranks and serve the nation. Today, that job market is at record-high levels of competition and it’s a battle for talent,” said Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, Air Force Recruiting Service commander.


Another incentive that may help recruiters fill short-notice gaps is a quick-ship bonus which began in April. Quick Ship is when an already fully-qualified applicant fills a short-notice Basic Military Training vacancy, and ships within five days or less.


More than 179 bonuses have been paid to new recruits who entered active duty within a few days of signing their contract. Any member who enters active duty with one of the quick-ship career fields may be eligible to receive an $8,000 bonus.


Special Warfare recruits are eligible for up to $50,000 upon entering active duty.


Certain cyber career fields have bonus pay amounts that are based on an applicant’s highest level of certification, giving the applicant an opportunity to receive up to $20,000.


Recruiting incentives give recruiters additional support and tools to use as they press through all the challenges associated with reaching the Air Force’s FY22 accessions goals. Those challenges include a low youth inclination to join, a national labor shortage and the aggregate effects of recruiting with reduced face to face contact since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020.


The following is the complete IEB list effective July 11, 2022:



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Sternum Adds the Cybersecurity Expert Behind NotPetya Malware Vaccine to Its Security Leadership Team | News

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TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 19, 2022–

Sternum, the pioneer in autonomous security and analytics for IoT devices, welcomes Amit Serper, a leading international cybersecurity expert, as its new Director of Security Research. As a veteran cybersecurity professional with a record of excellence in the field, Amit bolsters Sternum’s vast research capabilities with his decades of expertise in reverse engineering, vulnerability exploitation, and ethical hacking.

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Amit Serper a leading international cybersecurity expert joins Sternum as its new Director of Security Research (Photo: Business Wire)

The global total of cyberattacks is surging year on year as hackers exploit the ever-growing trend toward digitalization. An uptick in international tensions is further exacerbating the trend as Russia allegedly unleashed its cyber-arsenal on Ukraine in the run-up to its ground incursion. Previously, the U.S. intelligence community blamed Moscow for NotPetya malware attacks on Ukrainian networks, which destroyed sensitive data on a variety of servers and spilled out beyond Ukraine to wreak havoc on businesses.

Amit Serper, who found a “vaccine” for NotPetya, now joins Sternum’s leadership team to lend the company his vast expertise in cybersecurity. Amit will be in charge of Sternum’s security research, leading its team of cybersecurity experts as they work to transform the IoT defense paradigm.

Before joining Sternum, Amit worked as the Director of Security Research for Akamai Technologies, a U.S. cloud and cybersecurity giant, where he focused on enterprise network protection. Prior to that, he held the offices of North American VP of Security Research for Guardicore, a network segmentation company, ahead of its acquisition by Akamai. Amit also held a number of positions in Cybereason, working his way up from Senior Security Researcher to VP for Security Strategy. His private sector career followed years of service in the Israeli military and intelligence, where he took on a variety of security roles and…

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Intertrust Adds Security for IoT Devices in Zero-Trust Architectures to Intertrust Platform

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Intertrust, a leading provider in trusted distributed computing, today announced the company is extending its flagship Intertrust Platform™ with the addition of advanced, scalable authentication capabilities to protect and manage IoT devices and data in zero trust environments.

Announced in 2020, Intertrust Platform provides enterprises with secure interoperability that allows diverse data management systems to interoperate as one. With Intertrust Platform, enterprises are able to leverage diverse data management systems from leading data platforms, cloud service providers, and other vendors to choose best of breed technology. This helps avoid vendor lock-in and provides scalability when dealing with competitors and partners in complex legal and security environments. Apps such as AI that run on top of Intertrust Platform also benefit from secure access to governed data.

Intertrust’s new edge-to-cloud capabilities allow enterprises to connect IoT devices securely to their cloud services using highly scalable secure device authentication architecture with application protection technology that shields devices running at the endpoint from malicious attack. These devices relay trusted data to Intertrust Platform’s data operations layer, even if the data travels through untrusted networks. Control software then processes and sends authorization signals to these devices in a trusted fashion. Intertrust Platform provides an additional “single pane of glass” device management capability that allows enterprises to choose devices from multiple vendors that run with consistent and reliable security.

“Intertrust Platform enables enterprise customers to run interoperable services and devices in the face of growing threats and complex regulatory frameworks,” said Talal G. Shamoon, CEO, Intertrust. “With the addition of edge-to-cloud security for IoT devices in zero trust networks to Intertrust Platform, customers now have a comprehensive, secure and scalable platform that interoperates with best of breed data services, AI, and IoT devices in one consistent data operations and device management system,” added Shamoon.

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