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She continues , “ At Teranet we use more than one factor to authenticate our users for when they want to access sensitive data or systems or applications to our cloud single sign-on or VPN .”
The authentication factors used by Teranet include the password , tokens on mobile phones and devices . The company is also exploring other types of authentication - such as biometrics .”
Security practice programmes As part of her work at Teranet , McCulloch has also been instrumental in building a security practice programme and team . The challenges involved in such a project often hinge on resources and executive-level approval .
“ You ’ ve got to make sure the executives at the organization are mindful of the endgame - because the endgame is where they believe that investment must go - and a lot of the time the endgame is where the risk appetite ends .
Ultimately , says McCulloch , if companies have low investment but high-risk weakness items , that ' s something they should definitely address .
She says that executives have to be very aware of these programmes because there are so many non-security initiatives that are competing with the security initiative .
She says companies should also prioritise the roadmap to decipher which initiatives are more important in terms of security and that building an expert and responsive team is part of the challenge .
“ I am extremely picky when selecting team members since we can only hire a certain number of security resources . We also want to ensure that each of the resources is able to deliver certain parts of the programme .”
Looking at the whole skillset and not just the technical expertise , is the main hiring practice for McCulloch . She explains , “ A lot of people in
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