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From the loss of data to drastic sums of revenue, data breaches can severely handicap a company for a significant amount of time. However, given that a data breach prevention plan is not always foolproof, one question remains.

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How does a company effectively deal with a data breach to mitigate its effects? Let’s find out in this blog.

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7 Common Mistakes That Companies Commit

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So it happened. The attack was successful, and there was a data breach—resulting in a large portion of the files being lost and the people behind the attack making their demands.

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The first order of business should be mapping out an incident response plan to restrict data loss at the minimum. The next challenge is implementing this plan. Many times, while doing so, companies make some common mistakes.

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It is time to delve into those mistakes and figure out how you can prevent them from happening if you fall victim to a data breach.

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1. Waiting for accurate information.

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In many cases, a cybersecurity team may look to wait for all the information they require to launch a successful mitigation or incident response plan. However, the actual aftermath of a data breach is very dynamic, where information is constantly changing due to the analysis being carried out by internal or external forensics teams.

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In actuality, companies must implement their response as soon as the threat or attack is detected. Any wait for accurate information will prove futile as it can lead to condensed timeframes making it impossible to tackle the attack effectively.

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2. Lack of communication.

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The communication between various members and departments in the company is of utmost importance post data breach. This is because, in order to manage the data breach properly, tasks need to be delegated quickly so that more ground can be covered.

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Therefore, with so many people working on managing a breach, there needs to be communication between them to piece together all the information they have attained.

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3. No practice drills.

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A great way to determine all the necessary aspects of an incident response if a data breach occurs is to conduct drills. Not only will this test out the data breach prevention policies and measures that are in place, but it also helps everyone involved to understand what their role is.

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Therefore, if these drills are carried out before an actual data breach, it may result in mayhem while the company tries to put up its defenses.

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4. Absence of leadership.

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As mentioned before, the roles that each person and every team plays in handling a data breach are important. Therefore, it is also essential that a single person oversees the entire operation and is capable of making decisions.

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This leader will receive reports from every team involved in mitigating the attack and will, therefore, have to coordinate with every party involved. This person will have to be the voice of reason during this trying time and do everything in their power to ensure that the response plan is being implemented properly.

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5. No third-party agencies.

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There may be instances where a company will not be able to handle a data breach simply with in-house staff. Therefore, it is advisable to bring in external agencies that are more equipped to handle data breaches. In addition to this, these agencies also have more experience in mitigating such attacks meaning that the company may not lose a drastic amount of data.

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Data attacks are accompanied by several legal implications like lawsuits from shareholders or even customers. For this reason, a company must bring in the required legal professionals to help with the implications. They will also be required to help dispense guidance from a legal standpoint early on after the data breach.

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7. Lack of remediation.

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One of the most important aspects of dealing with a data breach involves determining how it happened in the first place. Was it because of vulnerabilities in the security measures? Or was it a human error?

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Either way, the organization has to make it a point to analyze every aspect of the data breach and its handling and bring about the needed changes. Changes may be required in the security measures for data breach prevention or even handling it.

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According to several reports, a data breach typically costs an organization anywhere from $3.86 million to $4.26 million. In fact, in light of the current working norms, the prevalence of data breaches only seems to be increasing.

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However, learning from the above mistakes, an organization can remain defenseless in the face of a data breach.

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You might have already participated in Hacktoberfest as a contributor. But what if you have a project that you want to open source and get contributions during Hacktoberfest?

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Well, this guide covers everything you need to know:

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Most Important: The project should be in Working Condition or at both Logical and Coding End (if coding project). Here are the list of OpenSource repos by LoginRadius and the issues/guidelines for contributers.

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If your project satisfies the above condition, you can just go ahead and implement the steps described as follows. By implementing these steps, you can successfully open source your project and get contributions for your open source project, especially during Hacktoberfest.

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Title

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Your project should have a concise title. This title will be the name of your project repo on GitHub.

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Repository Description

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Topic/Labels

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As part of Hacktoberfest and to make it easy to find the project, the repository should have one or more of the following labels

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Project README

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Each project must have a README file.

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CONTRIBUTING.MD

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It should have instructions on how to contribute to the project. Contributions guidelines should have at least three different sections.

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License

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Choose an appropriate open source license for your project

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MIT license is one of the popular open source licenses used by many open source projects on GitHub. Click here to know more about open source licenses and choose the license most appropriate for your project.

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Issues in Repos

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Each repo should have at least 5-10 well-labeled issues to be considered for Hacktoberfest.

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As a maintainer, you could also be eligible to win swag from DigitalOcean for participating in Hacktoberfest. For more information, click here.

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Tiroler Tageszeitung (TT) has been a leading Tyrolean medium daily newspaper committed to regional quality journalism for over 75 years. The company was on a hunt for the right onboarding solution that not only offers secure authentication but eventually delivers a flawless user experience.

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Here we’re sharing the success story of Tiroler Tageszeitung and how LoginRadius helped them overcome diverse challenges.

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The Situation

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TT was trying to manage their registration and access infrastructure in-house, which was a catch-22 situation. Hence they decided to hand over authentication to a professional who can get the job done efficiently.

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The Challenges

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TT had been experiencing the following list of challenges. Therefore, they wanted a secure, stable, reliable solution that made onboarding seamless for their consumers.

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TT decided on a transition to cloud storage and, therefore, approached LoginRadius expecting a scalable hosting environment, among other cloud-centric benefits.

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How LoginRadius Paved the Path for a Seamless Onboarding and Secure Experience

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Registration as a Service (RaaS)

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The company wanted a seamless experience delivered to every user while they interact with them online. LoginRadius helped them implement a fully managed and personalized registration on their portal that now has a seamless experience.

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Social Sharing and Account Linking

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We added social sharing widgets in the platform that helps our client connect with different users, groups, and communities through their social media channels. We also enabled short URL sharing and auto-linking of multiple social accounts based on email addresses.

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Single Sign-On

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We understand that our clients’ users may find it difficult to use multiple credentials for logging in to their accounts. Hence, we unified their consumer journey through SSO into their systems. This helped users to use their key (set of login credentials) for accessing multiple web properties.

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Webhooks and Data Migration

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Our client wanted to migrate their existing consumer data to LoginRadius CIAM. Hence we implemented a seamless and smooth transition to meet their demand. We ensured TT could quickly and effortlessly configure webhooks for multiple events using our APIs.

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A Comprehensive View of Consumers

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TT demanded a 360--degree view of its consumers, and our User Management Dashboard helped them manage and view multiple consumers without any hassle. Moreover, we ensured they could easily personalize the data fields, filter data points, and export entire data into CSV format for greater convenience.

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Social Analytics and Reporting

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One of the most critical differentiators for TT was LoginRadius’s ability to provide a highly personalized solution based on consumer expectations. To achieve that, we helped TT churn analytics based on social parameters, demographics, login analytics, user activities, and more.

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Conclusion

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LoginRadius understands that modern businesses require cutting-edge technology to deliver a unified and seamless user experience that fosters growth. Our client, Tiroler Tageszeitung (TT), was hunting for a modern and secure solution to meet their smooth and fast onboarding demands.

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With our state-of-the-art technology, we were able to help the company increase its user base through great user experience coupled with security and convenience.

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For many years, the role of a CISO was a pretty lonely one. Since cybersecurity was seen as an arcane, obtuse subject, other executives were largely content to leave responsibility for it up to a dedicated member of the executive team. Now, this approach is changing.

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There are a number of good reasons for this. Though most CISOs have built sophisticated systems to respond to security threats, the changing threat landscape means that threats are now appearing at almost every endpoint across an organization. This means that teams previously regarded as fairly well protected against attacks – think marketing and customer service teams – are becoming a popular and lucrative target for hackers.

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In this new environment, CISOs need to foreground collaboration. It’s only by working with colleagues throughout your organization that you can hope to respond to these multivalent threats.

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In this article, we’ll go a little further, and turn his recommendations into actionable steps.

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Collaboration and Security

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First, a word about the value of collaboration, and its limitations. It’s now well established that intelligent collaboration within an organization can help to improve cyber security. Even a process as simple as offering training to staff outside the IT department can dramatically improve cyber resilience, for instance, as can sharing risk identification systems across departments.

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However, the structure of many organizations makes it easy for this collaboration to backfire. Specifically, it is possible for teams to share so many systems, and so much information, critical systems are left exposed. This can happen not just within an organization, but also with its B2B partners, whose systems are now typically integrated with those of suppliers and customers.

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In other words, collaboration can be a powerful defensive technique, but only if it is used carefully, and within a structured framework. Here’s how to do that.

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1. Collaborate Earlier

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One crucial consideration when looking to integrate the role of a CISO into your broader organization is when to start the collaborative process. It’s not practical to appraise every executive of every upcoming IT initiative, but too often these initiatives are not mentioned to leaders until it is too late to mitigate their business risks.

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This is why Federal Reserve CISO Devon Bryan told the Management Information Systems Training Institute (MISTI) that today’s security leaders need to “prioritize partnerships with business units” immediately. By doing so, CISOs can start to build a cooperative environment in the boardroom and make sure that business leaders understand how new technologies will affect their areas of expertise.

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2. Create Shared Definitions

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The basis of effective collaboration is communication, and the basis of effective communication is making sure that everyone is working with the same definitions. This can be approached in a formal way – building a shared taxonomy using definitions from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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Alternatively, it can be approached in a more ad-hoc fashion, in which a CISO takes care to explain cybersecurity terms to their colleagues, and in turn, makes sure they understand the nomenclature of business operations.

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If done correctly, this process is also an important part of building a cybersecurity culture within your organization. If everyone knows how to refer to cybersecurity risks, they are better able to communicate about them.

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3. Unify Metrics

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To take collaboration one step further, CISOs can even consider building a shared set of metrics that can be used across an organization. These metrics should be developed in consultation with other executives so that their relevance to broader business priorities is clear. In fact, if done carefully, this process can be a powerful tool that allows CISOs to explain the relevance and monetary value of their work to the other members of the C suite.

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That said, CISOs should also take care not to burden themselves with complex KPIs. The metrics used to measure cybersecurity at an executive level do not need to be the same as those that are used internally within the cybersecurity team. Care should be taken to ensure that they are relatively easy to measure, understand, and track.

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4. Share Skills

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Effective CISOs are those that encourage their team to share their skills with the broader organization. Sharing skills can either be done in an informal way – by making sure there is a member of the security team on teams charged with developing new products, for example. But skill sharing can also be formalized, through designing a training process for staff outside your team to get up to speed on how to protect their own teams from security threats.

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5. Lean on Technology

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Finally, make sure you are using the technology available to you in order to share information and insight across all the teams in your organization. A comprehensive security incident and event management (SIEM) can greatly improve network visibility, but also allow you to share real-time, actionable insights with teams that may be opening themselves up to attack.

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And, over time, it’s possible to leverage the power of big data to pull the insights drawn from your SIEM into a holistic picture of cybersecurity across your organization. By tracking the types of threats that you are exposed to, and their relative success, you can begin to plan a cybersecurity strategy that reduces your future vulnerability.

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The Bottom Line

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Ultimately, collaboration is a necessary part of the contemporary business environment. The days when CISOs worked within a hermetically sealed team are long gone – today, CISOs must be as engaged with business processes and risks as any other member of the C suite.

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Building collaborative ways of working is not a quick process, but it can be done. And just as we’ve seen the evolutionary development of cyber security over the past few years, now we are witnessing the evolution of the business environment itself.

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What is Hacktoberfest 2021?

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Hacktoberfest 2021 is the 8th edition of Hacktoberfest hosted by DigitalOcean. It is an open source festival celebrated during October every year, encouraging people worldwide to actively participate and contribute to participating open source projects hosted across GitHub and GitLab.

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In fact, Hacktoberfest 2020 had attracted 169,886 participants and 116,361 participating open source repositories, representing 135 countries.

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You can simply register yourself here and start contributing to any participating open source project from Oct 01 - Oct 31. And if you meet the contribution criteria set by DigitalOcean, you’ll receive a Hacktoberfest t-shirt from DigitalOcean!

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Additionally, if you make successful contributions to LoginRadius open source projects, you’ll separately receive a LoginRadius branded Hacktoberfest t-shirt from us, recognizing and thanking you for your valuable contributions.

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Why Contribute to LoginRadius Open Source Projects?

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LoginRadius is an industry-leading Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) provider with a mission to secure every identity on this planet.

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At LoginRadius, we’re committed to making our cloud platform more accessible for developers across tech stacks, so they can quickly implement user registration and authentication processes in their applications and become more efficient at focusing on core business features.

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We’ve always loved open source and the many great things it has done for the software development community and businesses. This inspired us to open source many of our projects, including SDKs, LR CLI, and Async Blog, a leading publication for developers by developers.

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Through our open source projects, we actively collaborate with the developer community and drive change and innovation for the optimistic progress of everyone.

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When you contribute to our open source projects, you’re helping the whole developer community become efficient, productive, and helping them manage user identities and authentication on their applications securely and scalably.

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How to Contribute?

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The exciting part about being involved in the open source community is that no matter how small or big your contributions are, the community will welcome your efforts and collaborate with you positively, sharing feedback and expressing gratitude.

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Especially with LoginRadius open source projects, your contributions can make a big difference! We also try making your collaboration with us more enjoyable.

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Please note that only contributions that add significant value to our projects will be eligible for swag. This will be at our sole discretion. But you may go ahead and contribute in any way you would like.

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Prerequisites

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You should have a basic to intermediate understanding of the following:

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Repositories for Contributing

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Each of the following public repositories on GitHub will have a list of issues listed. You can choose to work on these issues based on your skills and expertise in solving them.

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At LoginRadius, we value your contributions and proactively collaborate with you to get your contribution accepted.

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But one thing to keep in mind is that we don’t tolerate spamming.

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So, what is spamming?

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Spamming is creating a pull request for the sake of it and not adding value in any way. We’ll identify spam pull requests and report them according to GitHub guidelines.

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Anyways, you don’t have to worry about spamming accidentally: it seldom occurs without a clear intention. If we identify something as spam, we’ll let you know and help you understand why it is marked as spam.

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You can also easily find issues with the hacktoberfest label in order to know which repositories are seeking contributions. Or, you can simply click here to find all the issues needing contribution.

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That all being out of the way, here are the open source projects for which we’re seeking your valuable contributions:

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Please note that each project will have specific guidelines on how to contribute in general and raise pull requests. Also, each project will have issues listed that you can pick and work on.

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If you’re facing any issues with locally running a project or something else, please feel free to raise an issue for the project. Our team will help you out.

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Win LoginRadius Branded Swag

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By actively participating in Hacktoberfest, you make the open source community more sustainable, and, in turn, this makes you feel at home. Empowering one another is what best depicts the open source philosophy and is a reward in itself.

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However, we want to make it more fun by sending cool t-shirts to all the accepted/eligible contributors. Just make sure to fill this form after you raise a pull request.

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Don’t forget that your contributions to our projects also count towards your overall Hacktoberfest contributions calculated by DigitalOcean — and if you’re eligible, they’ll send you another t-shirt as well.

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Let’s have fun with Hacktoberfest 2021!

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We’re living in a digital era where we’re continuously surrounded by several cyber threats that may have a severe impact on our personal and professional lives.

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Whether we talk about the rising number of identity thefts or compromised sensitive information, individuals and organizations must quickly put their best foot forward to mitigate the risk.

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However, adding stringent layers of security through diverse practices, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), has proven to be fruitful in minimizing the risks.

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These security practices add an extra security layer other than passwords and ensure that the right person has access to the right information.

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When it comes to robust security for a seamless authentication and authorization experience, security keys are considered one of the best ways to prove one’s identity.

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This post reveals all the aspects associated with a physical security key and helps you understand its advantages.

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What is a Security Key?

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A security key is a physical USB drive that connects with your devices, including computers and laptops, to prove identity to access specific resources on a network.

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These kinds of keys can be connected to devices via USB, Bluetooth connection, or a USB-C port and are super simple to use whenever you need to go through an additional identity verification process.

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Just like the conventional OTPs and email verification, security keys can be used to authenticate a user whenever they wish to access specific resources or need to log in to their accounts on a website or an application.

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Several organizations encourage their employees to leverage a security key whenever they’re working on sensitive data or logging from a remote location.

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Advantages of Using a Security Key

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Besides offering multi-factor authentication for seamless and secure access management and log-in, security keys offer a number of advantages. Here’s the list:

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Easy of Access

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One of the significant advantages of using a physical security key is the ease of access. Since a security key is compact and can be easily carried, they offer a frictionless authentication experience.

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Users can carry them in their purses or wallet and can even attach the same with their keyrings. It’s a ready-to-use plug-and-play device.

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Phishing-Proof

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These keys need to be registered to a website, which helps them mitigate the chances of phishing that further helps to eliminate any possibility of a data breach.

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Security key leverages FIDO’s U2F (Universal Second Factor) protocol that helps prevent users from accidentally falling victim to any phishing attacks. It only authenticates and authorizes users on the correct domain even if they mistakenly register the key on the wrong website.

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Since the actual user carries the device, chances of misuse of any security token or even a one-time password (OTP) are negligible. Hence it’s pretty safe to rely on security keys.

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One Key Serves Multiple Purposes

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Another significant advantage of a physical security key is that it can be used for Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and sometimes even support FIDO authentication standards, including Universal Second Factor (U2F).

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Many organizations utilize security keys and eventually encourage their employees to use them as they have to deal with sensitive information regarding business and clients. This information, if leaked, may lead to specific financial and reputation consequences for the organization.

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The Disadvantage of Security Key

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Besides the endless advantages of security keys regarding authentication and authorization, the major drawback is that these keys are costly.

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Organizations and individuals find it more expensive to purchase and maintain a physical key than other software alternatives.

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Sometimes the authentication process is slower, which eventually hampers user experience, and thus users incline towards other alternatives that can offer multi-factor authentication.

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Final Thoughts

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Security keys are shaping the future of security and are pretty helpful in certain situations. Users can ensure the highest level of protection through this physical plug and play security keys anywhere, anytime.

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However, those that require excellent user experience coupled with robust security must consider relying on risk-based authentication (RBA) solutions designed to deliver exceptional user experience with stringent security mechanisms.

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Identity is evolving, and developers are at the forefront of this transformation. Every day brings a new learning—adapting to new standards and refining approaches to building secure, seamless experiences.

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We’re here to support developers on that journey. We know how important simplicity, efficiency, and well-structured documentation are when working with identity and access management solutions. That’s why we’ve redesigned the LoginRadius website—to be faster, more intuitive, and developer-first in every way.

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The goal? Having them spend less time searching and more time building.

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What’s New and Improved on the LoginRadius Website?

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LoginRadius’ vision is to give developers a product that simplifies identity management so they can focus on building, deploying, and scaling their applications. To enhance this experience, we’ve spent the last few months redesigning our interface— making navigation more intuitive and reassuring that essential resources are easily accessible.

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Here’s a closer look at what’s new and why it’s important:

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A Developer-Friendly Dark Theme

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Developers spend long hours working in dark-themed IDEs and terminals, so we’ve designed the LoginRadius experience to be developer-friendly and align with that preference.

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The new dark mode reduces eye strain, enhances readability, and provides a seamless transition between a coding environment and our platform. Our new design features a clean, modern aesthetic with a consistent color scheme and Barlow typography, ensuring better readability. High-quality graphics and icons are thoughtfully placed to enhance the content without adding visual clutter.

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So, whether you’re navigating our API docs or configuring authentication into your system, our improved interface will make those extended development hours more comfortable and efficient.

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Clear Categorization for LoginRadius Capabilities

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We’ve restructured our website to provide a straightforward breakdown of our customer identity and access management platform capabilities, helping you quickly find what you need:

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This structured layout ensures you can quickly understand each capability and how it integrates into your identity ecosystem.

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Developer-First Navigation

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We’ve been analyzing developer workflows to identify how you access key resources. That’s why we redesigned our navigation with one goal in mind: to reduce clicks and make essential resources readily available.

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The new LoginRadius structure puts APIs, SDKs, and integration guides right at the menu bar under the Developers dropdown so you can get started faster. Our Products, Solutions, and Customer Services are also clearly categorized, helping development teams quickly find the right tools and make informed decisions.

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Quick Understanding of Integration Benefits

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Developers now have a clear view of the tech stack available with LoginRadius, designed to support diverse business needs.

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Our platform offers pre-built SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and more, making CIAM integration seamless across popular programming languages and frameworks.

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Over to You Now!

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Check out our revamped LoginRadius website and see how the improved experience makes it easier to build, scale, and secure your applications.

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Do not forget to explore the improved navigation and API documentation, and get started with our free trial today. We’re excited to see what you’ll build with LoginRadius!

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