Page 33 - SAMENA Trends - November-December 2022

REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

in 2018 in conjunction with the Barrio service will be available at their address visit us online to review your options and
Neighborhood Planning Committee. “The at att.com/notifyme. AT&T is committed order service. Be sure to have your ACP
Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee to connecting more Americans to reliable, application ID handy when you do this.
advocates for ways to strengthen our high-speed broadband internet in several AT&T Fiber, now delivering speeds of up
community and showcase our local talent,” ways, including expanding and upgrading to 5-Gigs, is truly internet that upgrades
said Teresa Kenedy, President, Barrio our network and participating in the federal everything. Offering consumers the fastest
Neighborhood Planning Committee. “This Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). internet1 paired with network reliability,
investment in connectivity by both the city The ACP provides eligible households with AT&T Fiber supports the powerfully
and AT&T will bring countless opportunities a benefit of up to $30 a month (up to $75 a interconnected home, work and family
for our residents to work, learn and month on qualifying Tribal lands) to reduce life. Our straightforward pricing eliminates
play.” AT&T Fiber is the fastest among the cost of broadband service and can be annual contracts, data caps, equipment
major providers and offers symmetrical applied to AT&T Fiber, where available. Or fees and price increases at 12 months, for
speeds of up to 5-Gigs on downloads and use it toward Access from AT&T, offering all new customers. Plus, AT&T ActiveArmor
uploads.1 Residents and businesses can speeds up to 100Mbps for $0 after the ACP SM internet security and our next-gen Wi-
learn more about AT&T Fiber at att.com/ benefit is applied. After you confirm your Fi are included at no additional cost.
fiber and can sign up to be notified when ACP eligibility, call us at 866-986-0963 or

Cisco Shares Key Trends Around Risk Reduction
and IT Security

Cisco published the 2022 Duo Trusted Access Report under the 5. Hybrid work and back to the office: Remote access
motto "Logins in a dangerous time". The report analyzes data authentications peaked in 2020 but have declined since then.
from 13 billion authentications on almost 50 million different
devices worldwide made via Cisco Duo. Overall, the report shows
that companies recognize and use multi-factor authentication
(MFA) and passwordless technologies as important elements
for risk reduction and IT security. “Digitization in the region and
beyond, paves the way for a surge in cyber threats at all levels
across organizations. With companies rigorously adopting hybrid
and remote working models, indispensable business devices
such as laptops and mobile phones are now more vulnerable than
before. At Cisco we believe that business and IT leaders need to
train, and ultimately, encourage the organization’s workforce to
implement MFA and passwordless technologies to ensure their
assets are updated with additional layers of security,” said Fady
Younes, Cybersecurity Director, EMEA Service Providers and MEA,
The report highlights the following important insights:
1. Passwordless adoption continues to rise: our data shows a
50% increase in the percentage of accounts allowing WebAuthn
authentication and a fivefold increase in WebAuthn usage since
April 2019.
2. Biometrics have stalled: The percentage of phones with
biometrics enabled held steady at around 81% (a minor increase
from 2021), indicating that progress towards biometrics across
the board has stalled.
3. MFA continues to strengthen passwords: Multi-factor
authentication holds strong while adding to the security
of only traditional password usage. The number of MFA
authentications using Duo rose by 38% in the past year.
4. Cloud usage continues to rise: An increasing number of
authentications are attributed to cloud applications, with a 24%
rise in the percentage of cloud applications in 2022.

33 NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2022