Marcus White

Deployment

Security

Technical

Marcus is a cybersecurity product specialist based in the UK, with 8+ years experience in the tech and cyber sectors. He writes about authentication, identity and access management, and compliance.

Articles written by Marcus White

Apr

20

The Role of Biometric Liveness Detection in Modern Identity Security

Advances in generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) have made it far easier to create synthetic audio and video. These capabilities can be abused to produce highly convincing impersonations and misinformation. As a result, traditional signals such as recognizing voice or face…
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Apr

07

RBI’s Cybersecurity Framework: What Banks Need to Know About Password Security

India's banking sector handles a vast and growing volume of sensitive financial data, and that makes it a consistent target for attackers. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recognized this and issued a series of cybersecurity circulars requiring banks to…
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Apr

01

SEBI’s CSCRF: What it Means for Your Password Security

India's securities market has a new set of rules, and if you work in financial services, there's a good chance they apply to you. SEBI's Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF), issued in August 2024, sets uniform cybersecurity and resilience…
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Feb

05

Understanding Cyber Risk in the Insurance Industry

Cyber risk is one of the most significant threats facing financial services, with insurers among the most frequently targeted organizations. Over the past year, there has been a notable increase in the number of attacks on the insurance industry, with…
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Feb

02

SSO Security Best Practices: How to Reduce Identity Risk and Prevent Account Compromise

In October 2025, the University of Pennsylvania experienced a major data breach after attackers gained access to a single employee’s PennKey single sign on (SSO) account. That one compromised identity unlocked the university’s virtual private network (VPN) and a long…
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Jan

19

Beyond breach prevention: The hidden ROI of password policy tools

When you're building the business case for a password policy tool, the conversation usually starts and ends with breach prevention. And fair enough, as according to IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average breach costs organizations $4.4…
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Dec

09

The Data Security and Protection Toolkit: How to Meet NHS Data Security Demands

The NHS is the UK’s largest employer and manages an annual budget of nearly £200 billion. As a result, countless suppliers interact with the health service at some point, each required to meet strict standards for safeguarding data. These expectations…
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Dec

02

Why Identity Security Is Essential for Achieving DORA Compliance

Most security incidents start with a single point of failure: a compromised identity. With 44.7% of breaches involving stolen credentials, securing the identity layer is now essential for meeting the requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), in force…
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Nov

17

Preparing for the UK’s New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

The UK government introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill on 12th November 2025. The Bill updates the UK’s NIS Regulations 2018 to broaden scope, strengthen reporting duties, and increase regulators’ enforcement powers. If you work…
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Nov

13

800M credentials analyzed: Which breached holiday passwords made the naughty list?

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, we wanted to find out how many people previously used this time of year as inspiration for passwords that ended up breached. We analyzed 800 million compromised passwords and found the numbers tell a…
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