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Tips for optimum cybersecurity and critical systems to authorized personnel only.

• MFA: Enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA)
n July of this year, three prominent gam- for all accounts, including developer accounts, adds
ing sites—Roblox, Neopets and Bandai an extra layer of protection against unauthorized ac-
Namco—were hit by data breaches. Oliver cess.
I Green, creator of autoclicker.io, shared
tips on how to protect developers from cyberattacks and • Data encryption: Ensuring sensitive data is encrypt-
ensure optimal cybersecurity. The tips will be familiar to ed, both in transit and at rest, ensures that data re-
Green Sheet readers but bear repetition. mains unreadable without the appropriate decryp-
tion keys.
"Protecting online developers from cyberattacks is es- • Secure APIs: Application programming interfaces
sential for game companies to protect their intellectual (APIs) help ensure developers are adequately secured
property, data, and the integrity of their games," Green and have proper authentication mechanisms.
stated. "Data breaches in gaming can have significant im-
pact on both users and developers. Games companies are Green mentioned three potential methods of authentica-
a niche demographic and they're known for spending a lot tion: 1. HTTP basic authentication where a user needs to
of money. Therefore, a gaming company's financial status provide user ID and password; 2. API key where a user
makes it a tempting target for cybercriminals." needs a unique identifier configured for each API and
known to API Gateway; and 3. A token generated by an
He cited the following measures companies can take to Identity Provider (IdP) using the OAuth 2 protocol, which
provide optimum security: he recommended.
• Security training: This helps keep developers and Ongoing security
staff members up to date. It's important to ensure
they are aware of common cyber threats, phishing What measures have you taken to ensure your company's
scams and the best practices for data handling and data security? In payments overall, what areas are stron-
secure coding. gest when it comes to security. What areas are most vul-
• Access control: Implementing a strong access control nerable, and what can we do to shore them up? Tell us at
system helps limit access to sensitive information greensheet@greensheet.com.

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