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Multiple Authentication Methods is here, plus Black Hat and [Con]nected 2026 ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  

A Quick Reminder: We’ll only ever email you from domains we own — openvpn.net, openvpn.com, and openvpn.org. If a link or email claims to be from OpenVPN but points anywhere else, don’t click it. This month’s CloudConnexa update leads with a big one: Multiple Authentication Methods is here. Plus a look back at Black Hat and your invite to [Con]nected 2026.   P.S. Our ZTNA survey results (40% of employees have access beyond what their role requires, and more) are still worth a read if you missed the full report last month. Join Us on Reddit Follow r/CloudConnexa for community discussion, tips, and support from other admins. Multiple Authentication Methods: Give Every User the Right Way to Sign In CloudConnexa can now run SAML SSO and local credentials — including passwordless passkeys, 2FA, and custom password policies — at the same time, with per-user control over which method each person uses. Keep employees on SSO, onboard contractors without touching your corporate directory, and stay connected on local credentials if your IdP ever misconfigures. Available now on Premium and Enterprise plans. Learn More → OpenVPN at Black Hat USA 2026 Our team was in Las Vegas for Black Hat USA, talking Zero Trust, DCO performance, and 25 years of OpenVPN at Booth #6020.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a demo — and congratulations to Jacob Peacy, the winner of our GL.iNet portable travel router giveaway! See you at [Con]nected later this year. 👇 Registration Is Open for OpenVPN [Con]nected 2026 Our annual virtual event is back — free to attend, with sessions on Zero Trust, secure networking, and what’s next from OpenVPN. Save your spot today. Register for [Con]nected 2026 → Share OpenVPN. Earn Rewards.   Have you heard OpenVPN has a customer referral program? Now, when you invite a colleague: You earn a one-time 10% commission on their first subscription plus 10% recurring commission on renewals (for 2 years). Your colleague gets 20% off their first annual subscription. It’s a win-win for everyone! Go to your CloudConnexa Admin Portal and click Refer and Earn to start sharing today. Sign Up Here New on the OpenVPN Blog Have you visited our blog lately? We publish fresh content multiple days a week! Here are some recent highlights: Zero Trust, Bought or Built? Cloud-Broker ZTNA in Europe Zero Trust Conditional Access: Where Should SMBs Set Policy? Post-Quantum Cryptography and Your VPN: Is Data at Risk? Part IV: Making the Call — A Decision Framework for Mesh-VPN vs. CloudConnexa Subnetting Math, Solved: Meet the Free OpenVPN Subnet Calculator Your IT Team Is More Open to AI Security Tools Than You Think — With One Catch Part III: The Compliance Lens: Mesh-VPN vs. CloudConnexa in Regulated and Unregulated Industries What VPNs Still Do Better Than ZTNA (guest blog post) New on the OpenVPN YouTube Channel Explore a wealth of video overviews and tutorials on the OpenVPN YouTube channel.   Here are some recent highlights: Industry News Good to know: OpenVPN shares a weekly cybersecurity news roundup to keep our readers informed. Check out our most recent This Week in Cybersecurity posts for the latest industry headlines. Congratulations, you got the job. And the malware. Attackers are turning technical interviews into attack vectors, complete with recruiters, Zoom calls, and convincing test assignments. See why even the most security-savvy candidates might fall for this one: Sandworm hackers target IT pros with trojanized WireGuard VPN client   Trust nobody. Especially someone holding 136 keys. An AI agent got its hands on a trove of production credentials, then used legitimate access to push deeper into the network. See what happens when long-lived secrets meet machine-speed lateral movement: Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident   Close enough for AI work? Not this time. Mixing up two characters on a license plate sounds small until that mistake becomes a felony alert. See why accuracy matters a whole lot more when algorithms have real-world consequences: How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras? - Slashdot   Alas, poor gzip! I knew him well. Turns out the humble compressor on your computer can be coerced into generating Shakespeare — no neural network required. See why compression and prediction have more in common than you'd think: Can gzip be a language model? Guess what? You can reply to this email!  Feel free to send feedback, questions, or suggestions for future topics, webinars, or video tutorials. 🕶️ Want to learn more about CloudConnexa? Get Started © 2026 OpenVPN, 6200 Stoneridge Mall Road, 3rd Floor, Pleasanton, CA, 94588 Unsubscribe Manage Preferences