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Google this week announced a series of security and ease-of-use improvements for the Autofill feature in Chrome. "Biometric authentication is optional. You can choose to confirm your card with its CVC and you can also turn this feature on and off in Chrome Settings at any time," Google explains.
You can easily add a fingerprint reader to your computer if one isn't already built in. If you have a laptop without a built-in reader, or you want to add fingerprint recognition to your desktop PC, you can enlist the aid of a third-party reader.
Learn how to enable passwordless SSH authentication on both Linux and macOS. You probably secure shell into your Linux servers throughout the day. Hopefully, you've set those servers up such that you're using SSH Key Authentication.
If you've added two-factor authentication to Bitwarden, but are wondering why it's not working on the desktop client, fear not. I've written about how to enable two factor authentication with Bitwarden, but that only applied to the web interface.
If you've added two-factor authentication to Bitwarden, but are wondering why it's not working on the desktop client, fear not. Jack Wallen shows you how to unlock this particular magic.
RSA announces that NewDay has selected and deployed RSA Adaptive Authentication for eCommerce to deliver advanced fraud protection for digital payments and address the requirements of the EMV 3-D Secure protocol. RSA Adaptive Authentication for eCommerce helps card issuers and payments processors prevent more than 95 percent of fraud in card-not-present e-commerce transactions and provide a frictionless authentication and shopping experience for cardholders.
BehavioSec is positioned for strong growth as post-pandemic mobile shifts and evolving cyber threats highlight greater demand for deep authentication and anti-fraud capabilities delivering increased trust without breaking the user experience. BehavioSec's intuitive behavioral biometrics technology meets enhanced authentication demands by delivering zero trust safeguards authenticating individuals based on users' typing patterns, touchscreen activity and cursor movements, beyond vulnerable passwords.
This explains why companies cling to the old password-based authentication while nevertheless understanding that it is no longer good enough. Ninety-five percent of respondents have implemented multi-factor authentication.
To help create a better experience for these users, Alpha Serve has developed WebAuthn add-ons to bring passwordless authentication to various Atlassian products. WebAuthn is part of the FIDO2 framework - various technologies that permit passwordless authentication among web browsers, servers, and authenticators.
TechRepublic's two-factor authentication cheat sheet is an introduction to this essential element of cybersecurity. How does two-factor authentication work? There are a variety of two-factor authentication methods available, all of which have the same end goal: providing a way of proving a login is legitimate that's completely separate from the password.