Security News

Entersekt gains certification for e-commerce authentication solution
2018-12-14 00:30

Entersekt has gained EMVCo certification for its 3-D Secure 2 access control server. EMVCo is a payments industry consortium managing global specifications for secure card-based e-commerce...

Direct Autonomous Authentication: Taking multi-factor authentication to the next level
2018-11-27 15:50

​Direct Autonomous Authentication is an improved authentication method intended to better meet today's security needs for both wireless and wired networks.

Microsoft Details Cause of Recent Multi-Factor Authentication Outage
2018-11-27 14:33

Microsoft has provided information on the root cause of the massive outage that last week impacted its Azure Active Directory authentication services across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. read more

Using Blockchain for Authentication
2018-11-27 14:18

In an interview, Rohas Nagpal, a chief architect at Primechain Technologies, describes how blockchain can be used for authentication and pinpoints areas where blockchain is not the ideal...

Acceptto Emerges from Stealth with Behavioral Biometric Authentication Platform
2018-11-27 14:04

Portland, Ore-based startup Acceptto has emerged from stealth today to launch its cognitive authentication platform and announce an unspecified Series A funding round from Aetna Ventures,...

Microsoft details the causes of its recent multi-factor authentication meltdown
2018-11-26 18:51

Microsoft has posted a root cause analysis of the multifactor authentication issue which hit a number of its customers worldwide last week. Here's what happened.

Revamping Authentication With Automation and ML
2018-11-20 13:18

Automation and machine learning can be leveraged to make identity-driven authentication a smoother process, says Saryu Nayyar, co-founder and CEO at Gurucul, a behavioral analytics company.

Here's Why Account Authentication Shouldn't Use SMS
2018-11-19 11:48

Database Blunder Left Two-Step Codes, Account Reset Links ExposedA database security blunder revealed on Friday serves as a reminder that the days of SMS-based authentication should be over. The...

BehavioSec announces authentication features and patents Behavioral Biometrics Platform
2018-11-08 03:00

BehavioSec released a series of new features to its BehavioSec Behavioral Biometrics Platform (Version 5.0) giving banks, fintech firms, retailers and cloud service providers authentication...

State of the Authentication Landscape
2018-11-06 22:33

As we approach 2019, is it realistic to think the end of our dependency on traditional user names and passwords is in sight? Shane Weeden, and authentication expert with IBM Security, discusses...