Security News

Enhanced FIDO Authentication Standard Expands to the Browser
2018-04-11 20:01

A new version of the FIDO authentication standard is designed to enable the elimination of passwords for a broader range of devices, says Phil Dunkelberger, CEO of Nok Nok Labs, who describes the...

New Authentication Standard Coming to Major Web Browsers
2018-04-11 14:09

Web browsers from Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla will soon provide users with a new, password-less authentication standard built by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and...

Practical passwordless authentication comes a step closer with WebAuthn
2018-04-10 18:48

Microsoft, Mozilla, and Google are all implementing the new standard.

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in Auth0 Identity Platform
2018-04-07 18:06

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been discovered in one of the biggest identity-as-a-service platform Auth0 that could have allowed a malicious attacker to access any portal or...

Taking Friction out of Authentication
2018-04-05 17:49

Evan O'Regan of Entrust Datacard on Orchestrating a Frictionless ExperienceTraditional approaches to authentication can't work effectively in a digital environment where customers and partners are...

Why do we need a risk-based approach to authentication?
2018-02-15 13:30

20 years ago, everyone worked at a desktop workstation hardwired into an office building. This made network security simple and organizations felt they could depend on the time-tested method of...

Authentication today: Moving beyond passwords
2018-01-29 12:51

A new global study from IBM Security examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into...

Reddit rolls out 2-factor authentication for users
2018-01-25 20:53

The 234 million or so unique Reddit users are finally getting the option of setting up 2-factor authentication for their account(s). Why is that important? With over 540 million monthly visitors,...

Can Biometrics Solve the Authentication Problem?
2018-01-22 14:50

Are Biometrics as a Form of Authentication Over-hyped and Unreliable? read more

Majority would trust organisations more if they were to use biometrics for authentication
2017-12-06 12:06

Nearly seven in 10 Europeans (68 percent) said they would trust organisations more if they were to use biometrics for authentication, according to a new Unisys survey. The survey also found that...