Security News
We've known for some time that passwords are nearing the end of their usefulness, and a passwordless future is often discussed despite the fact that passwords continue to be the standard. With all of us still using passwords in our daily lives it's hard to see passwordless security as a readily available technology, but it is.
As companies nudge their staff to return to communal workspaces, many workers don't actually want to - more than 50 percent of employees would rather quit, according to research by EY. While HR teams worry over the hearts and minds of staff, IT security professionals have a different battle plan to draft - how to make the new normal of the hybrid workplace secure. In a hybrid workplace, a Zero Trust strategy means ever-tightening security.
As companies nudge their staff to return to communal workspaces, many workers don't actually want to - more than 50 percent of employees would rather quit, according to research by EY. While HR teams worry over the hearts and minds of staff, IT security professionals have a different battle plan to draft - how to make the new normal of the hybrid workplace secure. In a hybrid workplace, a Zero Trust strategy means ever-tightening security.
GitHub urges its user base to toggle on two-factor authentication after deprecating password-based authentication for Git operations. "If you have not done so already, please take this moment to enable 2FA for your GitHub account," the company's Chief Security Officer Mike Hanley said.
Passwordless authentication startup Stytch this week announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. Founded in 2020, the San Francisco, California-based company seeks to improve both security and user experience by enabling authentication without the need of passwords.
Transmit Security will use the funding to increase the company's reach and expand its primary business functions, investing in key global areas in order to grow the organization, ultimately enabling the company to accelerate its mission to help the world go passwordless. Using biometric authentication, Transmit Security provides the first natively passwordless identity and risk management solution to the largest brands in the world.
Identity solutions provider Transmit Security on Tuesday announced raising $543 million in a Series A funding round. Transmit noted that this is the largest Series A funding round ever announced by a cybersecurity company and one of the highest valuations for a bootstrapped firm.
Auth0 announced the launch of Auth0 WebAuthn Passwordless, an authentication feature that enables end-users to seamlessly log in with a biometric identifier - such as facial recognition or a fingerprint - as a convenient and secure alternative to a traditional password. Removing the need for long, complex passwords, Auth0 WebAuthn Passwordless provides a frictionless experience for end-users, while reducing the significant password management burden for companies.
1Kosmos announced the availability of its Passwordless Identity Package. The 1Kosmos PIP provides enterprises a risk-free, scalable passwordless authentication solution.
With passwordless authentication, users are presented with one or multiple methods of signing into an application or device without the need to enter a password. With these emerging passwordless authentication solutions, passwords are frequently the fallback or fail-safe if the system denies access to a valid user.