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SSH keys can be used in Linux or operating systems that support OpenSSH to facilitate access to other hosts without having to enter a password. Here's where secure shell, or SSH, keys come in handy to facilitate access.
Avatier announced the release of Avatier for Outlook, giving users passwordless Single Sign-On and unified Identity Access Management from within Outlook to make remote work more secure. Avatier for Outlook improves workforce efficiency by providing a unified approach to manage access to any application, approve workflows and review user rights, all conveniently located with the email, calendar and contacts you use every day.
HYPR, a company that provides a cloud-based passwordless authentication platform, has raised $35 million in a Series C financing, doubling the company's total funding to more than $70 million. The company's multi-factor authentication technology helps companies go passwordless by leveraging the convenience of a smartphone with the added security of a smart card.
That's the premise behind one-time passwords, biometrics, pin codes, and other authentication methods presented as passwordless security. While this sounds appealing on the surface, the problem is that, when you dig deeper, these passwordless solutions are still reliant on passwords.
Cisco Secure unveiled the future of simple and effective security with infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication by Duo. Integrated seamlessly into the existing Duo authentication experience used by more than 25,000 organizations globally, Duo passwordless authentication will enable enterprise users to skip the password and securely log into cloud applications via security keys or biometrics built into modern laptops and smartphones.
Passwordless authentication swaps traditional passwords for a system that identifies users by more secure methods such as "Possession factor" or "Inherent factor." By switching to a passwordless approach, companies provide their employees with the same effortless and secure authentication methods that users experience on their smartphones. Passwordless authentication is a relatively new method so it can be challenging to choose the type of implementation relevant to your needs.
LoginID announced a $6M round of seed funding to accelerate the adoption of a passwordless world. LoginID provides a wide range of APIs and SDKs which give enterprises the ability to integrate FIDO-certified authentication in as little as 15 minutes.
Avatier Corporation has released Avatier for ServiceNow, the latest addition to the Avatier Anywhere platform. Avatier for ServiceNow is a certified ServiceNow app that adds a unified, passwordless approach to Identity Access Management with single sign-on to the Now platform to improve workforce efficiency.
Microsoft has said it will add end-to-end encryption for some one-to-one Teams calls later this year - and urged folks to move away from using passwords with Azure AD. The Teams improvements, announced at the tech giant's Ignite conference this week, will be available "To commercial customers in preview in the first half of this year." Video conferencing rival Zoom offers end-to-end encryption with a few caveats and additional steps, and that appears to be more or less the approach Microsoft will take, too.
Axiad, a provider of a cloud-based passwordless authentication solutions, has raised $20 million in growth funding from private equity firm Invictus Growth Partners. According to Yves Audebert, co-founder and co-CEO of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Axiad, the company has been bootstrapped and cash flow positive for more than ten years, with the company saying it protects more than 2.5 million enterprise credentials for hundreds of customers.