Have you ever come across something years old that is so dead on about a topic important to you that you can’t believe you didn’t know it existed? I felt that way when I stumbled across an excellent ...

There’s no arguing that passwords are becoming less and less reliable in protecting our data and identities. Their management, protection and memorization are becoming increasingly problematic, and ...

In today’s digital age, personal data is never safe. Cybercriminals are looking for every opportunity possible to acquire your user data. Ongoing data breaches continue to expose usernames, passwords, ...

As promised last issue, I’m re-printing a glossary of strong/second factor authentication methods that TriCipher provided me along with the results of its sponsored survey on people’s perceptions of ...

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization behind all web standards, has formally promoted the Web Authentication API to the title of official web standard. This promotion means the ...

[Excerpted from "Proof of Identity: How To Choose Multifactor Authentication," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Authentication Tech Center.] To control access to your Web-based ...

If you are serious about computer/network security, then you must have a solid understanding of authentication methods. Debra Littlejohn Shinder takes a moment to lay out the role authentication plays ...

With strong support from Google, Microsoft and other vendors, WebAuthN is poised to become a true standard for passwordless authentication over the web. For decades we’ve been trying to replace the ...