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 ...

RSA Authentication Manager from RSA Security is a multifactor authentication software tool that adds additional security measures (via smartphones and biometrics) to standard username and password ...

There are many tools for setting up two-factor authentication, a security mechanism that prevents improper access. These four methods are the most compelling. By Brian X. Chen When Facebook revealed ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have reached a major milestone in their effort towards bringing stronger and simpler web authentication to users globally. The organizations ...

Tech companies have been trying to do away with web passwords for years, but now it looks like they've reached a key milestone. The FIDO Alliance and W3C have launched a Web Authentication standard ...

The World Wide Web Consortium and the FIDO Alliance have announced that Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is now an official web standard, making a further push for the end of passwords. Over the past few ...

When was the last time you provided your mother’s maiden name, or perhaps the name of your first pet, to prove your identity to access an online account? Probably not that long ago. This type of ...