As passwords routinely fail to protect users, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast emerging as the new gold standard of cybersecurity. By adding extra layers of protection, MFA is able to block ...

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, ...

Remember when hardware tokens and complex passwords were the only ways to deliver secure access? Today, mobile and cloud applications are driving demand for convenient authentication methods to serve ...

As a further consequence of data breaches, the loss of employee data loss doesn’t just impact the employee; it can also cause measurable harm to the employer. Learn how impactful such a breach could ...

New personal identification and authentication technologies have the potential to transform the way entertainment services are delivered, accessed and experienced. These technologies offer a high ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

In October 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported a major hack against the U.S.-based telecommunications companies AT&T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies. In the following months, as U.S. intelligence ...

The inherent challenges of confirming a person’s identity remotely are nothing new. From the days of letter writing, businesses have struggled to find sure-fire methods for ensuring that the person ...

At the end of June, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a supplement to the Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance, which was originally released ...

Abubakar is a wearables writer at Android Police. Hailing from a Computer Science background, his love for Tech dates back to 2011, when he was gifted a Dell Inspiron 5100. When he's not covering ...