authentication - News, Features, and Slideshows

• CBA hints at plan to import "commercialised blockchain"

  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hinted at plans to import the “commercialised blockchain solution” it has successfully trialed in South Africa.

• Convenience isn't king for consumers signing in

  Consumers ranked security as more important than convenience in logging on to most kinds of app, especially those related to money, according to a global survey by IBM.

• Fujitsu’s new ID device scans user’s veins

  Fujitsu has unveiled authentication technology that scans the unique patterns of veins in a user's hands to identify them.

• ATO to listen to voice biometrics

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has stated plans to turn on voice authentication to verify customer identities by the end of December at the latest.

• Biometrics eyed for secure future payments

  Biometrics look like the future of authentication for payments, according to payment experts at the Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference in Sydney.

• What Are the Most Overrated Security Technologies?

  The security community has grown to depend on some basic technologies in the fight against cyber thieves, such as antivirus software and firewalls. But are practitioners clinging to tools that outlived their usefulness long ago? Were those tools ever really useful to begin with?

• Biometrics: What, Where and Why

  Biometrics encompasses a variety of methods for ensuring identity based on physical or behavioral traits. Conventional identifying traits include fingerprints, face topology, iris structure, hand geometry, vein structure, voice, signature and keystroke recognition. Emerging technologies analyze characteristics such as gait, odor, and ear shape. Rather than being used in isolation, biometrics systems are increasingly becoming multimodal, an approach that serves both to increase security and overcome failure-to-enroll problems.

• Using Biometric Access Systems: Dos and Don'ts

  Considering a biometric access system? Experts offer practical advice in these dos and don'ts.

• Password Seeks Partner For Long-Term, Secure Relationship

  Passwords have been standing guard over our computer user accounts seemingly forever; for a long while, and for most purposes, they could go it alone.

Whitepapers about authentication

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  Advanced persistent threats: Hijacking insider credentials

  Having an identity and access management solution is a must. Businesses cannot operate without them. However, this paper asks - are you sure the user credentials are being used by the correct individual? · Most organizations work hard to ensure compliance with corporate security policy but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re protected · Managing identities is essential—but it can also lead to a false sense of security · Do the credentials and the behaviour make business sense? If you can’t interpret activity in the context of identity, you may be at risk

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  George Weston Optimizes Office 365 Deployment

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  Multi-Factor Authentication; Current Usage and Trends

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  The Authentication Decision Tree