authentication

After having added a two-step verification feature to allow users to secure their iCloud (Apple ID) accounts, and extending the protection to iCloud backups last September, …

Independent IT security analyst Mark Burnett has released a cleaned up cache of 10 million username and password combinations, in order to give researchers a data set that can …

ABI Research found that the global mobile multi-factor authentication software and service market will be worth US$1.6 billion by the end of 2015. Username and passwords have …

IBM researchers revealed plans for a cloud-based technology, called Identity Mixer, that uses a cryptographic algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user, …

SailPoint uncovered a widespread level of employee indifference towards protecting sensitive corporate data, including personal information of customers. In fact, an alarming …

It is a rare thing to be given the opportunity to right a historic wrong. The root of essentially every Internet security issue in history is the same—architects try to build …

Mr. President, the status quo in cybersecurity is failing the U.S. It is failing the commercial sector, which is being publicly breached on a weekly basis, and it is failing …

More than 770 million biometric authentication applications will be downloaded per annum by 2019, up from just 6 million this year. This will reduce dependence on alphanumeric …

Intel Security recently previewed True Key, a new way to unlock your digital world. It combines both password management with simple and secure multi-factor …

Earlier this year two of the world’s largest social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, announced the addition of “buy’ buttons to their offerings, giving …

Moonpig, a popular UK-based firm that sells personalised greeting cards, has put the personal and financial information of over 3 million of its customers in danger by using a …

The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance published final 1.0 drafts of its two specifications – Universal Authentication Framework (UAF) and Universal 2nd Factor (U2F). …