authentication
The expanding role of digital certificates… in more places than you think
A scribbled signature may have been enough to verify your identity 20 years ago, but today’s online world requires more advanced — and authenticated or encrypted — …
Integrated single sign-on and authentication to cloud and SaaS
SafeNet announced Authentication Manager (SAM) 8.0. The unified enterprise platform combines strong authentication and identity federation to help organizations centrally …
Entrust credentialing services smartcards earn Microsoft certification
Entrust credentialing services and related smartcard technology have earned full Microsoft certification for demonstrating hardware compatibility with the company’s line …
One-time password authentication for MS DirectAccess
Gemalto announced that its Strong Authentication Server and Protiva OTP Tokens have been integrated with Microsoft DirectAccess. The Protiva OTP token adds another layer of …
2-step authentication finally available to Google’s non-paying customers
Google’s corporate users have had the option of using two-factor (two-step) authentication for nearly five months now, and the time has finally come for non-paying …
Companies lack confidence in the effectiveness of controls
A significant number of Global 1000 companies still lack the proper internal controls over, and visibility into, employee access to sensitive applications and data, according …
Use Android as a RSA SecurID authenticator
RSA announced their SecurID Software Token for Android that is engineered to enable an Android powered device to be used as an RSA SecurID authenticator, providing convenient …
One-time picture passcodes strengthen logins
Confident ImageShield is a cloud-based, multifactor authentication service that creates one-time passcodes by prompting users to correctly identify pictures from a dynamic …
RSYaba: Modular brute force attacker
RSYaba allows you to run brute force attacks against various services in a similar way to Hydra and Medusa. The tool is written in Ruby so modifying the scripts is a lot …
Facebook introduces one-time passwords
For all those who simply must access Facebook from a public computer, the social network introduced the option of receiving a one-time password to be used instead of their …