Authentication stories - Page 16

Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Janrain, enhancing their Intelligent Edge Platform with advanced customer identity and access management capabilities.

Consumers tend to believe that setting up two-factor authentication puts them at the height of cybersecurity best practice – but this belief is misled.

PingOne for Customers is built for the developer community and provides API-based identity services for customer-facing applications.

The company's new offering brings the security of physical authentication to Android and iOS with near-field communication technology.

Check Point launches CloudGuard SaaS, offering comprehensive protection against advanced threats to SaaS applications and cloud-based email services.

Building secure apps from the ground up is crucial as digital transformation empowers firms to automate. Mobile Mentor's Liz Knight discusses key strategies.

Much of the information accessed in the Facebook breach is perfect for cyber criminals planning their next phishing attack.

LastPass has released its 2018 Global Password Security Report, providing insights into password behaviour in the workplace.

The solution gives users the freedom to put MFA everywhere it is needed for employees, partners and customers.

Facebook admits nearly 90 million users affected by data breach; Bitdefender warns the number could rise to 130 million as hackers exploit flaws.

Microsoft aims to empower IT to unlock the security capabilities of the intelligent cloud to tip the scales in the cyber war.

WatchGuard's AuthPoint solution is a cloud service that can be deployed and managed from any location without the need for expensive hardware components.

YubiKeys, hardware-based protection in the form of physical devices, provide an option for a second factor in Okta MFA.

A critical flaw in Microsoft's ADFS allows bypassing MFA, posing a severe risk, warns Okta's REX team. Urgent patching is recommended for users.

Web development and coding platform GitHub has rolled out password and two-factor authentication revamps to make user accounts more secure.

Its primary access points for code and infrastructure had required two-factor authentication via SMS, and the main attack intercepted the text.

WatchGuard launches AuthPoint, a cloud-based multi-factor authentication solution tailored for SMBs, addressing their cost and complexity concerns.

The breach occurred as an access credential to TimeHop's cloud computing environment that didn't have multifactor authentication was compromised.

Silverstreet, a cloud communications company, aims to simplify two-factor authentication with its cybersecurity brand, Twizo.

Biometric security is no longer confined to sci-fi movies like Star Trek or spy films such as the Kingsman and James Bond series.