Authentication

More websites and online businesses today are beginning to rely on smartphones as a second factor of authentication. Recently major websites and businesses not in regulated industries are recognizing the need for stronger online authentication.

The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report from the Verizon Risk Team and the US Secret Service reveals that 96 percent of all compromised records were hacked from outside the organization, often through the use of stolen login credentials.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), a formal government interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions, recently issued a supplement

Authorization, as Zhang (2002) notes, establishes the set of operations an individual is allowed to do.

Considering the amount of personal data stored online these days, such as search history, email and the like, the consequences are sure to be dire if accounts are broken into with hacked, phished or even guessed passwords.

Learn how to remove the Windows Authentication pop-up permanently from your computer. The pop-up can be aggravating if it is showing as an error or if you no longer have the means to verify your operating system.

Theft of patient health information is a global problem. Installation of software tools like Snuko along with anti-theft measures like authentication and data encryption can help curb this issue.

Paypal and eBay now offer two-factor authentication using the VeriSign Identity Protection Mobile app which is available for free for smartphone users.

This article explains why it is important to use digital certificates signed by a certificate of authority as a means of authentication.

Names of authentication service companies are provided.

One of the most fundamental and important aspects of information technology is ensuring that one's systems are secure.

This article discusses the key aspects of securing any home or business wireless network from hackers. The process of a client associating and authenticating to an access point is standard.

This article talks about the differences between identification, authentication, and authorization. It even touches upon the concept of multi-factor or multi-layer authentication.

According to a new ruling, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it mandatory for all banks issuing credit and debit cards to provide additional authentication information over and above what is visible on the card.

Data security products are very important in today's world of Information Technology. They are the perfect tools to help you protect critical data as well as the integrity of your business.

Access Control Systems and Methodology - an overview of the basics.

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This school paper covers the areas of concern when creating an Information Security Policy.

A how-to guide for increasing network security by configuring usernames and passwords on Cisco gear

The automotive industry is constantly dealing with counterfeiting and parts piracy. These sub-par and unsafe products wind up with unknowing consumers, putting lives at risk and exposing shop owners to potential liability.

Despite the fact that roughly 75% of American consumers have Internet access, adoption of online banking remains much lower. Numerous studies show that fewer than half of US consumers use online banking, with some reports putting the number as low as 38%.

QuickSSL premium provides industry-standard SSL Security to guarantee online customers that their personal financial information is being transmitted safely between their browser and the site’s web server. It means their personal data can’t be intercepted

In 2005, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council stated: “The agencies consider single-factor authentication, as the only control mechanism, to be inadequate for high-risk transactions involving access to customer information

The Federal Rules of Evidence can be a quagmire to tread through. Here is a quick way to remember the rules, and how to go through them all without missing something important.

These are the 5 primary security groups that should be considered with any enterprise security model. These include security policy, perimeter, network, transaction and monitoring security. These are all part of any effective company security strategy.

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Access control what makes network security work. Simply put, access control is the allowing or disallowing of resources and services on a computer system or network. To understand access control, you must first be familiar with some of the terminology.

Iris recognition technology is one of the most secure means of authentication available today...

Recently I encountered identity issue while trying to access a network share from an ASP.NET application on another server. When I ran the application from my development machine, I got an error "Access to path 'xx' is denied."