Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Before talking about what authentication is and how it works, ...

We’re spending a few issues examining a new white paper from The Open Group called “Identity Management” (link below). Today we’ll look at the concept of “authentication.” In the paper, authentication ...

As passwords routinely fail to protect users, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast emerging as the new gold standard of cybersecurity. By adding extra layers of protection, MFA is able to block ...

As organizations expand remotely and to the cloud, the need for authentication that reaches all corners of a growing network – without incurring security burnout – is necessary to balance productivity ...

At Black Hat, a research duo from FYEO demonstrate a technique they call smishmash to prove that using text messaging for your second factor is very risky. When the IBM PC was new, I served as the ...

This added security layer can be annoying but it can also protect you from hackers with only a few seconds of your time This article explains two-factor authentication and how to get verification apps ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. How safe is cloud storage from hackers and ransomware? Nearly all the major cloud storage ...

Only users who pay a monthly fee for Twitter's subscription service will get to use text message authentication in order to keep their accounts secure, the social media company says. Two-factor ...

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