As much as our digital ecosystem has advanced in recent years, some elements of the security world have been slower to change. For example, a shortage of well-trained cybersecurity professionals has ...

Microsoft warns Entra ID admins to migrate from SMS and voice authentication before February 2027 to prevent sign-in ...

Insecure authentication is a primary cause of cyber breaches, and that cumbersome login methods take an unacceptable toll on employees and business productivity, according to HYPR. Respondents ...

Have you ever seen news about personal information leaks and wondered if your own account is safe?On October 26, 2026, the ...

Protecting API communications has become a top priority for IT security teams as APIs rapidly become a popular target for hackers. This problem will only worsen as perimeterless deployments become ...

Authentication is the process of proving a user's or machine's digital identity. Users are authenticated when they provide some form of credential associated with their user ID. Authentication methods ...

As promised last issue, I’m re-printing a glossary of strong/second factor authentication methods that TriCipher provided me along with the results of its sponsored survey on people’s perceptions of ...

About this articleThe afternoon exam for the Registered Information Security Specialist includes questions that require ...

Microsoft this week announced a preview of "Authentication Strength," a new control for organizations using the Azure Active Directory Conditional Access service. Authentication Strength lets IT pros ...

Passkeys were introduced with a strong security proposition. Replace passwords with public key cryptography, bind the credential to the legitimate service, keep the private key away from the server, ...

The process of validating the authenticity of a consumer’s credit card by contacting the business that authorized it is known as credit card authentication. Authentication is generally the first ...