The first time I heard the phase “continuous user authentication” was just two weeks ago, from a rousing keynote address Jim Routh, CSO for Aetna, gave in San Diego for CISO Connect, an ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Continuous authentication represents a shift in security measures, offering a dynamic approach to verifying user identity throughout ...

The most common interaction with an authentication mechanism is when we type in our password to log on to a computer or website. We type in the password once, it is authenticated by the OS, then our ...

User account authentication seems stuck with 18th-century pin-tumbler locks in an era of heat-sensitive, motion-detecting vaults with man traps and biometric sensors. As I recently discussed, ...

Every year, as I travel around the security conference circuit, the hallway conversations always turn to the interesting things attendees have seen lately. To be honest, I can’t remember the last time ...

When you think about enterprise security, the image of the RSA dongle or hardware token that generates random numbers and looks like a flash drive with a small led screen may come to mind (something ...

Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not promote a product or service and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. Usernames and passwords act as a gateway. Insert ...

Recent data breaches and incidents show that authentication continues to be a big problem for enterprises. Attackers increasingly focus on intercepting credentials to log in to user accounts or ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...