Hackers favor authentication-based attacks, report shows
A suitable password replacement could disrupt or defeat 80% of these attacks, report concludes.
Identity Matters
John Fontana's blog traverses the evolving digital identity landscape and its intersection with the cloud, compliance, audit, privacy, mobile computing, API integration and security.
John Fontana
John Fontana is a journalist focusing in identity, privacy and security issues. Currently, he is the Identity Evangelist for cloud identity security vendor Ping Identity, where he blogs about relevant issues related to digital identity.
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Companies obscuring breach risks with assurances of secured financial data
Hackers are slipping off with what they really came for — record numbers of password hashes and email addresses.
Nikon patent describes password-protected lens
Users would need to enter a password before using a lens and camera combination.
Mozilla goal is half of Internet on Persona ID by year end
Mozilla planing on its federated and distributed authentication idea to catch fire now that it has bridged a major gap.
Will Facebook have a home for privacy?
Facebook Home officially launches Friday and privacy is (not surprisingly) the nagging question.
Two-factor authentication in two years
Two-factor authentication requirements will be accepted by websites and end users at least to aid sensitive transactions, an analyst has predicted.
NSTIC-led ID plan earmarks $4 million to secure state government services
NSTIC and the Office of Management and Budget hope secure ID credentials add security, accuracy, speed to state, local government benefit programs online.
Password's rotten core not complexity but reuse
SANS Institute's list of the top 7 human risks in computing includes phishing, passwords, and devices.
DMV driving Virginia's next-gen identity system
The Commonwealth may well be proving that a national effort to build an identity layer for the internet has the tools it needs to meet the challenge.
Is two-factor the savior for secure logins?
A pair of security experts laud the renewed interest in two-factor authentication, but say there are other improvements needed to tighten security around end-user logins.