A new study shows the accuracy of facial recognition algorithms has markedly improved over the past three years, though one of the report's authors suggests they're not at the level to be a highly reliable form of authentication.
Individuals resort to lying about themselves to protect their identities when accessing systems in today's imperfect cyber world, says Peter Tapling, president of Authentify, an out-of-band authentication service.
Understanding the behavior patterns of individuals with access to an organization's most important credentials is one of the keys to privileged management, says CyberArk's Matt Middleton-Leal.
Recent retail breaches have exposed security vulnerabilities, highlighting the importance of shifting to much stronger user authentication as well as verification of the authenticity of transactions.
One key factor in efforts to reduce reliance on passwords for authentication will be international acceptance of the FIDO Alliance's soon-to-be released protocol for advanced authentication, says Michael Barrett, the alliance's president.
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Advice on how to encourage information sharing while preserving control over access to data is provided in a new special publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Too many businesses are worried about how security might adversely affect the user experience, even among their own workforce, says Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer of ThreatMetrix.
Simple credentials, such as passwords, are a hacker's best friend, says Phillip Dunkelberger of Nok Nok Labs, a founding member of the FIDO Alliance. That's why the alliance is working to reduce reliance on passwords by enabling advanced authentication.
Two critical steps that banking institutions need to take in 2014 to help prevent fraud are implementing big data analytics and adopting far more sophisticated customer and employee authentication, says Gartner analyst Avivah Litan.
In a groundbreaking effort to boost security, HSBC Bank USA is now requiring its retail banking customers to use dual-factor authentication for certain sensitive online banking transactions, says LuAnne Kingston, senior vice president.
2014 is finally the "The Year of Security." When the year stars fresh on the heels of the announcement that Target has suffered a data breach that impacts tens of millions of consumer payment cards ... that gets attention. And when that's followed up quickly with a second major breach, this one of luxury retailer...
Leading this week's industry news roundup, FireEye Inc. announced the rollout of FireEye OS 7.1., an update to the FireEye OS. See additional news from Arbor Networks, HID Global and more.
The financial services industry is not collaborating effectively to address online payment risks, says Scott Dueweke of Booz Allen Hamilton, who offers insights on effective fraud-fighting steps.
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