Articles about Authentication Systems

The Smart Way to Safer Hospitals

Contactless smart card technology has been used many years in other industries, and is now helping to solve some longstanding thorny issues in the healthcare sector: safeguarding patients and staff and protecting confidential patient information. Continue Reading »

Are Your Security Questions Secure Enough?

When an expert in data security says something scares him, I pay attention. Continue Reading »

Gartner Warns of Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerabilities

Hackers' persistence has led to attacks that can now circumvent two-factor authentication devices. Continue Reading »

Pain Creeps in with Compliance Audits – And It's a Good Thing, Too!

You don’t have to look much further than the high-profile credit card losses or data breaches of the last few years to realize that companies are extremely vulnerable to data theft. Continue Reading »

Signature Authorization is Stupid Security

Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? Continue Reading »

Protecting from the Malicious Insider: Multi-Party Authorization

Network infrastructure, data storage centers or control systems are constantly at risk from the actions of incompetent, or worse, malicious, employees. Continue Reading »

Phishing Scam Targets 'Verified by Visa' Authentication Program

The slick and clean appearance of the site no doubt reassures users that the page really belongs to Visa. Continue Reading »

FTC Accuses Online Check-Writing Service of Not Authenticating Users

The complaint says the defendants are "engaged in business as usual" despite an injunction. Continue Reading »

Online Banks Targeted by Two-Headed Trojan

Trusteer warns of a new Trojan called "W32.Silon." Continue Reading »

SAP, Nokia in Joint Venture Against Counterfeit, Piracy

SAP and Nokia form partnership against countefeit and piracy. Continue Reading »

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