Researchers want to replace your passwords with unique biomarkers, like the way your heartbeats vibrate in your skull.

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 ...

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 ...

In today’s digital age, personal data is never safe. Cybercriminals are looking for every opportunity possible to acquire your user data. Ongoing data breaches continue to expose usernames, passwords, ...

Passwords are a necessary evil when it comes to protecting your accounts and data, but their days may be numbered. Now, there ...

Tyler Lacoma has spent more than 10 years testing tech and studying the latest web tool to help keep readers current. He's here for you when you need a how-to guide, explainer, review, or list of the ...

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 ...

Text message two-factor authentication sounds like a security upgrade. It feels official. It looks responsible. Yet it often stands as the flimsiest barrier between a criminal and everything stored in ...

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

Twitter added last year the option for users to log in to its mobile app using a physical security key as a two-factor authentication method, but you had to have another authentication method enabled ...

In testimony to the U.S. Congress last year the Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association cited research estimating annual revenues lost to counterfeiting of components at $45 billion worldwide.