Why Companies do not want to Go Passwordless
Addressing the Top 4 Reasons for Hesitation Studies have shown an increased appetite among consumers for multi-factor authentication, including biometrics as a replacement for the username and password login method, and evidence is clear that credential-based login poses the number one threat for security breaches. Experts and tech writers have been saying that we need to “break […]
Zero Trust, and How Does Multifactor Authentication Support It?
What Is Zero Trust, and How Does Multifactor Authentication Support It? At the 29th iteration of the RSA Conference (RSAC), one of the most well-attended yearly events for online security, discussions zeroed in on the urgency for more fresh strategies to battle threats to data security. While banking and telecommunications industries obviously have huge stakes […]
How to Use Single Sign-On and Multifactor Authentication together?
Unforeseen crises like the COVID-19 pandemic has shown just how ruthless cybercriminals can get. They can carry out their attacks with tactical precision, taking full advantage of the fact that businesses are distracted and vulnerable. Single Sign On and Multifactor Authentication are a must have. If you are among those businesses who are still relying […]
How to get Free Passwordless Login Security
TraitWare® offers FREE Passwordless Login Security to Citrix customers First and foremost, the health and safety of friends and families takes precedence. With the developing changes surrounding the COVID-19 emergency, companies are adopting rapid procedures to help protect their employees. The most immediate change that most companies are adopting is a shift to working remotely. […]
How to Improve User Experience through Passwordless Authentication
An unproductive workforce can harm your bottom line. That’s the long and short of it. This is why you need to improve user experience. In detail, employee un-productivity affects overall organizational morale, particularly after poor performance and missed deadlines followed by poor customer reviews, loss of clients, failure to land clients, and so on. One […]
What is Password Spraying, and How to Avoid It?
In August last year, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), prompted by the advisory released by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), advised the American public to be watchful of their passwords with the threat of a new form of brute force attack known as password spraying, which targets businesses […]
Cyber Security Trends in 2020 to Watch
As they say, ‘it is better to prepare than to repair.’ Understanding what’s coming in the global cyber security landscape will help redefine and consolidate security solutions. Below are six main cyber security trends in 2020: War in the cyber world intensifies The separation of Western and Eastern technologies is a clear sign of the […]
How Do Companies Manage Multi-Factor Authentication –
Are you interested in setting up a multi-factor authentication solution for your business? Multi-factor authentication is a security measure which requires users to use two or more methods of verification to access their user accounts. Aside from your typical login credentials such as username and password, the app or website will prompt you to perform […]
Setting Up Two Factor Authentication for Your Website
We hear about Multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere. Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Apple, Yahoo—all the big guys have it. Two-factor authentication solutions are an easy layer of protection that can be added immediately to improve your organization’s security structure. It is quickly joining firewalls, anti-virus, and anti-spam as the baseline security measures all businesses need to […]
Effective WordPress Security Plugins To Use For Your Website
If you are running your business website on WordPress, you should know that you are very much at risk from online attacks. There are about 18.5 million websites infected with malware at any given time. On average, 90,000 websites get hacked every day—and 83 percent of them are WordPress sites. Adding WordPress security adds credibility […]
Is It Possible to Hack Two-Factor Authentication?
In an effort to make your online accounts safe, many websites and services offer two-factor authentication solutions. Adding an extra layer of security to your online accounts by linking it to another device and sending a unique, one-time code that you would need to enter together with your login credentials. It sounds a lot safer […]
The end of the era of passwords
The father of computer passwords – Fernando Corbató – died on July 12 at the age of 93. Corbató pioneered the password for the computing world in the 1960s, working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He and other researchers at the university shared access to one of the first computers with the ability […]