Posted on 29 September 2011 by
Despite frequent reports of email hacks and enterprise data breaches, the username and password method for authentication is still one of the primary security measures used today. How do we create secure online identities?
Posted on 02 November 2011 by
A recent Wall Street Journal article on the insecurity of passwords confirmed what many of us have believed for some time – the days of password-only authentication are numbered. As well as highlighting the passwords that no one of sane mind should consider using (‘123456’ or ‘password’, anyone?) it also considers some of the various […]
Posted on 28 November 2011 by
Pedro Martinez explains the challenges modern companies face in securing their data, particularly given the proliferation of the cloud. Pedro shows how on-site or hosted servers, which manage the authentication of tokens, help process a unique password for the user, authenticated by back-end systems. Smart, secure and easy solutions help customers and mean companies can […]
Posted on 27 January 2012 by
As Near Field Communications (NFC) stories spun like roulette wheels at CES in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, the emergence of several new devices caught my eye. For some time now, we have been blogging about NFC as the technology of choice when using mobile devices for e-payment. To highlight this point Gemalto […]
Posted on 18 May 2012 by
As a PC user who converted for a short time to Mac and came back to PC, I’m used to hearing the comments from Apple enthusiasts about the superior security and lack of virus threats on the Mac OS system. I took some heat for my decision to return to a PC from my Mac […]
Posted on 21 December 2012 by
If you read the news as much as I do, you probably have seen a lot of advice about how to avoid having your financial details stolen this holiday season. It’s true that conducting banking transactions or shopping online does make you vulnerable to cybercriminals lurking in the background. But there are a lot of […]
