passwordless

Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Zero trust is a concept that’s easy to grasp but incredibly difficult to implement. It touches almost every system, component, application, and resource within an enterprise, and requires a strategic framework and specific tools and technologies to achieve best practice results. As organizations move Microsoft environments towards zero trust, it’s vital to ensure that all…

Application Security, Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

In this video for Help Net Security, Christofer Hoff, Chief Secure Technology Officer at LastPass, talks about the benefits of passwordless authentication. The basic components needed to make passwordless authentication a reality are: An open, standard set of processes, technologies, APIs, etc., to enable all the various components to work together across devices, operating systems,…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

We are beginning to shift away from what has long been our first and last line of defense: the password. It’s an exciting time. Since the beginning, passwords have aggravated people. Meanwhile, passwords have become the de facto first step in most attacks. Yet I can’t help but think, what will the consequences of our…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

While passwords may not be going away completely, 92 percent of respondents believe passwordless authentication is the future of their organization, according to a LastPass survey. Passwordless authentication reduces password related risks by enabling users to login to devices and applications without the need to type in a password. Technologies such as biometric authentication, single-sign-on…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

Over the past several years, experts have recognized that perhaps the best password strategy for your application logins is to have no password at all, what has been often labeled as “passwordless.” It is a bit of a misnomer, as you’ll see as we investigate the commercial options. The passwordless concept has seen various innovations,…