Private, Strong, and Passwordless: A Guide to Passkey Authentication While it almost seems quaint, a rather secure approach to safeguarding one’s physical keepsakes is the old-fashioned safety deposit box. It can hold deeds, family heirlooms, passports, or any number...
PASSWORDLESS AUTHENTICATION - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW Despite the endless angst over identity theft, the billions in lost assets and productivity due to breaches, the horrific news about ransomware and stolen bank accounts, countless computer users around the...
Identity Authentication - Everything You Want to Know After years of identity management actually being a thing, meaning a process and even an entire ecosystem at most enterprises, there are still people who confuse two terms: authentication and authorization....
IDENTITY VERIFICATION - ARE YOU REALLY YOU? Nobody proves their identity for a living. Identity proofing is simply a means to an end. The truly useful process of identity is authenticating, i.e. restating your already-given identity in order to gain the access needed...
Online Age Verification Systems and Software Age verification is essential for brick-and-mortar businesses as well as online enterprises. Along with other methods of identification, these verification tools can protect minors from access to harmful content or...
Digital Wallets and Wallet Authentication Over the past decade, contactless payment methods exploded in popularity because of the expansion of cloud technology and pressures wrought by the pandemic. Even as the pandemic has subsided, many consumers and merchants opt...
A GUIDE TO LEVERAGING YOURSELF, TO PROTECT YOURSELF USING A BIOMETRIC ID Even before the commercial internet came into being, software users were authenticating to their applications. Early on, it wasn’t even necessarily for security so much as to claim role-based...
Examining where they meet, where they diverge For those of us long-timers in the identity and access management space, there are multiple phases to the process of capturing and enabling a user. There’s the activity that takes place on Day Zero, when the new user is...
Consumers and businesses alike conduct numerous transactions and share and store sensitive information online. The advent of digital wallets and cryptocurrency has resulted in even more online transactions. In the digital environment, hacking and data breaches have...
Designed to prevent money laundering, fraud and other criminal activities, Know Your Customer standards apply to financial institutions in the United States and in many other areas of the world. The Bank Secrecy Act was passed by Congress in 1970 to address issues...
Investing in modern fintech identity verification methods can prevent access to financial data by cybercriminals Protecting customer information from unauthorized access or misuse is an essential part of the financial services industry. Banks, credit unions and other...
Voice Authentication What is Voice Authentication? Voice biometric authentication uses vocal information for a user to gain access to digital accounts securely. It relies on the user's vocal patterns to identify them and provide access. To use this type of...
Robust call center authentication strategies can prevent unauthorized access to customer data through password reset fraud. Managing potential fraud in the call center environment starts with accurate identification of inbound callers. Failing to verify the identity...
DEEPFAKES (And How to Protect Against Them) How to defeat those who would be us Mankind does the greatest job of inventing things that make life better. The industrial age put millions to work and created goods for trade around the world. Electricity lights up our...
