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Biometric Payments Trusted by Majority of Europeans

September 1, 2016

Visa’s Biometric Paymentsstudy, which surveyed 14,000 people across Europe, revealed that 73 percent of people think biometric security checks on a payments device is a secure authentication, with fingerprint the preference for 81% of consumers, followed by iris scanning.

Managing Privileged Access is Crucial to Preventing Data Breaches

Nathan Wenzler

June 28, 2016

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Organizations across America are facing unprecedented challenges in building effective, manageable security programs in order to protect the wide array of sensitive data they are responsible for keeping safe.

Diving Deeper into Multi-Factor Authentication with PCI DSS 3.2

Nick Owen

June 28, 2016

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It’s hard to believe that over a decade has passed since PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was first introduced in 2004 as the information security standard for organizations that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Although it’s become a mature industry standard, two problems remain.

Authenticating Identities to Mitigate Security Breaches and Improve Business Efficiency

Amy McKeown

December 8, 2015

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One of the most important, and often overlooked, components to a robust security plan is communicating with your customers.

Corporate entities and retailers are scrambling to shore up network security by addressing the primary vulnerability of network security: the login. Unique “behavioral” biometric may be the solution.

Are Login Credential Vulnerabilities the Root of Data Breaches?

Jeff Elliott

February 10, 2015

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Staggering numbers from security experts suggest that over 95 percent of all corporations have experienced a data breach of some kind – many of which can go undetected for months or years.

How Universal Two-Factor Authentication Could Change Password Security

Silvio Kutic

January 27, 2015

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As much of our day-to-day lives migrate into the digital realm, the need to secure our personal data, both online and on mobile devices, has become blindingly obvious.

Utilizing Biometric Single Sign-On for Stronger Data Security

Arifin Hussain

December 9, 2014

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Single sign-on (SSO) is a biometric identification management system that allows end users the ability to provide their biometric credentials in place of a password, token, or personal identification number (PIN) as a secure method of system or database access.

Common Pitfalls of Authentication-Based Security

David Hald

November 10, 2014

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Ground chuck and filet mignon are two very different types of beef. Ground chuck is priced for everyday meals. Filet mignon, however, is a luxury cut, prized for its tenderness with a price tag to match. Beef may be what’s for dinner, but what kind clearly matters to the consumer.

Security: Opening the Door to Business Agility

Bill Evans

June 24, 2014

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Many organizations look at security from yesterday’s paradigm – a “we versus they” mentality that pits business productivity against security.

Using a Federated Identity Service as an Authentication Hub

A Million Paths to Everywhere: The Internal Authentication Challenge

Michel Prompt

January 28, 2014

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Authenticating users and securely communicating authorization information with a cloud application – or any Web-based portal – requires a common endpoint acting as the enterprise IdP.

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Supporting the Victims of Domestic Violence at Work through Pro-active Security Planning

The tragedy of the United States domestic violence situation is impossible to quantify. There is both a sordid history and an on-going crisis; a crisis that has become normalized. Since 2000, approximately more than 20,000 women have been murdered by domestic partners, or "family terrorists".

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