The FIDO Alliance promotes the use of strong multi-factor authentication in lieu of user names and passwords. With more than 250 members, the alliance crafts specifications for a standardized ...

Strong authentication remains a cybersecurity priority under the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) cross-agency priority goals that were announced in the 2015 federal budget. In its 2015 budget ...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., May 2, 2016 – Today, the FIDO Alliance is working to provide simpler, stronger authentication to reduce reliance on usernames and passwords, which are susceptible to a wide ...

This publication presents a methodology for assigning authentication strengths based on the strength of pair wise bindings between the five entities involved in smart card based authentications. Smart ...

When creating an access control system, it is important to remember that there is no single, correct solution — there are combinations of solutions. However, when it comes to security, there is no ...

Crocus Technology announced a prototype of Match in Place (MiP), a distinctive security technique that strengthens user authentication in digital transactions. MiP is specially designed for smart card ...

There are now billions of EMV-enabled cards in the world, but they are not foolproof and can be made more secure through new authentication technologies. In most retailers today, customers don’t swipe ...

Software giant tightens up in-house security after hacker break-in. With notable exceptions such as the U.S. Defense Department, smart cards that contain encryption-based digital certificates for ...

The WLAN Smart Card Consortium has endorsed a new EAP-SC authentication type to serve as a unified secure point of entry Source WIRELESS NEWS via NewsEdge Corporation The WLAN Smart Card Consortium ...

The Smart Card Alliance Health Care Council released a new brief today on the rising threat of medical identity theft, calling for the use of two-factor authentication with smart card technology as ...