Displaying items by tag: Passwordless authentication

A new research report from Enterprise Strategy Group finds organisations are moving towards adopting passwordless, continuous authentication.

DigiCert is well-known as a provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions, and it has now updated its passwordless authentication solution to integrate with Windows Hello for Business, offering enhanced protection for Windows users in a first for public Certification Authorities.

When the internet was designed 30 years ago, security was not a priority as it was primarily created as a way to connect and easily share information with others around the world. Fast forward to today with news of hacks and breaches almost daily, much of the online world is trying to play catch up to help secure themselves, and in many cases, their companies by adopting better cybersecurity practices and tools.

Identity specialist SecureAuth has acquired Acceptto, which provides passwordless authentication as well as behavioural modelling before, during and after authorisation to determine whether a user is a threat.

GitHub is home to many of the world's greatest open-source projects and to ensure continued protection to GitHub users and projects it no longer accepts Git password authentication for CLI operations and requires the use of stronger authentication methods.

Hardware authentication security key provider Yubico today announced the general availability of its next-generation FIPS security keys, the YubiKey 5 FIPS series. This is the industry’s first set of multi-protocol security keys with FIDO2 and WebAuthn support to receive FIPS 140-2 validation.

Authentication and identity specialist SecureAuth has unveiled the latest release of its SecureAuth identity as a service product, which delivers several new features including the SecureAuth Identity Store.

Remote support software specialist LogMeIn has released a new study showing that the need to migrate from traditional passwords and the risks they pose continues to grow, with 92% of businesses believing going passwordless is the future for their organisation.