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S&R Forum 2021: Passwordless Authentication Adoption Is Gaining Momentum

Forrester IT

Passwordless authentication, in the form of inherence factors (e.g., location, user behavior), is an emerging authentication technology that will protect organizations from brute force attacks, credential stuffing, phishing, and social engineering tactics. fingerprint, facial) or in the form of possession factors (e.g.,

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GitHub Discovers Authentication Issue

SecureWorld News

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user. How did GitHub fix the issue?

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Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Key to Modern Cybersecurity

CIO Business Intelligence

According to recent data from the Identity Theft Resource Center , there was a 14% increase in data breaches and compromises in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. Multi-factor authentication, or MFA. According to a 2021 IBM report , the average cost of a data breach increased by 10% between 2020 and 2021, rising from $3.86

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User Authentication and User Authorization Explained

HID Global

User Authentication and User Authorization Explained. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 09:20.

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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. Although the number of web services supporting two-factor authentication has grown steadily, consumer adoption still remains low.

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Architecting Identity: Five Essential Elements of a Modern Customer Authentication Service

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2021, the Federal Trade Commission [1] received 2.8 They may have a built-in user store supporting password authentication, for example. In response to cloud-based customer experiences, more focus has shifted to authentication. 5 Essential modern customer authentication elements that FIDO enables. billion in losses.

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Microsoft 365 authentication issue causes Microsoft Teams and other services to go down

GeekWire

Microsoft is investigating an authentication issue impacting multiple Microsoft 365 cloud services including Microsoft Teams, as well as Xbox Live. Update: Microsoft said it is rolling back an update to its authentication system to mitigate impact. — Su Ring (@Motley_Su) March 15, 2021. JusticeSikakane) March 15, 2021.