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Passkeys: Using FIDO for Secure and Easy Authentication

Phil Windley

Summary: Passkeys, the popular name for FIDO, are not only easy, they offer better protection against phishing than other forms of multi-factor authentication. She's a security expert and focused many of her remarks on the relative security of different multi-factor authentication (MFA) techniques, a topic I cover in my book as well.

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10 essential tips for bolstering cloud security in your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) : Use an additional layer of authentication, such as a fingerprint or one-time code, to verify user identities. To ensure the security of your cloud applications, infrastructure, and operating systems, it’s important to schedule regular vulnerability scans and penetration tests.

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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

DIDComm is more than just a way to exchange credentials, it's a protocol layer capable of supporting specialized application protocols for specific workflows. The exchange of DIDs to form a connection with another party gives both parties a relationship that is self-certifying and mutually authenticated. Transport-agnostic.

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Ready or not, IoT is transforming your world

Dataconomy

The essence of IoT lies in the seamless communication between objects, humans, and applications, making our environments smarter, more efficient, and ultimately, more convenient. Agriculture, retail, and transportation are just a few more examples of sectors benefiting from IoT integration.

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Whispering algorithms of smart surroundings

Dataconomy

Characteristics of ambient intelligence AmI manifests itself in various real-world applications, enhancing our daily lives and transforming the way we interact with our environments. These environments should be aware of the needs of people, customizing requirements and forecasting behaviours.

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Technology Short Take 155

Scott Lowe

Along those lines, one of their latest articles discusses how to achieve identity-based mutual authentication leveraging eBPF. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. The state of virtualization on Apple Silicon hardware has seen a few developments in recent days and weeks. network virtualization). Programming.

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Technology Short Take 116

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Operating Systems/Applications.

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