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GUEST ESSAY: Why it’s high time for us to rely primarily on passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

The next big thing is passwordless authentication. First and foremost, most solutions rely on connected devices like mobile phones to authenticate users. Attackers will continue to find ways to breach our systems, and authentication cryptography will become increasingly vulnerable to attack. Some solutions do this today.

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How Passwordless Authentication Works via Cybrary Blog

IG Guru

The post How Passwordless Authentication Works via Cybrary Blog appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the article here.

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Innovation and authentic demand

IBM Big Data Hub

Arvind Krishna recently spoke with former IBMer and author Danny Sabbah about a new book he co-authored, The Heart of Innovation: A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand. In their conversation, Arvind and Danny discussed the secret to determining authentic demand and building innovative products that achieve runaway success.

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GUEST ESSAY: How the FIDO Alliance helps drive the move to passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

This traditional authentication method is challenging to get rid of, mostly because it’s so common. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. It supports standards that make implementing newer, stronger authentication methods possible for businesses.

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On Risk-Based Authentication

Schneier on Security

A Study on Usability and Security Perceptions of Risk-based Authentication “: Abstract : Risk-based Authentication (RBA) is an adaptive security measure to strengthen password-based authentication. I’ve blogged about risk-based authentication before. Paper’s website.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for shifting to ‘personal authentication’ as the future of identity

The Last Watchdog

I currently have over 450 accounts that use passwords combined with a variety of two-factor authentication methods. Related: How the Fido Alliance enables password-less authentication. Only a dozen or so of my accounts get authenticated via self-hosted services. Sharing protocols.

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Atlassian addresses a critical Jira authentication bypass flaw

Security Affairs

Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in its Jira software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 , that could be exploited to bypass authentication. Atlassian has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Jira Seraph software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 (CVSS score 9.9), that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication.