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KuppingerCole Names Thales as Industry Leader in Passwordless Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

KuppingerCole Names Thales as Industry Leader in Passwordless Authentication madhav Tue, 06/11/2024 - 05:36 The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Consumers has recognized Thales as an Overall, Innovation, Product, and Market Leader in the Passwordless Authentication. Analysts predict the market will generate $6.6 billion in 2022.

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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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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

However, healthcare data ranks at the top of the list for needing improvements in security and privacy protections. However, M&A is a complex undertaking, and integrating and consolidating IT, cybersecurity and data privacy infrastructure only adds to the challenge. Related: Hackers relentlessly target healthcare providers.

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Thales collaborates with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Enhance 5G Subscriber Privacy and Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thales collaborates with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Enhance 5G Subscriber Privacy and Security. Thales collaborates with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to provide enhanced privacy and secure authentication for global 5G users, further extending its partner ecosystem. The challenge of 5G security and privacy.

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News Alert: W3C advances technology to streamline payment authentication

The Last Watchdog

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. W3C will seek additional implementation experience prior to advancing this version of Secure Payment Confirmation to Recommendation.

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Twitter to Charge Users for SMS Two-Factor Authentication in Apparent Security Crackdown

IT Governance

In yet another controversial policy move, Twitter announced this week that it’s removing text-based 2FA (two-factor authentication) for non-paying users. It has focused on the costs that Twitter incurs as a result of SMS-based authentication, when the real threat is to users. Twitter has instructed users to remove SMS authentication.

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Facial Recognition: Balancing Security vs. Privacy

Data Breach Today

Implementing Technology at Airports Raises Concerns Airports across the globe are increasingly leveraging facial recognition technology to verify and authenticate passengers. But some privacy advocates have raised concerns, especially in India, where several airports are ramping up facial recognition programs.

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