As passwords routinely fail to protect users, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast emerging as the new gold standard of cybersecurity. By adding extra layers of protection, MFA is able to block ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) provides an extra layer of security for online accounts like banking or emails. It combines a traditional password with a different device you have access to, such as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Before talking about what authentication is and how it works, ...

Anakam Identity Suite has been chosen as the provider of three-factor authentication for West Corporations Fortune 1000 clients. Anakam will work to enhance the ‘West at Home’ service enabling it to ...

At Black Hat, a research duo from FYEO demonstrate a technique they call smishmash to prove that using text messaging for your second factor is very risky. When the IBM PC was new, I served as the ...

After extensive breaches over the past few years, companies have been working to develop a standard to protect data transfer over the internet. Protection with a single password is a thing of the past ...

Two-factor authentication has been a cornerstone of security in today’s day and age. Almost all social media platforms use this mode of verification to ensure the security of the user. However, for ...

If you haven’t seen your data exposed in a major data breach within the last five years alone, you haven’t been paying attention. Billions of people worldwide have lost their data many times over. 26 ...