Have you ever come across something years old that is so dead on about a topic important to you that you can’t believe you didn’t know it existed? I felt that way when I stumbled across an excellent ...

According to Microsoft 365 Message Center notice MC1325414, SSPR will soon accept only registered authentication methods.

In today’s digital age, personal data is never safe. Cybercriminals are looking for every opportunity possible to acquire your user data. Ongoing data breaches continue to expose usernames, passwords, ...

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization behind all web standards, has formally promoted the Web Authentication API to the title of official web standard. This promotion means the ...

Microsoft this week announced a preview of "Authentication Strength," a new control for organizations using the Azure Active Directory Conditional Access service. Authentication Strength lets IT pros ...

A look at the recently released YubiKey 5 hardware authenticator series and how web authentication with the new WebAuthn API leverages devices like the YubiKey for painless website registration and ...

With strong support from Google, Microsoft and other vendors, WebAuthN is poised to become a true standard for passwordless authentication over the web. For decades we’ve been trying to replace the ...

When I mentioned to a few friends that I was writing a feature about two-step authentication, the typical response was an eye-roll and "Oh, that annoying thing?..." Yes, that annoying extra step.

When was the last time you provided your mother’s maiden name, or perhaps the name of your first pet, to prove your identity to access an online account? Probably not that long ago. This type of ...

The University of Iowa’s Information and Technology Services, or IT Services, has implemented an update to Duo Push, which will strengthen two-factor authentication amid a rise in cybersecurity ...