Authentication

The digital migration caused new risks, and new responsibilities for security professionals.

Migrating to the cloud exposes the pivotal role of identity in the smooth operation of applications, and how it creates unique challenges, says Strata Identity's Eric Olden.

Long after the pandemic is finally behind us, the many security and financial benefits owners, management companies and fans alike receive from having the technology in place will remain too invaluable to ignore, says Corsight's Rob Watts.

With this sudden and swift shift that is generating thousands more digital payment transactions per day than even just a few months ago, the opportunities for fraud are rising exponentially, says the FIDO Alliance's Andrew Shikiar.

With mobile payments and banking apps on the rise, biometric authentication is now increasingly common in consumer finance, says Fingerprints' Michel Roig.

Without additional security measures, hackers can compromise multifactor authentication and wreak havoc on financial institutions and their customers.

Compliance is expensive and complicated, though there are some emerging solutions, says Adflex CEO Pat Bermingham.

With the advances in technology and digitization, and evolving security threats, it’s time for smarter, more robust authentication methods, says Entersekt's Dewald Nolte.

After 18 years heading the U.S. Payments Forum and Secure Technology Alliance, Randy Vanderhoof will retire at the end of the year.

Organizations need complete control over which network access privileges are assigned to each user or role, says Pulse Secure's Rene Papp.

Bad actors have taken advantage of the work-from-home shift and bank’s digital channels to increase AML risk, says Jumio's Robert Prigge.

Opportunistic criminals are taking advantage of an environment where our need to live more of our lives online has outpaced our ability to do so securely. Taking all necessary precautions to protect sensitive information should be at the forefront of the discussion, says Horizon8's Patrick Horgan.

While the pandemic will be over eventually, the consequences of poor cybersecurity practices will be here to stay, says Pindrop's Sarosh Shahbuddin.

The move online has given consumers more comfort with automated channels, writes Mobey Forum's Elina Mattila.

Self-sovereign identity and blockchain are just two examples of how authentication can be better managed in an online environment, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

The company has renamed itself Prove and says that the acquisition will allow it to help banks fine-tune their security procedures when serving customers.

What made the attack on famous Twitter accounts so problematic wasn’t the high profile of its victims, but the non-technical and repeatable method the assailants used.

New authentication methods make it harder to fake biometrics, Eric Setterberg of Fingerprints argues.

New authentication methods make it harder to fake biometrics, argues Fingerprints' Eric Setterberg.