authentication

Authentication is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity.

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With 80% of Data Breaches Involving Passwords, Their Retirement Cannot Happen Soon Enough

With 80% of Data Breaches Involving Passwords, Their Retirement Cannot Happen Soon Enough
With 80% of Data Breaches Involving Passwords, Their Retirement Cannot Happen Soon Enough
September 28, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

Passwords are, in a word, broken. We all know this — and yet we continue to use them almost reflexively. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Entersekt Adds FIDO Authentication to Security Suite
Entersekt Adds FIDO Authentication to Security Suite
September 16, 2021  |  Authentication

Mobile-first FinTech authentication platform Entersekt has expanded its authentication suite to include Fast ID Online (FIDO) authentication, the company announced on Thursday (Sept. 16), in...

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Microsoft Goes Passwordless
Microsoft Goes Passwordless
September 15, 2021  |  Authentication

Microsoft is debuting a new feature to let users remove passwords from its accounts and will be moving forward passwordless, The Verge reported. Get the...

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Silicon Valley Bank Teams With Plaid for ACH Tokenization
Silicon Valley Bank Teams With Plaid for ACH Tokenization
September 15, 2021  |  Authentication

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is partnering with FinTech infrastructure firm Plaid for instant authentication of bank account information using ACH tokenization. Get the Full Story...

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Deep Dive: How Banks and Payment Providers Are Addressing PSD2 and SCA Complications
Deep Dive: How Banks and Payment Providers Are Addressing PSD2 and SCA Complications
September 15, 2021  |  Authentication

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New Report: Half of Large Firms Are Focused On Digital Identity and Authentication
New Report: Half of Large Firms Are Focused On Digital Identity and Authentication
September 14, 2021  |  Authentication

The digital shift quickly morphed into the connected economy, and in that online global ecosystem, identity is at least half the battle when it comes...

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SecurionPay on Tapping Automation to Meet PSD2’s SCA Mandate
SecurionPay on Tapping Automation to Meet PSD2’s SCA Mandate
September 14, 2021  |  Authentication

As merchants race to comply with costly and complex strong customer authentication (SCA) mandates, Adam Zamecki, director of sales at online payment platform SecurionPay, makes...

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Mission Lane on Reducing Customer Friction Using Behavioral Analytics
Mission Lane on Reducing Customer Friction Using Behavioral Analytics
September 13, 2021  |  Authentication

Firms are all too often forced to sacrifice the customer experience in the name of boosting fraud prevention, but who says you can’t have it...

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