Cisco Systems Inc. has developed a new wireless LAN security protocol designed to defeat brute force dictionary attacks that capture a user’s passwords, and it submitted a draft of the protocol to the ...

Deep dive comparison of SAML and LDAP for CTOs. Learn the differences in authentication, directory services, and how to scale Enterprise SSO.

Authentication protocols serve as the backbone of online security, enabling users to confirm their identities securely and access protected information and services. They define how claimants (users ...

In password-based authentication, end-users confirm their identity using login credentials, commonly a unique username, and a secret password. These credentials allow the system to verify that the ...

More companies use multi-factor authentication, but security still weak from poor password habits Your email has been sent Users still have to juggle far too many ...

A design flaw in the decades-old RADIUS authentication protocol allows attackers to take over network devices from a man-in-the-middle position by exploiting MD5 hash collisions. The “secure enough” ...

Sixty percent of respondents hit by an authentication-related cyberattack in the last 12 months agreed that they could have avoided it with a passwordless system. shw Authentication-related attacks ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. and STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced results of the company’s second annual State of Password and ...

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, ...