The banks have also been experimenting with more sophisticated forms of user authentication, including fingerprinting, iris-scans and biometrics.
The government has set rules that include encryption, access controls, and user authentication.
The bug may have been brief, but it has highlighted just how many important websites use Facebook Connect for user authentication.
Liberty, now with more than 40 members, is finishing work on software standards for encryption, user authentication and other functions, which members and nonmembers will share.
The most obvious one to adopt appears to be the user authentication and OTP (one-time-password) that has been in existence for some time and has seen a fair degree of success in preventing fraud.
Together the Hotspot 2.0 and WBA initiatives aim to create advanced Wi-Fi hotspot networks with an improved end-user experience for authentication, security, network selection and roaming.
The suite of APIs allows developers to seamlessly integrate with Polycom RealPresence video solutions such as provisioning, scheduling, directory services, user management, conference control, authentication, and billing.
Not every user will want two-factor authentication, of course.
It snaps into a USB port in the computer and acts as an authentication tool without which the user cannot access the files.
The Biometrics assure the iWatch wearer is the authenticated user and provides an additional layer of authentication, which could be very important across the board from enterprise to personal security.
Now, the authentication page log-in screen requires the user to enter both their email address and their password.
Is the federal government able to comply with our requirements for strong authentication, file encryption, vulnerability and patch management, and privileged user controls?
The goal was to establish and encourage the adoption of a common set of standards that would bring a 3G-like end-user experience to Wi-Fi by facilitating an automatic network discovery, selection and authentication of carrier-operated Wi-Fi networks.
Prior to iOS 4.3 if a user entered their password to make a purchase their device would allow unlimited further sales without authentication for a 15-minute period.
In order to maintain a good, consistent consumer experience, both telcos and banks should stick to their current methods of registration, authentication (SIM based) and other data checks deemed necessary for checks while registering a user for financial transactions.
One of the key benefits of using SIM authentication is that it utilizes the 802.1x technology, which is a standard method for encrypting user credentials and user data in the Wi-Fi session.
Ashkan Soltani, an independent privacy and security researcher, said such a move would give attackers "a toehold" in Twitter's internal network, potentially allowing them either to sniff out user information as it traveled across the company's system or break into specific areas, such as the authentication servers that process users' passwords.
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