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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Related: The Internet of Things is just getting started The technology to get rid of passwords is readily available; advances in hardware token and biometric authenticators continue apace. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The traditional IAM model has been to extend remote employees to access applications to employees from VPN and add multifactor authentication (MFA) to add layers of security to the VPN connection. Cloud-based access management and authentication. FIDO Authentication. Adaptive Authentication.