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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm. The system can be tuned to recognize whether the user requesting access is a human or a server, a mobile app, a microservice or even an API.

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

And today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. In short, APIs have emerged and endured as the linchpin of social media, cloud services and mobile computing; and they will remain pivotal as the Internet of Things expands. Rising concerns.

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Two-Factor Authentication Evaluation Guide

Tech Republic Security

Strategic Business Initiatives – Does the solution support cloud, mobile and BYOD initiatives? The post Two-Factor Authentication Evaluation Guide appeared first on TechRepublic. Can it fulfill compliance? Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – Does the solution.

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SHARED INTEL: IT pros gravitate to ‘passwordless’ authentication to improve security, boost agility

The Last Watchdog

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated. 1 use case is remote access.”.

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MY TAKE: PKI, digital certificates now ready to take on the task of securing digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce. It can be as granular as a microservice in a software container connecting to a mobile app, for instance.

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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. This is what digital transformation is all about.

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GUEST ESSAY – A primer on ‘WAAP’ – an approach to securing APIs at the web app layer

The Last Watchdog

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. API complexity. Tool limitations.