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

The Last Watchdog

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. As computers shrank in size, and then pervaded into our homes and everyday workplaces, passwords stuck around.

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to the Thales Access Management Index 2020, over half of respondents regarding cloud-first world challenges identified unprotected infrastructure (57%) or cloud applications (55%) as one of the biggest targets for cyber-attacks. FIDO Authentication.