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It’s remarkable just how many significant security breaches could have been prevented if only multifactor authentication technology had been deployed. A lack of strong authentication is the reason behind the recent breach of the popular mobile a… Continue reading Hackers Love Companies that Don’t Use Multifactor Authentication
When it comes to fraud, financial institutions (FIs) find themselves trying to address competing priorities. On the one hand, the need for strong authentication and security continues to rise. Fraud and hacking attempts become more sophisticated each … Continue reading Adaptive Authentication – How Precise Security Drives Growth
This blog is based on an article authored by David Vergara, Director of Security Product Marketing, VASCO, that first appeared 2/21/2018 in Credit Union Times. As part of a secure and seamless mobile first strategy, banks, credit unions, and other fin… Continue reading 8 Tips for a Secure and Frictionless Mobile First Strategy
Analysts wonder whether recent hacks like that of Equifax might serve as the tipping point for banks to rollout new anti-fraud measures, while in tandem, more than half of financial institutions surveyed lack confidence in their current ability to detect and prevent fraud. At least that’s what the 2017 Face of Fraud Survey, conducted by ISMG, experts in risk management research and data security analytics, and commissioned by VASCO recently… Read more
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What a difference a year makes. As related in AppDev Magazine’s recent newsletter, just one year after NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued guidance that found SMS insecure and no longer suitable as a strong authentication mechanism; it has backpedaled to reduce their previously strong statements and instead offers a new, softer recommendation. According to this article, NIST proposed “deprecating” SMS 2FA last year because of vulnerabilities… Read more
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Ok, now that I have your attention, I’ll explain how I got here. Feel free to follow along. In early April, the creative folk icon finally made his way to Stockholm and the home of the Swedish Academy to formally accept his 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature and the 8 million Swedish krona (approximately $900,000 US) that went along with it. It happens that one of his most well known… Read more
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It’s the 21st century marketing mantra: Never underestimate the power of ‘smart.’ After all, we have ‘smart’ phones, ‘smart TVs’, a ‘smart’ doorbell and yes, even a ‘smart’ dishwasher. Retail niches aside though, when it comes to the stuff that really matters, (like keeping your private information private), what about ‘smart’ authentication? As detailed in this Network World article, multifactor authentication strategies, while rising in popularity continue to be dogged… Read more
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Before there were ‘preppers’ there were the sign holders, who would boldly proclaim, “The End is Near” on street corners, in football stadiums, and in fact anywhere large crowds gathered. Today, there are pundits (and others) in the security industry heralding a similar message, the end, or to really put a fine point on it, the death of static passwords is near. No surprise, really, on all the reasons why… Read more
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In their third quarter 2016 earnings report, Bank of America said that 20 percent of its total sales were digital and 27 percent of those sales were over mobile devices. The bank reported that it now has over 21 million mobile customers. And similar growth is being seen across the banking industry, so there’s no doubt that the mobile channel is a strong contributor to bank growth. As the proverb says,… Read more
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