Infosec products of the month: May 2022

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: AuditBoard, BIO-key, Cohesity, Corelight, Data Theorem, Deepfence, ForgeRock, Fortinet, Hunters, Enpass, iDenfy, Kasten by Veeam, Kingston Digital, Microsoft, … Continue reading Infosec products of the month: May 2022

Authentication startup Trusona raises $20 million by promising to help clients ditch passwords

An Arizona-based startup used by the likes of Microsoft and Aetna on Tuesday announced it has raised $20 million, bringing its total funding to $35 million. Trusona, founded in 2015, describes itself as an enterprise authentication company that helps customers abandon passwords in favor of QR codes. By using their phone to scan a QR code on their desktop, the idea goes, users can log-in to their accounts without a username and password, just as long as that service also is using Trusona. Along with physical security keys, password management tools and biometrics, it’s the latest emerging technology that is challenging traditional sign-on techniques. “It’s not just a fad,” said Trusona chief executive Ori Eisen, a former financial industry executive who specialized in anti-fraud. “We think that passwordless, in the next three to five years, will become [more common].” Georgian Partners, a Canadian venture capital firm, led the most recent […]

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Trusona develops passwordless access for Salesforce

 Last week, to commemorate World Password Day — yes, there really is such a thing — we ran my 2015 article called Kill the password, my treatise on the myriad problems associated with passwords. Trusona, a company trying to transform identity, announced today that it is releasing support for passwordless entry on Salesforce.com. Hey, it’s a start. The trouble with the password… Read More Continue reading Trusona develops passwordless access for Salesforce

Trusona develops passwordless access for Salesforce

 Last week, to commemorate World Password Day — yes, there really is such a thing — we ran my 2015 article called Kill the password, my treatise on the myriad problems associated with passwords. Trusona, a company trying to transform identity, announced today that it is releasing support for passwordless entry on Salesforce.com. Hey, it’s a start. The trouble with the password… Read More Continue reading Trusona develops passwordless access for Salesforce