Posted on 01 May 2014 by
Two-factor authentication can prevent unauthorized access and credential leakage by ensuring that only a validated user is given system access.
Posted on 29 April 2014 by
After collecting publicly available information about worldwide data breaches, the Breach Level Index (BLI) showed that there were over 200 million data records lost or stolen in the first three months of 2014. As our new infographic shows, that means there were over 2 million records lost or stolen every day. That’s 26 records a […]
Posted on 01 November 2012 by
SplashData has released its list of the 25 worst passwords of 2012, including the usual suspects: ‘password’ (again, staggeringly, at the top of the list), 123456, and abc123. The list is quite similar to the one I discussed last year, albeit with a few arbitrary additions, such as “welcome”, “jesus”, “ninja”, “mustang”, and the ever […]
Posted on 29 September 2011 by
Despite frequent reports of email hacks and enterprise data breaches, the username and password method for authentication is still one of the primary security measures used today. How do we create secure online identities?
