authentication - News, Features, and Slideshows

• The ATO now holds the voiceprints of one in seven Australians

  The Australian Taxation Office holds the voiceprint of one in seven Australians, according to figures released to Computerworld.

• Ex US Defense CIO: Spend cyber budget on people before tech

  The former chief information officer of the US Department of Defense has said an organisation’s cyber security budget is most effectively spent on educating staff, rather than technology.

• Commonwealth Bank adds Face ID functionality on iPhone X launch day

  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced customers will be able to log-in to its app with Face ID, the facial recognition technology built into Apple’s new iPhone X.

• ATO to listen to voice biometrics

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has stated plans to turn on voice authentication to verify customer identities by the end of December at the latest.

• Biometrics eyed for secure future payments

  Biometrics look like the future of authentication for payments, according to payment experts at the Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference in Sydney.

• 20 more IT mistakes to avoid

  Back in 2004, InfoWorld's then-CTO Chad Dickerson polled the best and brightest to reveal 20 IT mistakes that were surefire recipes for cost overruns, missed deadlines, and in some cases, lost jobs.

Whitepapers about authentication

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  Advanced persistent threats: Hijacking insider credentials

  Having an identity and access management solution is a must. Businesses cannot operate without them. However, this paper asks - are you sure the user credentials are being used by the correct individual? · Most organizations work hard to ensure compliance with corporate security policy but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re protected · Managing identities is essential—but it can also lead to a false sense of security · Do the credentials and the behaviour make business sense? If you can’t interpret activity in the context of identity, you may be at risk

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  George Weston Optimizes Office 365 Deployment

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  Authentication Solutions Buyer's Guide

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  Multi-Factor Authentication; Current Usage and Trends