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How does certificate-based authentication work?

Network World

Certificate-based authentication is a cryptographic technique that allows one computer to securely identify itself to another across a network connection, using a document called a public-key certificate. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO Business Intelligence

According to the indictment, Jain’s firm provided fraudulent certification documents during contract negotiations in 2011, claiming that their Beltsville, Maryland, data center met Tier 4 standards, which require 99.995% uptime and advanced resilience features. By then, the Commission had spent $10.7 million on the contract​.

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Document Security is More than Just Password-Protection

CIO Business Intelligence

Thirty years ago, Adobe created the Portable Document Format (PDF) to facilitate sharing documents across different software applications while maintaining text and image formatting. Today, PDF is considered the de facto industry standard for documents that contain critical and sensitive business information.

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Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Network World

Whats more realistic in the short term is more limited types of integration like those that were already seeing, he adds, such as with Wi-Fi-based calling or SIM-based authentication for Wi-Fi. Security challenges Integrating Wi-Fi and cellular may also create some network security challenges, Kumar says.

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Three Ways Banks Can Improve Identity Authentication and Customer Data Privacy

CIO Business Intelligence

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Have you thought about what can be done with this device to enhance identity authentication?

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Stay ahead of security threats to support hybrid work

CIO Business Intelligence

These solutions help protect data and documents, control user access, and extend modern authentication to print. Embrace modern identity management and access control Benefits from mobile-driven authentication flows with multifactor and role-based access control policies for a unified user experience, beyond the PC.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Policy

Tech Republic Security

This means the call to safeguard sensitive data and systems from unauthorized access has become a major concern, especially for companies that handle vast amounts of documents, such as personal information, financial accounts, and proprietary business resources. This reality requires the.