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Cisco Acquires Duo or How Should You Do 2 factor authentication (2FA)?

Forrester IT

link] From the license cost perspective moving away from SMS for example to Google Authenticator is minimal. NIST has not been recommending SMS OTP 2FA for a while precisely because of SMS inbox takeovers, MITM attacks, etc.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. With it customers can purchase our new unified licenses (Cisco Wireless Essentials or Advantage) in a Cisco Networking Subscription.

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Managing the whole lifecycle for human and machine authentication

CIO Business Intelligence

In my last column for CIO.com , I outlined some of the cybersecurity issues around user authentication for verification of consumer and business accounts. . FIDO as an industry initiative was set up a decade ago to standardize the need for strong authentication/password technologies. Well, yes, but there is more that tech pros can do.

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It’s World Password Day but passwords may be headed for extinction

Network World

Today is World Password Day but a range of alternative authentication methods is challenging passwords so that within the foreseeable future the day of awareness could become obsolete. The backend verifies the identity of the taxpayer by comparing the license image and uses that to authenticate the person filing an electronic return.

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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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Authentic Digital Relationships

Phil Windley

Supporting Authentic Relationships. Driver's license, potentially from a different agencies than the one who registers cars and potentially in different states. This doesn't mean that one organization will have control, it means that one protocol will mediate all interaction and everyone in the ecosystem will conform to it.

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Fed Tech Roundup August 27

CTOvision

Iowa testing digital driver's licenses - GCN.com. The License Plate Surveillance Technology That Caught the Virginia Shooter - Newsweek. Prioritizing authentication, GitHub attacked, Carter back to Silicon Valley. Army tries to speed cyber acquisition process - FCW.com. State Dept. IG chides diplomats for using private email.

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