Latest Authentication Stories

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Star Corp (OTCBB: CLDS) a Nevada corporation specializing in security technology for cloud computing, today announced its membership to FIDO. The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance was formed in July 2012 to address the lack of interoperability among strong authentication technologies, and remedy the problems users face with creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. The Alliance plans to change the nature...

Cronto offers a patented visual transaction signing solution for financial sector; Acquisition provides technology for VASCO's core banking market and MYDIGIPASS.COM; Strengthens VASCO's innovation initiatives OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., and ZURICH, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI), (www.vasco.com ), a leading software security company specializing in authentication products and services, today announced its acquisition of Cronto, of...

Options to verify a test taker authentication will be discussed in detail during the 50 minute presentation. PHOENIX (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Kryterion Incorporated will present Improving Academic Integrity with Online Proctoring and Authentication at the Innovations in Online Learning Conference Thursday May 23, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. The presentation will provide IOL attendees with information to help distance education programs choose appropriate authentication solutions to manage...

U.S. and Canadian corporations will save time and money by implementing AuthenticID's pictureID - the only identity authentication solution on the market with the ability to validate with 100 percent accuracy a person's identity in less than three seconds. pictureID's innovative functionality is possible due to AuthenticID's access to qualified anti-terrorism technology from the Department of Homeland Security, providing direct access to document issuers in the U.S. states and Canada....

Revolutionary application using palm vein imaging technology promises to expand to a wide range of vertical markets. Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Identifying authorized users through palm vein identification, the ScanSys sensor generates a biometric signature matched against pre-entered palm vein patterns, allowing for secure personnel identification in any industry. The application promises to expand to a wide range of vertical markets. The ScanSys sensor uses near-infrared...

Authasas is recognized as the preferred multi-purpose authentication framework software solution, for advanced authentication in a rapidly changing unsecure digital-world. Amsterdam (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Authasas announces the release of Advanced Authentication Version 4.7. "With this release we have made it easier for our customers to improve their external Enterprise Authentication needs" says Menno Stijl, CTO of Authasas. Authasas is recognized as the preferred multi-purpose...

Crowd funding project expects to deliver new secure identity authentication technology, eliminate passwords and solve secure computing challenges for business and consumers. San Francisco, California (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Vir2us today announced the launch of its project, XeroPass on the crowd funding site, Indiegogo.com. For those familiar with crowd funding, projects are posted on the crowd funding website where global consumers and business people can contribute to those projects they...

Phone call-based authentication is vulnerable to call forwarding exploit LONDON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a research conducted by CS Networks, a global provider of mobile security and messaging products, modern technology is facing dramatic security concerns in the approaches of two-step verification, especially the phone call-based one. Results are pointing to a serious exploit. "Your calls may be forwarded at any time without your knowledge." Recent technology...

Patented, Image-Based Authentication Technology Integrated with McAfee Enterprise Security Manager to Help Joint Customers Identify Security Threats San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 Confident Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of image-based authentication and verification solutions, today announced that its patented image-based authentication and verification technologies have achieved McAfee Compatible status with the McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), McAfee’s Security...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online On Monday a fake tweet was sent out from the Twitter account of the Associated Press (@AP) that there had been an attack on the White House and that President Obama was injured. This sent stocks tumbling. The FBI and securities regulators are looking into the hacking incident. This latest incident follows the hacking of the CBS Twitter accounts last Friday, where the so-called Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) began tweeting messages...