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Recently I’ve written several blog posts about biometric authentication in IT Shops (see “Target Attack Leads to Discussion of Biometric Authentication“, “IT Shop Requirements for Exploiting Biometrics“, “Biometrics and SSO“). This post discusses a couple of secondary factors.
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In a recent post I noted that the Target breach once again raised the idea of biometric authentication as means of improving the protection of corporate data. Yet for all of its benefits, adoption of biometric authentication within the IT … Continue reading
Posted in Biometrics, Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, authentication, biometric authentication, biometrics, cloud security, data security, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, info security management, Information Security, information security management, kerberos, security management, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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You’ll notice that the title of this post is “Biometrics And SSO”; not Biometrics for SSO. This is an important distinction. Most IT shops don’t realize that they can use standard SSO along with biometric authentication to implement unobtrusive two-factor … Continue reading
In the last week or so it has come to light that the way the Target Corporation attackers got into Target’s internal network was by using a vendor’s userID and password. The attackers first compromised the vendor’s corporate network. From … Continue reading
An interesting article in Marsha Hofmann in Wired claims that while the 5th amendment protects your right to not reveal a password, it doesn’t protect your right not to provide your fingerprint.
A popular password cracking tool was recently updated to handle passwords up to 55 characters in length. The tool, ocl-HashCat-Plus, was previously limited to passwords up to 15 characters long.
Wow! Here’s an interesting article about using your heartbeat as biometric for authentication. Apparently your heartbeat is unique enough that it can be used to identify you. Leads to all sorts of imagination though. For example, what if you: Have … Continue reading
