Password management and authentication firm Activcard has signed a deal with BT to provide secure, token-based remote access for staff logging into the corporate network. There are some training costs associated to moving employees across to a new...
Two-factor authentication, or the use of a method in addition to a password to verify identity, could still be defeated by Trojan horses and phishing attacks, Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and chief technology officer at network protection...
Paul Kilmartin, a 10-year eBay veteran, said that despite the possibility of introducing security technology such as two-factor authentication, the only way the company could hope to eradicate all fraud from its business would be to stop trading.
Bank of America is to provide two-factor authentication technology to 14.5 million customers in a bid to cut identity theft. Earlier this year Lloyds TSB began a pilot of two-factor authentication tokens with 30,000 online banking customers.
One example is Barclays Bank, which is to roll out two-factor authentication security for online banking customers next year. Two-factor authentication is a second-level of security that works alongside usernames and passwords to ensure a user is...
Authentication tokens used for online transactions will not stop identity theft, banks have warned as they search for other measures to secure customer accounts. However, the skill of modern identity thieves has some in the industry worried they...