Mat Hanrahan, analyst at Bloor Research, said: "When you're talking about a single sign-on point for a whole range of services, it has got to be absolutely watertight and has got to be seen to be watertight.
Because successful exploitation of the flaw resulted in a password reset, affected users wouldn’t be able to log into their accounts. Recommendations in an article published by analyst heavyweight Gartner urging its customers to break all...
Already the telco giant has rolled out identity and access management solutions to internal staff and four million customers who can now access the full breadth of its services via BT.com by using a single sign-on - which allows the website to...
Skype is also researching single sign-on authentication, and is looking to integrate this into lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) interoperability between Skype and unnamed third party software.
The 'PINsentry' device (pictured below) works in much the same way as a chip and PIN terminal in a shop - the user places the card into the reader and taps in the PIN which then generates a one-time password that is checked at the bank's end.
But ActiveSync support also means iPhones gain security features such as remote wipe and password policies - which Gartner considers essential for business devices.iPhone 2.0 will also support Cisco IPsec VPN for secure transmission of data, and...